Massive fish kill reported in Louisiana
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 3:00AM 
What you see above isn't a rural gravel road. It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports that even a whale was found dead in the area.
Fish kills are fairly common along the Gulf Coast, particularly during the summer in the area near the mouth of the Mississippi, the site of this kill. The area is rife with dead zones -- stretches where sudden oxygen depletion can cause widespread death. But those kills tend to be limited to a single species of fish, rather than the broad sort of die-off involved in this kill.
And therein lies the concern of Gulf residents, who suspect this may be yet another side effect of the catastrophic BP oil spill.
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Reader Comments (4)
Of course its the oil spill ! I'm sure this is just the start of whats to come in the Gulf !
I HOPE NOT!!! But it may be.
This is too bad, what a shocking image. Never seen a fish kill photo like this one. Wow.
It's like we were talking about on the recent Fish Schtick with Curt Redden. The Federal Administration and BP are quick to say "it's not as bad as we thought" but local people believe it's as bad as was ever feared, and this evidences the local concerns more than the Federal whitewash.
The Beyond Pricks assured us that it was cleaned up. Bull!!!!! it's just getting started. The other thing nationally not being reported. Is there still finding more Oil in the marshes.