Great Lakes Bass Fishing Forum
Biology, Conservation, Legislation & Regulations => Conservation & Environment => Topic started by: djkimmel on September 16, 2010, 09:46:47 PM
Massive Mississippi River Fish Kill Not BP's Fault (http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/louisiana-state-officials-say-massive-fish-kill-incident-not-bps-fault/19636695)
Steven Hoffer
Contributor
AOL News Surge Desk
(Sept. 16) -- BP is behind the worst accidental oil spill in history, and is thus responsible for the deaths of much affected animal life in the Gulf of Mexico. But the latest gruesome fish kill? Don't count on it.
Louisiana's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries determined that rising temperatures and low tide caused the low oxygen levels that led to the mass suffocation of more than 100,000 fish in the Bayou Chaland in Plaquemines Parish, La., last week.
Read entire article on Aol News (http://www.aolnews.com/surge-desk/article/louisiana-state-officials-say-massive-fish-kill-incident-not-bps-fault/19636695)