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Fish Kills Now... Maybe Oil?
Posted on 5/18/10 at 9:52 pm
Posted on 5/18/10 at 9:52 pm
This sucks
LINK
Also from a poster on another board, that a massive fish kill was reported today near black bay in the Breton Sound area.
Still trying to confirm on that
LINK
Also from a poster on another board, that a massive fish kill was reported today near black bay in the Breton Sound area.
Still trying to confirm on that
This post was edited on 5/18/10 at 9:55 pm
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Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:01 pm to MoreOrLes
If people think the oil spill stinks, wait until they start smelling a million dead pogies.
Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:09 pm to White Roach
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Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:13 pm to Mudminnow
Its too soon to tell. No one knows for sure what the effects are going to be yet. I'm still holding out hope.......but none of this is good.
Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:14 pm to Mudminnow
Los Angeles Times
Pertinent information to this discussion:
At the same time, scientists have begun measuring the vast quantities of oil hidden to the human eye. Vernon Asper, an oceanographer and marine professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, was part of a group that landed at Cocodrie, La., on Sunday, after completing a two-week research trip in the gulf. Asper said they documented plumes of oil 2,000 to 6,000 feet below the water's surface, covering an area 4 miles wide and 15 miles long.
Bacteria in the water naturally break down oil, but that process sucks up large amounts of oxygen. Such a scenario could cause dead zones similar to a seasonal one caused by nitrogen-rich runoff down the Mississippi River.
"We're concerned about that, because everything that lives down there at these depths in the water needs oxygen, so if you use up all the oxygen they're going to be impacted," said Ralph Portier, an environmental science professor at Louisiana State University.
Portier said he also feared that the deep oil plumes could emerge years or even decades from now, potentially threatening coastlines for generations.
Pertinent information to this discussion:
At the same time, scientists have begun measuring the vast quantities of oil hidden to the human eye. Vernon Asper, an oceanographer and marine professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, was part of a group that landed at Cocodrie, La., on Sunday, after completing a two-week research trip in the gulf. Asper said they documented plumes of oil 2,000 to 6,000 feet below the water's surface, covering an area 4 miles wide and 15 miles long.
Bacteria in the water naturally break down oil, but that process sucks up large amounts of oxygen. Such a scenario could cause dead zones similar to a seasonal one caused by nitrogen-rich runoff down the Mississippi River.
"We're concerned about that, because everything that lives down there at these depths in the water needs oxygen, so if you use up all the oxygen they're going to be impacted," said Ralph Portier, an environmental science professor at Louisiana State University.
Portier said he also feared that the deep oil plumes could emerge years or even decades from now, potentially threatening coastlines for generations.
This post was edited on 5/18/10 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:16 pm to MoreOrLes
it was only a matter of time
sucks though
sucks though
Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:17 pm to Mudminnow
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Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:24 pm to MoreOrLes
what board is that from? Link?
Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:30 pm to Mudminnow
Now all our fisherman need to do is scoop them up.
Posted on 5/18/10 at 10:30 pm to Mudminnow
Posted on 5/19/10 at 7:03 am to White Roach
quote:
wait until they start smelling a million dead pogies
There is still a working pogey plant in Moss Point MS. Talk about reek, enough to gag a maggot. Only thing close I have ever smelled are the rendering plants in the Midwest where they boil dead livestock.
I said a week ago that the loss of the main gulf forage (pogies and mullet) that are surface feeders and therefore most likely to be affected, would be a much greater impact than kills of the actual sportsfish. I still believe that.
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