INTRIGUE. Millions of fish found dead in the South Los Angeles, jammed together as if they WERE CANNED. Authorities are investigating the causes of this mass mortality.
Millions of dead fish were found floating near a dock complex in southern California, USA.
When the owners of the boats moored in the harbor King (on the coast south of Los Angeles) woke up, found a carpet of small silver fish that surrounded their boats, said Staci Gabrielli, port marine coordinator.
AuthoritiesCalifornia Fish and Game said it's sardines and anchovies. But experts have yet to determine what happened. Gabrielli said the fish appeared to move toward the sea to escape the red tide, a bloom of toxic algae that occurs naturally and can poison fish or leave them without oxygen.
Another hypothesis is that strong winds in the morning might have caught the animals in the port, crushing them against a wall, where they could end up oxygen, then suffocated to death. In addition, it is possible that the massive death has been produced by a spill of oil or other substance. Dead fish were so crowded together that Gabrielli said that the boats could not leave the docks.
When Game and Fish authorities arrived on the scene began to take samples of fish. "We have no idea what happened here, '" spokesman Andrew Hughan. "There are thousands and thousands and thousands of fish.'' Source
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