More Dead Fish, Now in Texas
Posted by Leisa Amorosa on Monday, July 18, 2011 Under: Animal Deaths
Dead zones are showing up across the globe at an alarming rate.
GalvestonDailyNews.com: Dead Fish Blanket Dickinson Bayou: Dickinson, TX - Part of Dickinson Bayou was covered with dead fish after a massive kill. The fish are Gulf menhaden, commonly known as shad, and there were tens of thousands floating in the bayou. Gulls were having a field day, but could not keep pace. Gerhard Mienecke, who lives on the bayou, said he saw the fish early Saturday morning. "I saw them at first daylight, about 6 am," he said. "I went out into the yard and saw them." Meinecke lives on Benson Road, about a quarter mile west of Interstate 45. "As far as I could see to both sides it was covered with dead fish," he said. This is the third time in the 21 years he has lived in his house that he has seen a large scale fish kill, Meinecke said. "It always happens after we have a long period without rain," he said. That's not a coincidence, said Winston Denton, a biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The fish die because of a lack of oxygen. When there is an abundance of algae, as there is now, the plants produce oxygen during sunny periods. When Saturday's rains and clouds came, the algae shut down and the shad quickly became oxygen-starved. Denton said the fish kill was not unexpected because Dickinson Bayou has naturally low levels of dissolved oxygen and the months-long heatwave also made things worse. "Warmer water holds less oxygen than cooler water," he said. Denton said this is not the first instance of a mass fish kill. There have been several around Galveston Bay since May and one is going on in Clear Lake right now. "It started last week and on Friday; there were millions of dead fish in the water," he said. The Gulf menhaden is a species that is especially susceptible to massive kills, Denton said. "Most fish react to lower oxygen levels," he said. Menhaden don't react to low levels. They also move in much larger groups than other fish." The fish kills could have a two-pronged impact, Denton said. "It is an important commercial fish and an important ecological fish," he said. "When they are adults they are in the Gulf and are important to commercial fishermen. When they are young, they are food for other fish."
My Comments: This specialist said that Menhaden fish are susceptible to lower oxygen levels. This doesn't account for the massive Tilapia, sardines, and many other types of fish kills all around the globe this year. The experts have come up with a lot of different reasons in each region of the world as to why fish are dying en mass throughout the world, and there may be various reasons as to why they are dying. Nevertheless, for whatever reason they are dying, the Word of God foretells this will happen in the last days, "The land will mourn and everyone that dwells in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea will also be taken away" Hosea 4:3.
GalvestonDailyNews.com: Dead Fish Blanket Dickinson Bayou: Dickinson, TX - Part of Dickinson Bayou was covered with dead fish after a massive kill. The fish are Gulf menhaden, commonly known as shad, and there were tens of thousands floating in the bayou. Gulls were having a field day, but could not keep pace. Gerhard Mienecke, who lives on the bayou, said he saw the fish early Saturday morning. "I saw them at first daylight, about 6 am," he said. "I went out into the yard and saw them." Meinecke lives on Benson Road, about a quarter mile west of Interstate 45. "As far as I could see to both sides it was covered with dead fish," he said. This is the third time in the 21 years he has lived in his house that he has seen a large scale fish kill, Meinecke said. "It always happens after we have a long period without rain," he said. That's not a coincidence, said Winston Denton, a biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The fish die because of a lack of oxygen. When there is an abundance of algae, as there is now, the plants produce oxygen during sunny periods. When Saturday's rains and clouds came, the algae shut down and the shad quickly became oxygen-starved. Denton said the fish kill was not unexpected because Dickinson Bayou has naturally low levels of dissolved oxygen and the months-long heatwave also made things worse. "Warmer water holds less oxygen than cooler water," he said. Denton said this is not the first instance of a mass fish kill. There have been several around Galveston Bay since May and one is going on in Clear Lake right now. "It started last week and on Friday; there were millions of dead fish in the water," he said. The Gulf menhaden is a species that is especially susceptible to massive kills, Denton said. "Most fish react to lower oxygen levels," he said. Menhaden don't react to low levels. They also move in much larger groups than other fish." The fish kills could have a two-pronged impact, Denton said. "It is an important commercial fish and an important ecological fish," he said. "When they are adults they are in the Gulf and are important to commercial fishermen. When they are young, they are food for other fish."
My Comments: This specialist said that Menhaden fish are susceptible to lower oxygen levels. This doesn't account for the massive Tilapia, sardines, and many other types of fish kills all around the globe this year. The experts have come up with a lot of different reasons in each region of the world as to why fish are dying en mass throughout the world, and there may be various reasons as to why they are dying. Nevertheless, for whatever reason they are dying, the Word of God foretells this will happen in the last days, "The land will mourn and everyone that dwells in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea will also be taken away" Hosea 4:3.
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