tons of dead sardines washing up....japan

[Serpo]

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/06/05/something-fishys-going-on-in-a-fishing-port-in-japan-literally-and-tons-and-tons-of-it-too/
Something fishy’s going on in a fishing port in Japan, literally – and tons and tons of it too!

Jun 5, 2012 by Kay (http://en.rocketnews24.com/author/kaylovesny/)
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http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/sardines1.jpg
Something terribly fishy is going on at the fishing port of Ohara (pronounced Oh-hara) in Isumi City of Chiba Prefecture, and it has nothing to do with espionage or political corruption. There are tons and tons of dead sardines washing up on the shore, and not only is the sight disturbing, but the huge amount of dead fish is literally smelling up the entire surrounding area.

According to the news, the dead fish started washing up around noon of June 3rd, and as of early afternoon on June 4th, the situation still remained pretty much out of control. The amount of dead sardines that has washed up is thought to total several dozen metrics tons, so you can imagine how bad the smell of rotting fish must be.
We’ve seen the pictures uploaded onto Twitter, and the port looks completely filled with fish – it almost looks like a carpet of sardines. It doesn’t seem likely that any fishing boats will be setting sail from this port soon. There are also, of course, the usual posts and comments on the internet on how this could be an omen, a sign of a coming great natural disaster.
When we inquired with a local inn, we were told that the port was scheduled to be closed from June 1st to 5th, but given the emergency, local fishermen are currently out in full force trying to resolve the situation. Already more than 2 full days into the bizarre occurrence, the smell has to be almost unbearable, but the people of Ohara still have no idea when they will be able to get rid of all the sardines. We sincerely hope they will be able to solve the problem quickly.
Source: Twitter @yumihareyama (https://twitter.com/yumihareyama/status/209496274507018241/photo/1) (Japanese), Twitter @ryoshikobo (http://twitter.com/#%21/ryoshikobo) (Japanese)

▼You have to admit the sight is somewhat apocalyptic
http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/sardines2.jpg [ Read in Japanese (http://rocketnews24.com/2012/06/04/218077/) ]

[Twisted Titan]

Something new escaping Fukushima??

[Neuro]

Apparently three days prior to the mega earthquake in Japan, the same thing happened in California. Reversal of lucks now?

http://seals2.blogspot.com/2011/04/million-dead-sardines-was-nature.html

[Spectrism]

No mention of radioactive ion measurement. That have to pretend it is a natural event. Don't want to scare the people.

Sardines are among the least likely to have radiation problems in that they are down the bottom of the food chain... but... they are feeding on the small stuff loaded with cesium. These are the food for tuna and this is why we are seeing the migrating tuna off California ALL are contaminated with cesium.

[Horn]

Apparently three days prior to the mega earthquake in Japan, the same thing happened in California. Reversal of lucks now?

http://seals2.blogspot.com/2011/04/million-dead-sardines-was-nature.html

So we are a T-minus a couple hours...?

[EE_]

What's washing up here...it's coming!

Tsunami-loosened dock on Oregon coast raises concerns about future debris, foreign organisms, what to do with it
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/06/tsunami-loosened_dock_on_orego.html

[chad]

i don't think it means anything. i have seen the same thing countless times (countless) along lake michigan with alewife (which are essentially sardines). sudden change in climotherm, plankton turn, etc. will kill them. in the late 1980s sheboygan, two rivers, algoma, etc. literally had snowplows and dump trucks cleaning them up.

[Awoke]

What's washing up here...it's coming!

Tsunami-loosened dock on Oregon coast raises concerns about future debris, foreign organisms, what to do with it
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/06/tsunami-loosened_dock_on_orego.html

That's seriously weird man. Motorcycle, Shipping containers, and now a chunk of a dock?

[drafter]

That's seriously weird man. Motorcycle, Shipping containers, and now a chunk of a dock?

Just a floating dock. Nothing too unusual. They're supposed to try and scrape off all the "stuff" today so that it doesn't contaminate anything with "invasive species". They say there's no radiactivity but I'm not going to walk down and lick it or anything :P I'm just wondering what other crap is going to start littering the beaches here this summer.

[milehi]

Just a floating dock. Nothing too unusual. They're supposed to try and scrape off all the "stuff" today so that it doesn't contaminate anything with "invasive species". They say there's no radiactivity but I'm not going to walk down and lick it or anything :P I'm just wondering what other crap is going to start littering the beaches here this summer.


As if there weren't enough hazzards in the lineup. Surly locals, tree trunks, sharks (bring a cage) and now docks.

[Libertytree]

As if there weren't enough hazzards in the lineup. Surly locals, tree trunks, sharks (bring a cage) and now docks.

Just had to bust your thanks cherry :)

Seems seaworthy enough to make a houseboat out of, should be cheap enough.

[gunDriller]

the sight of those sardines makes me think about using them in a compost pile.

the compost would be high in nitrogen and medium in phosphorus. with some amount of radioactivity.

not sure how useful THAT would be.


why aren't the radioactive Japanese seagulls eating the radioactive Japanese sardines ? are all the seagulls in Japan dead ?

[Cebu_4_2]

http://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/sardines1.jpg

Note the red water. I read that this is some sort of red algae that occurs from the pollution in China. Not sure if this is the same but that was the first thing that popped into my mind.

