Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana

[revhtree Verified Admin]

What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area, a stretch of coastal Louisiana hit hard this summer by oil from BP's busted Gulf well.

Fish kills are fairly common along the Gulf Coast, particularly during the summer in the area near the mouth of the Mississippi, the site of this kill. The area is rife with dead zones -- stretches where sudden oxygen depletion can cause widespread death. But those kills tend to be limited to a single species of fish, rather than the broad sort of die-off involved in this kill.

And therein lies the concern of Gulf residents, who suspect this may be yet another side effect of the catastrophic BP oil spill.

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[Breakin Newz]

Nothing to say other then sad... Can't believe it....

 

[Mr E Wrasse]

that's really heartbreaking. even worse when it's your home state :(

 

[roshi719]

I hear they have found oil in the sediments at the bottom of the ocean from 2 to 80 miles out from the well as well.


Will we as a species ever learn our lesson???

 

[jordan3548]

Man thats terrible it when I 1st saw the pic it does look like a gravel road. I think this does have something to do with the oil spill though. I know they say it normally happens due to lack of oxygen but maybe the oil depleted more oxygen than usual?

 

[roshi719]

Well I do know thebacteria that consume the oil are an aerobic species... so that does add up