Deceased Tilapia at Salton Sea

Die-off resulting from an algae bloom in the Salton Sea. Observed in the afternoon of May 6, 2007,
Salton Sea, California.

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• Dead
• Fish
• Salton
• Sea

[92959921]

So?

[AforPep]

That's it's, I'm afraid. The fish depicted in the video are recently deceased. To see the next stage in the process, I recommend 'dead fish of salton sea' by jkeithvanrappin. All the best....

[mojave19]

@bucc4life Yes, they come and go in surges. It's the cold water in winter (tilapia are an African fish) or the algae blooms that get them, NOT pollution (which the Salton Sea has very little of). When the algae blooms and takes oxygen from the water, you can see the poor fish coming to the surface like koi fish, but what they're doing is trying to get atmospheric oxygen. Since the Salton Sea does not have an outlet, the salt builds each year. Eventually it will be too much for even tilapia.

[bucc4life]

are they coming back cause my cousin went fishing there and they caught alot