Today, in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, on Choctawhatchee Bay, hundreds, perhaps thousands of fish were dead along the shoreline. I saw alewives (menhaden), pin fish, eels, small mackerel, and catfish washed up against rip-rap, or floating as the tide came in. There was a comment, or an article from the media, saying the 'red tide' was the result of chemicals in the water that arrived via the Mississippi River. Unless something has changed, the Mississippi River has alway dumped into the Gulf of Mexico and moved to the west, destroying nature on the Mississippi, Louisiana,and Texas shorelines. The water along those coastlines are very dark from pollution. Along the Florida coast, east of the Mississippi, the water has always been clear. It is still clear today, however, there is a burning, acidic presence in the air.
So, I ask, does anyone know what might be the real cause of the fish dieing in Choctawhatchee Bay?
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