More fish turn up in harbor, dead and alive
U.S.C.'s Carl Oberg readies an Eco-Mapper for a trip into the main channel of King Harbor to study oxygen levels in the water. Photo Schools of live fish and a small influx of more dead fish appeared in King Harbor Friday. Officials and researchers said the new activity is in keeping with what was expected after more than 175 tons of sardines died in the harbor last week. “We’ve had reports of a couple people panicking, seeing dead fish floating up,” Madrigal said. “The fish are coming back. That is a good sign. The harbor is reviving itself.” Harbor patrol officer Sgt. John Pickens said several groups of 40 to 100 smelt were spotted in the southern basins of the harbor. He said the fish were smelt. “Smelt, not sardines,” Picken said. “The sardines are still dead….But I think the sardine die-off is over.” More carcasses, however, washed up along the docks nearest the Harbor Patrol facility and across the in the Portofino Marina. The sardine die-off last week was confined mostly to the King Harbor marina. University of Southern California researchers monitoring the harbor believe that all the clean up activity may have moved some of the oxygen depleted water from the northern to…
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