nbc-2.com:  Lee County, FL - Hundreds of dead fish have turned up on Lee and Collier County beaches over the past two weeks.  Experts say that the fish kill could have a lasting impact on Southwest Florida's fishing industry.  Two recent fish kills on area beaches have left sea creatures to rot on Southwest Florida sand.  Officials with FWC say it could be a large algae threat near the coast.  Now they're checking it out.  "The reason why we're down here is we are going off shore to look at what the extent is to the west," explained Matt Garrett with FWC.  Thursday, FWC research biologists sampled the Gulf in five areas, 10 miles off the Lee and Collier coastlines.  To get a more accurate reading, they use a container which allows them to get water samples from the floor of the Gulf.  Those samples are then sent to a lab to be analyzed.  "Unfortunately, we don't have the equipment out here to look at the water because everything is microscopic.  The best we can do is to capture the water, take it back to the lab and have our taxonomist look at it under the scope," Garrett explained.  He said the early indicators don't look algae free.  "There's chlorophyll in the water," Garrett said.  An increased reading of chlorophyll means algae, and there was an increased reading at every sample spot we visited.  Still there is no telling if it is the fish-killing type of algae.  Garrett said they will know in a few days whether or not that is the case, but he says if it is, it wouldn't be good.

Commentary:  "The land will mourn and everyone that dwells in it will languish, with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, yes, even the fishes of the sea will be taken away" Hosea 4:3.  "I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of heaven and the fishes of the sea and the stumblingblocks with the wicked, and I will cut off man from the land, said the Lord" Zephaniah 1:3.  The Bible tells us that when the wickedness of man becomes so great on the earth, even the earth will languish, and God Himself will destroy man, beasts, fowls and fishes.  God created man to serve Him and be obedient to the laws of God.  His Word says that "The soul that sins will die" Ezekiel 18:20.  God has been very long-suffering and patient with man, but the Bible tells us that there will be a day of wrath for those who do not repent.  The Book of Revelation tells us that one-third of the earth will be destroyed because of the sins of man (when the wrath of God is poured out on all the earth - Revelation 8:9; 9:15).  It is coming, friends, and you are seeing the beginning of it now.  The Bible also tells us that His people are not appointed to His wrath, 1 Thessalonians 5:9.  If you give your life to God and accept Jesus as your Savior, you will escape the wrath that is soon to be poured out on the earth (1 Thessalonians 4:17).  If you aren't a Christian, won't you receive the Lord today?  Tomorrow could be too late.