Pattern Recognition - Mass Fish Kill Roundup - Late April 2011
Thousands of dead fish in Ventura Harbour - no cause yet - assumed oxygen deprivation - April 19th, 2011
Masses of fish started crowding Ventura Harbor about a week ago, Miller said, though it was unclear what drove them there.
"We just think they moved in there, and it was just like crowding too many people into a room," he said. "There's no sign of red tide, and there's no indication otherwise on why that would have happened, other than oxygen deprivation."
Thousands of dead fish show up in Lake Champlain - winter kill blamed - April 22nd, 2011
Residents of the Champlain Islands and the lakeshore near St. Albans have reported large numbers of dead alewives washing up on the shoreline.
Thousands of dead fish on seas shore in Queensland Australia - cause of death unknown - April 24th, 2011
MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of thousands of dead fish which littered Marcoola Beach on Friday.
Plan to fix Buffalo lake where tons of fish died - April 12th, 2011
State officials plan to spend $100,000 to pump oxygen into a Buffalo park lake where workers have removed more than 4.5 tons of dead fish.
Thousands of fish dead in Lake Musconetcong NJ - bacteria blamed for death - April 20th, 2011
A user of the Lake Musconetcong Community Association Facebook page posted this account:
Here is a view of the massive fish kill I have been seeing on the lake. Thousands of sunfish, crappie, pickeral, some bass. My highlight or lowlight of the day was talking to a fellow member from my boat on the Port Morris side and watching a small catfish come up and die in front of us... next to a large perch just about to die. Not sure what the problem is but this is not good.
Uncommon Death of 15 sharks in Florida - cause unknown - April 22nd, 2011
Bird, dolphin, sea lion deaths on the rise - domoic acid algae bloom possible cause - April 21st, 2011
What may be an escalating outbreak of ocean toxin is sending sick and dying birds and sea lions to rescue centers on the Southern California coast, with more dead dolphins washing up onshore, wildlife officials and rescuers said Thursday.
At least 10 sea birds were crowding the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center in Huntington Beach Thursday, and six others have died; the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach has seen 15 sea lions in recent days, and all but two have died.
Six dolphins have washed up since Sunday on Orange County shores.
"We are just inundated," said Jamie Pavlat, a volunteer supervisor at the Huntington Beach Center, who was helping care for sickened grebes, loons and cormorants Thursday.
The total so far since April 4: 61 sea lions, 11 common dolphins and one Dall's porpoise in Los Angeles County, and, in addition to the 15 sea lions, six common dolphins in Orange County, according to rescuers and wildlife biologist Joe Cordaro of the National Marine Fisheries Service.
The total includes two dolphins that washed up in Orange County Thursday.
Of the total sea lions, 48 remained alive at last count, Cordaro said.
Experts believe the animals are being sickened by domoic acid, a toxin produced by tiny marine organisms called diatoms that periodically bloom off the coast.
Rare sighting of offshore killer whales made off Long Beach - April 16th, 2011
As many as eight orcas were seen feeding on a massive school of fish before slowly heading east, and there could be many more around because offshore killer whales typically travel in much larger groups.
Offshore orcas seem to spend much of their time off British Columbia. Schulman-Janiger, who is conducting a longterm photo-identification study of transient and offshore killer whales, said she has fewer than 60 records of offshore orcas off California over the last 19 years.
Record number of Rare "Right whales" swarm Cape Cod - April 21st, 2011
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To read more about mass fish kills and whale strandings and dramatic earth changes check out my other Round-ups:
Pattern Recognition - Fish & sea animal deaths April 2011
They're everywhere! Massive Insect Plagues & Infestations - March 2011 Round-up
Dead Fish Round-up March 31st
Dead Fish Round-up - March 30th
Pattern Recognition - Mass whale & Dolphins strandings 2011
Pattern Recognition - Dramatic Earth Changes: Trying to make sense of odd seismic activity
Cracked Earth Round-up - Indonesia, Phillipines, Thailand, California
Pattern Recognition: Food Crisis Round-up - late April 2011
Pattern Recognition - Food Crisis News - April 10, 2011
Food Crisis News Round-up - 2/28/2011
