'One million' dead sardines clog Redondo Beach marina
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The carcasses coated the surface of the King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, near Los Angeles, and piled as high as 18in (46cm) on the marina floor.
Officials said the fish had sought shelter from rough seas and soon exhausted the water's oxygen supply
"It's quite an astonishing sight. The water is carpeted in places with the carcasses of dead fish. They are jammed up in between the rocks and some of the pleasure boats, and underwater they are lining the shallow sea floor.
There are dozens of people pulling up nets of dead fish but it's going to take several days to clean up the marina. The fish are being dumped into wheelbarrows and taken to giant containers.
Officials say they believe six of these containers could be filled, totalling 150 tonnes of dead fish.
From here, the carcasses will be taken to a landfill site, where they will be turned into fertiliser. Some residents say they are quite upset. One woman woke overnight on her boat and saw fish filling the harbour. As the night wore on, they started to die in increasing numbers."
Rajesh Mirchandani
BBC News, Redondo Beach
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12682145
Officials said the fish had sought shelter from rough seas and soon exhausted the water's oxygen supply
"It's quite an astonishing sight. The water is carpeted in places with the carcasses of dead fish. They are jammed up in between the rocks and some of the pleasure boats, and underwater they are lining the shallow sea floor.
There are dozens of people pulling up nets of dead fish but it's going to take several days to clean up the marina. The fish are being dumped into wheelbarrows and taken to giant containers.
Officials say they believe six of these containers could be filled, totalling 150 tonnes of dead fish.
From here, the carcasses will be taken to a landfill site, where they will be turned into fertiliser. Some residents say they are quite upset. One woman woke overnight on her boat and saw fish filling the harbour. As the night wore on, they started to die in increasing numbers."
Rajesh Mirchandani
BBC News, Redondo Beach
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12682145
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