Oxygen-Deprived Pufferfish Gasp for Air in Biscayne Bay

[RodISHI]

So what was going on? Red Tide bloom, or what?
Pufferfish are garbage, anyway.

Pollution (mostly nitrates) and extremely hot water deprives them of oxygen.

It seem you are correct.

Local news story says Hot weather mostly


What we know so far is that dissolved oxygen levels in the water near the location were very low and temperatures were very high. Nutrients from fertilizers, septic effluent, sewage spills, pet waste, and more can feed algae blooms and lead to low oxygen conditions in the water column -- causing fish kills.2 days ago

In the fish runs Salmon and Trout were raised in any nitrates in the spring water the fish runs operate from came from farms above the aquifer. The fish were okay until the temps hit 105 and the sun which heated the water in the concrete runs.

It's a hot year and Miami isn't all that prudent with fertilizer runoff and raw sewage dumping into the bay.

Deadly combination for the fish.

 

[Marion Morrison]

So what was going on? Red Tide bloom, or what?
Pufferfish are garbage, anyway.

Pollution (mostly nitrates) and extremely hot water deprives them of oxygen.

It seem you are correct.

Local news story says Hot weather mostly


What we know so far is that dissolved oxygen levels in the water near the location were very low and temperatures were very high. Nutrients from fertilizers, septic effluent, sewage spills, pet waste, and more can feed algae blooms and lead to low oxygen conditions in the water column -- causing fish kills.2 days ago

In the fish runs Salmon and Trout were raised in any nitrates in the spring water the fish runs operate from came from farms above the aquifer. The fish were okay until the temps hit 105 and the sun which heated the water in the concrete runs.

It's a hot year and Miami isn't all that prudent with fertilizer runoff and raw sewage dumping into the bay.

Deadly combination for the fish.

It'll be OK. Might not smell very good near those beachfront condos for a while, though.
Nobody goes to the beaches in Florida (from Florida) this time of year anyway..
The water is urine-warm and it's like 101 with 90% humidity.
At least not bay beaches.

 

[Unkotare]

So what was going on? Red Tide bloom, or what?
Pufferfish are garbage, anyway.

They're delicious.

 

[Marion Morrison]

So what was going on? Red Tide bloom, or what?
Pufferfish are garbage, anyway.

They're delicious.

Wut?! They're poisonous!

"To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote."

Pufferfish | National Geographic

Find out how these "blowfish" defeat predators by puffing up into inedible balls. Learn how their potentially lethal toxins provide another line of defense.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Yeah, I ain't eating that.
Ahh..Unko is Japanese..now I get it.

Their teeth are not sharp. They're like Cow teeth.
I hate catching them.

 

[Unkotare]

So what was going on? Red Tide bloom, or what?
Pufferfish are garbage, anyway.

They're delicious.

Wut?! They're poisonous!

Only if not prepared correctly.

 

[Gracie]

Poor fishies. THIS hippy is saddened by it, same as I feel when whales and dolphins beach themselves.

 

[Unkotare]

Poor fishies. THIS hippy is saddened by it, same as I feel when whales and dolphins beach themselves.

Also delicious.

 

[Unkotare]

So what was going on? Red Tide bloom, or what?
Pufferfish are garbage, anyway.

They're delicious.

Wut?! They're poisonous!

"To humans, tetrodotoxin is deadly, up to 1,200 times more poisonous than cyanide. There is enough toxin in one pufferfish to kill 30 adult humans, and there is no known antidote."

Pufferfish | National Geographic

Find out how these "blowfish" defeat predators by puffing up into inedible balls. Learn how their potentially lethal toxins provide another line of defense.

www.nationalgeographic.com

...
Ahh..Unko is Japanese..

No he’s not.

 

[MisterBeale]

Fish are dying in Biscayne Bay.
Photo by Kathryn Mikesell

Lack of Oxygen Kills Off Thousands of Fish in Biscayne Bay UPDATED

State and county officials are now investigating what appears to be a widespread fish kill in Biscayne Bay.

www.miaminewtimes.com

Courtesy of Christopher Boykin
Atlantic stingrays photographed off Pelican Harbor Seabird Station

A Fish Kill Spotted In Biscayne Bay May Be Spreading Through Miami

A fish kill first spotted by swimmers off Morningside Park on Monday may be spreading, with new reports from Pelican Harbor to the north and south to Virginia Key.

www.wlrn.org