I was walking on the beach at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and noticed quite a few fish that got stranded and seemed paralyzed. I then noticed these huge blue bottles that got washed out. They are about the size of a size 5 to 7 shoe. Could it be that these fish were victims of the blue bottles?
Paralized and dead fish
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WalkersKiller
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Interesting!
Chris Shelton
Sealiner
I'd be worried if it was temperature related. The tropics are normally pretty consistent in water temperature, only tolerating a degree or so fluctuation either side the 24degC mark.
deezynking
Senior Member
well u are in bermuda triangle space, maybe they got abdusted by aliens who experimented on them and paralised them..... it is america after all.
tubs the sea saver
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deezynking wrote:
or someone hit them with a big mac hahahaha
Fish kills reported in Florida, apparently due to cold spells; fishing restrictions set
By Press-Register staff
January 22, 2010, 7:25PMProlonged freezing temperatures over much of Florida earlier this month have caused massive fish kills from Miami to Pensacola, Fish and Wildlife Commission spokesman Lee Schlesinger said in a Pensacola News Journal report.
In Gulf Breeze, Fla., for example, tens of thousands of dead fish have floating in the canals of the Polynesian Islands subdivision in Gulf Breeze. "The entire surface of the water was covered yesterday," Clive Knights of Kalakaua Court said Thursday.
Fish kills from extreme weather conditions are not unusual, but this could be one of the biggest in recent history, Schlesinger said. As a result, the commission has set temporary fishing restrictions on tarpon, snook and bonefish as scientists evaluate the scope of the kill and decide if more conservation measures are needed.
By Press-Register staff
January 22, 2010, 7:25PMProlonged freezing temperatures over much of Florida earlier this month have caused massive fish kills from Miami to Pensacola, Fish and Wildlife Commission spokesman Lee Schlesinger said in a Pensacola News Journal report.
In Gulf Breeze, Fla., for example, tens of thousands of dead fish have floating in the canals of the Polynesian Islands subdivision in Gulf Breeze. "The entire surface of the water was covered yesterday," Clive Knights of Kalakaua Court said Thursday.
Fish kills from extreme weather conditions are not unusual, but this could be one of the biggest in recent history, Schlesinger said. As a result, the commission has set temporary fishing restrictions on tarpon, snook and bonefish as scientists evaluate the scope of the kill and decide if more conservation measures are needed.
Marthin
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The blue bottles was the first sign.... in certain places in our coast, blue bottles are a sure sign that very cold water is also around. I learnt this from an old angler in Mosselbay. The time in Dwarskersbos it was jellyfish... we even found a small sunfish dead on the shore.
The blue bottles was the first sign.... in certain places in our coast, blue bottles are a sure sign that very cold water is also around. I learnt this from an old angler in Mosselbay. The time in Dwarskersbos it was jellyfish... we even found a small sunfish dead on the shore.
benniejordaan
Sealiner
I just found it rather interesting, yet alarming, that oceanic fish are so susceptible to cold spells. The state of Florida has imposed strict fishing regulations until researchers have figured out the extent of the nock that fishing populations have taken. Global climate change ??? This makes one ask many questions!
Chris Shelton
Sealiner
The ice cold run off from the North lying glaciers, carried into the tropics by ocean currents perhaps? If anything should raise eyeballs, it should be any untoward changes in the tropics. Like you get your indicator species , eg. golden-horn caddis lava and other highly susceptible to change insects, invertebrates and organisms that only survive in the most pristine unpolluted environments, so to should anything untoward in the tropics be regarded as a key indicator to environmental change. It's really scary when you hear of the coral reefs being bleached and tropical fish washing up due to cold snaps. Only in the last decade!
Good to hear that worldwide authorities and leaders are finally starting to take the global warming thing seriously. I just hope it is not too late.
Good to hear that worldwide authorities and leaders are finally starting to take the global warming thing seriously. I just hope it is not too late.