The Cellar - View Single Post - Mar 9, 2011: Millions of dead fish at King Harbor in Redondo Beach, California

SPUCK · 03-10-2011, 05:22 AM

I'm amazed they're making such a hullabaloo of this. It happens all the time. Our harbor had it happening every other year until they fixed it.

They installed large motors with propellers on them all over the harbor. When the fish show up they turn them all on. It thrashes the water into an aerated foam and simultaneously reduces the incentive for the fish to hang around in the maelstrom. While the fish show up regularly there's never been another big die off.

BTW when those fish die? They rapidly decompose into an oily mess. The oils strip the very expensive paint off the bottoms of all the boats. This causes great hues and gnashing of teeth.

03-10-2011, 05:22 AM	#6
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	I'm amazed they're making such a hullabaloo of this. It happens all the time. Our harbor had it happening every other year until they fixed it. They installed large motors with propellers on them all over the harbor. When the fish show up they turn them all on. It thrashes the water into an aerated foam and simultaneously reduces the incentive for the fish to hang around in the maelstrom. While the fish show up regularly there's never been another big die off. BTW when those fish die? They rapidly decompose into an oily mess. The oils strip the very expensive paint off the bottoms of all the boats. This causes great hues and gnashing of teeth.