Fish Kill

[NarragansettBil]

This doesn't help the population any!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13186550/

[vineyardblues]

OMG...RIGHT IN THE BACK YARD OF OUR GOVERMENT!
Maybe the report with help ? hope so
VB

ps, what are the other fish ?

[NarragansettBil]

Fisheries Commission said the dead fish included white perch, striped bass, croaker and cow-nosed rays.

[protty31]

Absolutely brutal.It kills me to see that.

[UpChunk]

I grew up in DC, in the 60's an 70's,fished the river an canal systems all of my youth.There were times when the shad an herring would have a massive die off along the river as far as the eye could see. They were mostly spawning species.But it is very disturbing none the less, probably a virus/toxin related to Oxygen or some such thing related to runoff!

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by UpChunk

I grew up in DC, in the 60's an 70's,fished the river an canal systems all of my youth.There were times when the shad an herring would have a massive die off along the river as far as the eye could see. They were mostly spawning species.But it is very disturbing none the less, probably a virus/toxin related to Oxygen or some such thing related to runoff!

Yes, I remember my youth growing up int the back end of Bodkin Creek (a little north of Annapolis) of having annual fish kills happening on the creek banks. Thousands of fish, usually herring, dead and rotting along the banks... As a kid from 5-10 years old, they were the "Elways" that were dying. I later realized that the adults were really saying "Alewives"

UpChunk - welcome to S-B

[bluzjamer]

I just want to know how many illegals were there picking them up and takin them home!

[baldwin]

Sounds to me like Pfiesteria piscicida. That stuff is toxic to humans, too. It's been responsible for kills of up to 1 billion menhaden in North Carolina, and its proliferation may be linked to excess nitrogen loading from agricultural and sewage pollution.

[Raven]

it's because with non organic farming no organic matter is ever
added to soil to help lock everything in... so the nitrates (chemicals) just get leached out into the creeks and on to the rivers. then you either get a direct kill or an algae bloom that starves them (the fish) of oxygen.

the united states has come a long way in returning to organic methods
and in raising the "value" of organically raised food... and now all the major super markets are jumping on the bandwagon finally because consumers
are demanding that they carry organically raised food more and more.

the problem is....that to be able to declare and sell food that has been "raised organically" you have to do so much paper work and list every single step you take, proceedurally,it's like its a presidential autopsy so that it's definately not worth the hassle . So in esence the government has over regulated the organic growers to DEATH.

Say for example i am walking in a tomatoe field and see one plant that could use a boost of compost tea or a single shovel full of
compost. well ..you have to list the source...where you got it...
(whats in it) exactly how much was applied (weight or volume) ,on what day ...what time... and on it goes and the list is enormous!!!!!

it's totally mental... so then you have farms (farmers) saying that they use "natural methods" but trying to claim organic......forget about it....

it definately pisses me right off.... friggan morons...they ruin everything in the name of special interests and big business.

[ThrowingTimber]

Yeah but I bet the surrounding neighborhoods have killer lawns

[NarragansettBil]

Hope it doesn't happen here. I do know that we have a problem in the Narrow river with high nitrogen counts and excessive run of chemicals from lawn up hill and on the water. Of course Rhode Islands answer to this is "Hell let them make the houses bigger along the river, who needs marshes. Damn Idiots!!!