1 Million Fish Dead in Bolivian Ecological Disaster

[HarvestMoon]

1 Million Fish Dead in Bolivian Ecological Disaster
(3 Aug. 2010 - Update: The number of dead fish and other water-dependent wildlife has increased to about 6 million.)

Over 1 million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles, dolphins and other river wildlife are floating dead in numerous Bolivian rivers in the three eastern/southern departments of Santa Cruz, Beni and Tarija. The extreme cold front that hit Bolivia in mid-July caused water temperatures to dip below the minimum temperatures river life can tolerate. As a consequence, rivers, lakes, lagoons and fisheries are brimming with decomposing fish and other creatures.

Read more at: http://www.boliviabella.com/1-millio...-disaster.html

[jess]

I watched some reports about this over the weekend. I feel for the people, but wonder if it's a repeat of what's happened in the past.

Locally, when the temperature stays below freezing for 24 hours, or more, the fish kill in Galveston Bay numbers in the millions. The redfish and speckled trout are caught in the shallow waters of the estuaries and die from the extreme cold.

[dkmac]

It's the same down here in the marshes of South Louisiana. When we get a long period of sub-freezing temps, there are dead fish floating everywhere.