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Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:52 am
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:52 am
Saw this on the news this morning. For those who fish offshore, is this really a problem or is it scare tactics?
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Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:55 am to beejon
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:55 am to beejon
It's real. All that fertilizer baw
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:58 am to beejon
bullshite still plenty of fish
ETA: Not saying it isn't there but there are different parts to the water column.
ETA: Not saying it isn't there but there are different parts to the water column.
This post was edited on 8/5/14 at 10:00 am
Posted on 8/5/14 at 9:59 am to beejon
It's been around since at least 1972 per the article. I'm not too concerned.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:01 am to beejon
Real and will only get worse with the increase in corn farming for ethanol.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:01 am to jimbeam
Yep.
Makes da swimp taste mo' betta.
Makes da swimp taste mo' betta.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:06 am to beejon
Yup, my cell phone never works out there..... 
This post was edited on 8/5/14 at 10:07 am
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:16 am to beejon
It's a real thing but it's hardly noticable when fishing. We catch plenty of grouper, who live on the bottom, right in the middle of that red spot.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:23 am to beejon
fricking BP
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:25 am to beejon
It's real, there are NO FISH THERE
Eta: all the fish moved out of the dead zone and are now in waters surrounding Venice, La.
Eta: all the fish moved out of the dead zone and are now in waters surrounding Venice, La.
This post was edited on 8/5/14 at 10:29 am
Posted on 8/5/14 at 10:27 am to PapaPogey
Posted on 8/5/14 at 12:00 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
Considering i caught about 45 fish in the middle of all that red 3 days ago, i'd say thats legit as frick.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 1:12 pm to beejon
rabble rabble rabble
Posted on 8/5/14 at 1:21 pm to OhFace55
I thought the dead zone was generally due south of the river.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 1:23 pm to TJG210
Nah man it's actually from West Timbalier to Coon Point. There are literally no fish there.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 5:02 pm to PapaPogey
The dead zones begins at the bottom and goes all the way up to an average of less than three feet.
Much of it less than one foot thick, for some reason the scientist forget to mention this.
Much of it less than one foot thick, for some reason the scientist forget to mention this.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 5:29 pm to beejon
It happens every year, it's when the all algae that results from the fertilizer runoff from the river dies, decomposes, and the aerobic microbes breaking it down uses up all the oxygen. It's only in a small part of the water column. Nothing to be concerned about.
Scare tactics? It's a yearly occurrence. I thought this was common knowledge?
Scare tactics? It's a yearly occurrence. I thought this was common knowledge?
This post was edited on 8/5/14 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 8/5/14 at 5:32 pm to beejon
quote:
That hurts biodiversity and makes food hard to come by
im not sure but i think biodiversity is an old, wooden civil war ship.
Posted on 8/5/14 at 5:34 pm to MoreOrLes
Why would the network be concerned with the lack of an old old wooden ship?
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