Underwater video of low dissolved oxygen event in Hood Canal

[jaedehunter]

Most of it is caused from polluted stormwater runoff. Everyone seems to think their little lot doesn't matter but many little lots collectively do. The solution is a community effort. People don't like to work together.

[happinesson]

If human can't take good care of our body of water..can somebody invent an oxygen for the fish to use in the future? Poor underwater creature...

[xlr8up]

Blame corrupt oil companies like Obama's little pals at BP, they hide their dirty oily deeds with little to no media coverage, and I'm not talking the Gulf Spill, coverage of that dirty-deed was unavoidable because it was so close to shore, but do you have any idea how many deep-water spills BP and other oceanic strip miners have caused?

1000's of spills 'little people,' like you and I will never be privy to because Obama mandated non-disclosures agreements that aide Big Oil to hide spill-data!!

[toaster576]

this is bad and i live there i go ther all the time

[UWVIDEO1]

It is horrible what we are doing to our oceans. The most significant insight never seems to be considered "we are next".

[karenl1234]

tey used lots of fertilizers in valdez cleanup that projected lack of oxygen in future oil fertilizer run offs boats what to do? this is horrible!

[Goodness250]

Alright bastards, this has to be said: If you have a motorized boat, pull it out of the canal. Period. It should be against the law at this point.

[deepblueeco]

It's actually not a normal cycle, not when it's happening so frequently and all over the world. A little rain has nothing to do with it.... This is caused by pollutants, fertilizers & sewage runoffs into the ocean, increasing phosphorus and nitrogen, which ignite algae blooms and then when they go through the life cycles and decompose it uses up the oxygen in the water. The deeper water then becomes a dead zone.

[johnysquid]

What exactly is the answer? Less traffic from commercial boats? That kills commerce. Less recreational boat traffic? Fine more people should learn to sail anyway.  Tighter regs on industry and waste disposal going into the sound? Good luck getting past lobbyist and legislature. It's the same old crappy thing. There is seemingly no balance to be had. And the suits with the money always win over the guys in the flannel trying to do the good thing.

[rich2rock]

@johnysquid It doesn't seem to matter if you have enough money to do what ever you want to do.

[sitesires]

Terrible that we've let things go so far.

[smilyHeidi]

On our beach down there I'm always finding tons of dead fish, crabs, little shrip and octopus things. It's sad.

[DaniWillA]

Hood Canal is dying. We hear a bit on the local news when things are at their worst. But too little is being done because it costs money to fix even though the cost only goes up as we wait. And waiting too long may also mean there is no turning back. So sad.

[auntyv]

This is awful. I took my diving certification in 1993 in Hood Canal and there was lots of life in the water - sea cucumers, rock fish, ling cod and crabs everywhere. So sad to see what has become of the canal. The area is somewhat depressed already, so further degradation of the canal will have a severe impact on the people who live along the canal.

[55cameo57]

this is very disturbing,, What is the cause.. This needs to be advertised and put at the attention of more people I live in the Pugetsound area and am a boater, this is the first I heard of this,, Id like to get a copy of this for out yachtclub or have a fish and wildlife person make a presentation to our club,