Thousands of fish die in Ventura Harbor

[DMac]

Earthquake to follow? ???

Thousands of fish die in Ventura Harbor (http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-8831363/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZXJjdXJ5bmV3cy5jb20vYnJlYWtpbmctbm V3cy9jaV8xNzg4MDg3MT9zb3VyY2U9cnNz)

Associated Press
Posted: 04/19/2011 07:33:27 AM PDT

VENTURA-- Officials say thousands of anchovies and sardines have died in Ventura Harbor after using up all their oxygen.
Pat Hummer of the Ventura Harbor Patrol says the fish died Monday, although they moved into the harbor a week ago.
Hummer says three patrol boats drove around scooping up dead fish before they started sinking and stinking. They filled up more than 20 50-gallon barrels throughout the day. The carcasses were dumped at sea.
In early March, 175 tons or 2.5 million sardines died in Redondo Beach after running out of oxygen.
Officials say they don't know why the fish entered the harbor, but they could have been chased by a sea lion, dolphin or strong tide.


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(Redondo Beach Dead Fish: Toxins Found In Sardines That Died By The Millions) (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/12/redondo-beach-dead-fish-t_0_n_834958.html)
03/12/11 02:17 AM

[General of Darkness]

Is this a common occurrence or a precursor to let's say, an earthquake?

[cortez]

around tomorrow there is supposed to be another alignment. mars, ELENIN, sun. not as dramatic as when the Earth is aligned like on march 11 but cosmic forces non the less. some have suggested that animal die offs are from gases being released prior to siesmic activity

[gunDriller]

Is this a common occurrence or a precursor to let's say, an earthquake?


i don't entirely buy the "used up all their oxygen" explanation. if you have a fish-tank, you need a bubbler and/or some underwater plants to get some oxygen back in the water for the fish or pollywogs or whatever you're raising.

but there is a lot of pollution in many harbors, they could have been chased in by a predator, and wolfed down a bunch of protozoa laced with oil. or all the sea-grass is dead in that area, and the water is low oxygen.