In yet another dead fish mystery along the North American West Coast several tons of dead fish wash up along the coast of Chiapas, Mexico
Tapachula, Chiapas - thousands of dead fish were found on the coast of Chiapas so authorities deployed an operation to remove them.
Staff from the Fourteenth Naval District in this city yesterday removed several tons of sardines, sources of that institution.
With boats, shovels on the edge of the coast, Semar elements involved in the work to remove the dead animals.
"It's pure sardine that is dying," said Gabriel Sanchez, a fisherman from Puerto Chiapas.
No authority has informed the possible cause of the fish kill, although unofficial sources indicated that it could be red tide.
Further north in Alaska whale deaths in Gulf of Alaska puzzle scientists
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – More dead whales have been found in the Gulf of Alaska following the sightings of nine fin whale carcasses in late May and early June.
The Alaska Dispatch News reports that fishermen, pilots and survey crews have reported five additional dead whales over the past several weeks, including four humpbacks and one fin whale. University of Alaska Fairbanks marine mammal specialist Kate Wynne says one theory is that the whales died from a toxin related to warmth-induced algae blooms in the Gulf of Alaska waters.
But she says scientists have tested a sample taken from the partially decomposed carcass of a dead fin whale and it did not contain the algae-produced toxin domoic acid.
Other results are still pending.
Credit to The Big Wobble.org
http://www.thebigwobble.org/2015/07/dead-zones-tons-of-dead-sardine-off.html
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