Million dead fish swamp L.A.-area marina

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quick, some body take them to the arapaima and gator gar !
 
the oxygen deprivation makes sense cause thats usually what happens in peoples tanks with lack of water movement and an overabundance of fish. the fish were scared into the harbor by the storm. the harbor is surrounded by a rocky barricade which has very little water movement and the lack of oxygen in the water = millions of dead sardines
 
"Authorities said it appeared that a massive, churning ball of sardines, and some mackerel and anchovies, was chased toward shore over the last few days, primarily from a spring storm that brought wind gusts of 45 mph off the coast last weekend. Hungry, migrating whales spotted offshore in recent days may have added to the sardines' plight. So officials said the sardines did what anyone might — they headed for safe harbor, to a picturesque complex of four marinas that is home to 1,400 boats (mostly private fishing boats, sailboats and cruisers), an easygoing town of surf shops, dive bars and tanning salons.There, they suffocated. Even at high tide, King Harbor is only 22 feet deep, and though it is home to mackerel and perch, there simply wasn't enough oxygen to support such a massive influx of fish, even of the four-inch variety, officials said. The basin of the marina complex the fish chose also happened to be a spot with very little water movement, critical for maintaining oxygen levels."

"A crew of 200 workers has already removed more than 35 tons of fish, mostly by skimming the water's surface. But an additional 30 tons — and perhaps more — are believed to have collected in a 2-foot-thick layer on the bottom of the harbor, about 20 feet below."

- Local News
 
What a sad story...lady at work was preaching that this as well as many strange happenings mean armageddon is coming!
 
That port is packed like a can of sardines.

*crickets*
 
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