[drafter]

As if there weren't enough hazzards in the lineup. Surly locals, tree trunks, sharks (bring a cage) and now docks.

I was kinda thinking about that when i first heard about it since it's right near one of the main surf spots. Makes you wonder what else people are going to have to be dodging soon. Found a TV tube on the beach the other day.

[Spectrism]

In CT there is a pamphlet- If I catch it Can I eat it?

Even clean lakes, ponds and streams- only once per week. Why? Mercury poisoning from air pollution.

China puts out tons of mercury every year from their coal power generation. Bastards are worse than we were.

[JDRock]

That's seriously weird man. Motorcycle, Shipping containers, and now a chunk of a dock?

But, according to your government, absolutely NO radiation!

[EE_]

Wish it away: US government ignores archipelago of Japanese debris heading its way
Edited: 09 June, 2012, 03:20

The United States is awaiting the arrival of a blot of debris three times its own size from Japan. But despite new objects washing up daily on the West Coast, Washington is hoping the problem will literally just disappear.
*Earlier this week, a 70-foot metal dock turned up on the Oregon shore. Japanese officials immediately identified its original home – the Japanese city of Misawa, which had been devastated by the tsunami in March 2011.
The dock is only the forerunner of a much more dangerous wave of flotsam, Chris Pallister, who heads Gulf of Alaska Keeper, a coastal clean-up organization, told AP.
"There are going to be a lot of drums full of chemicals that we won't be able to identify."
"I think this is far worse than any oil spill that we've ever faced on the West Coast or any other environmental disaster we've faced on the West Coast," continued Pallister, comparing the debris to the Exxon Valdez spill that devastated the region in 1989.
West Coast politicians echoed the concerns of environmentalists, with Alaskan Democratic Senator Mark Begich calling the drift a “national emergency.”
He says the cleanup could cost $45 million.
But the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Ocean Service (NOAA) – the organization responsible for such emergencies – only has $618,000 dedicated to tsunami debris removal.
In fact, NOAA’s entire budget is less than a tenth of the amount of necessary funds. It has said that it will be up to individual states to save their own beaches.
In turn, considering the unpredictability of where the flotsam will land, individual states are hoping that the national government will create a central program from which resources can be allocated as needed.
So, why hasn’t the US government created such a program?
While an estimated 1.5 million tons of objects were dislodged by the tsunami – an equivalent of over 200 Eiffel Towers in weight – officials are hoping not all of it will hit the coast, and that what does hit will be spread out over time.
Some of the debris has descended to the bottom of the ocean, while other pieces have been at the mercy of swirling Pacific currents that may have redirected them away from the coast. The size and weight of the debris also impacts their speed – even those destined for the US may take years to get there, rendering any targeted clean-up operation redundant.
These are the best-case scenarios. The worst-case could see a mass of dangerous and personal objects (including human remains) wash up on the beaches of California, Oregon and Washington State within the space of several months, turning them into grotesque and deserted exhibitions.
John Chapman from Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center said the number of objects headed towards American shores is “incredibly hard to predict.”
The actual scale of the problem will be evident by autumn, when the main mass of debris should reach the US.
With thousands of cleanup workers needed over thousands of miles of coastland, it will take millions of dollars and months to organize a centralized program.
If the authorities want to guarantee that US beaches are clean and safe, there is not much time left.
http://www.rt.com/news/japan-debris-us-coast-406/

[ShortJohnSilver]

1. Lots of scrap metal, wood, glass, etc. - hey morons in Gov't how about a free-market solution? Allow certain materials to be scrapped by scrappers, steel is 12 cents a lb. at local scrap yards for instance.

2. Sardines - cesium wouldn't kill them en masse - if you want a non-random explanation, how about the recent Sun / Venus /Earth alignment? Could have messed with the ocean in some way?

[Spectrism]

1. Lots of scrap metal, wood, glass, etc. - hey morons in Gov't how about a free-market solution? Allow certain materials to be scrapped by scrappers, steel is 12 cents a lb. at local scrap yards for instance.

2. Sardines - cesium wouldn't kill them en masse - if you want a non-random explanation, how about the recent Sun / Venus /Earth alignment? Could have messed with the ocean in some way?

The rainwater runoff in Japan is loaded with contaminated silt. Cesium, strontium, iodine.... lots of crap in those waters.

Scrapping bits of garbage out there would cost more than other sources. All that debris is a hazzard to water travel. The radiactive water will be an added danger.

[singular_me]

One'd think that japan would have banned nuclear energy and be advocating in favor of alternative solutions since hiroshima...

[Serpo]

One'd think that japan would have banned nuclear energy and be advocating in favor of alternative solutions since hiroshima...


We have a thread on this subject,have you seen it.............

[Awoke]

Just a floating dock. Nothing too unusual. They're supposed to try and scrape off all the "stuff" today so that it doesn't contaminate anything with "invasive species". They say there's no radiactivity but I'm not going to walk down and lick it or anything :P I'm just wondering what other crap is going to start littering the beaches here this summer.

But, according to your government, absolutely NO radiation!

Well really when you think about it, that dock was ripped away with the initial inrush/outrush of the tsunami. All that debris would have been in the ocean and en route before the radiological issues arose. So there probably truely isn't any radiation, at least, not more than what they would consider normal by the latest standards...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDSpCxjZ2D8

[JDRock]

the f*ktards should have sent the navy to sink all that crap while it was still off the coast of japan!