Dead Fish In Red Bank

[HK1490]

http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/05/hundreds_of_dead_fish_washing_up_in_shore_river.ht ml

[captmark]

Wow our college educated State Environmentalist cant figure out why all those Bunker died? I can tell you lack of oxygen since they were all pushed up in one area when the Bass were spawning, very simple

[Joey Dah Fish]

Happens every year

[Ry609]

It's also lawn season. Everyone dumping fertilizer on their lawns at the same time then it rains, runs off into waterway and creates algae blooms. Algae die, decompose, and remove O2 from the water creating dead zones. Just another college educated guess for ya...but probably the yellow eyed demons this time.

[Capt. Debbie]

Been a crabber in the Navesink for decades. Since hurricane Irene in late August 2011 the water from the Parkway coming east to the 35 Bridge has been a dead zone. Like fresh water. Before that was phenomenally great crabbing/snappers back there. Since then it is not worth the run over and I've tried every year since..

The water lacked killies, snappers, and the common jelly fish in the summer. And often the traps would be pulling in twigs.

Since 2011 its be a very poor producers with some weird looking water.

Did something break, or get punctured? Also since then the fecal coliform is abundant in the west end of the river.

The fish kill? In moving water with the tide and not being 90 degrees and sunny the local low Oxygen fatality reason has issues. Unless that area of water itself has O2 issues? That would not surprise me given what's been coming out under the Rte 35 to Riva Pointe.

[Ry609]

The fish kill? In moving water with the tide and not being 90 degrees and sunny the local low Oxygen fatality reason has issues. Unless that area of water itself has O2 issues? That would not surprise me given what's been coming out under the Rte 35 to Riva Pointe.

Agreed...the culprit here must have been the influx of blues mowing them down

[Blind Squirrel]

Wow our college educated State Environmentalist cant figure out why all those Bunker died? I can tell you lack of oxygen since they were all pushed up in one area when the Bass were spawning, very simple
From the article:
"He said it appears to be a result of bluefish and/or other predatory fish having chased the bunker into a confined part of the river with low salinity, where they consumed available dissolved oxygen and died.
"The department has been studying the river to determine how to clean up its pollution, which studies have shown includes traces of human feces and animal waste.
"The river is bordered by seven populous towns and its water quality has been downgraded several times since 2005.
"Past studies have also shown pollution coming from leaking garbage Dumpsters and an overflowing water-oil separator."

[Capt Sal]

From the article:
"He said it appears to be a result of bluefish and/or other predatory fish having chased the bunker into a confined part of the river with low salinity, where they consumed available dissolved oxygen and died.
"The department has been studying the river to determine how to clean up its pollution, which studies have shown includes traces of human feces and animal waste.
"The river is bordered by seven populous towns and its water quality has been downgraded several times since 2005.
"Past studies have also shown pollution coming from leaking garbage Dumpsters and an overflowing water-oil separator."
If there were any real biologists working for NOAA they would have the correct answer!

[Blind Squirrel]

If there were any real biologists working for NOAA they would have the correct answer!
There are plenty of real biologists working for NOAA, but what is the correct answer? :rolleyes: