Dead fish , rocko.
Submitted by quadfisher on Wed, 2019-02-06 12:28
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/fishing/dead-fish-wash-up-on-rockingham-beach-fisheries-investigating-cause-ng-b881096706z
Have to see if theres been more spills reported , and I noticed while out yesterday navy very active out there ATM.
Of course can stil be natural , high heat , low oxxy etc.
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Moking
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Yep- all sea mullet. People
Yep- all sea mullet/scalies. People still swimming at Palm Beach....no sign's
Rockingham Council tractor already on beach.
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devhay
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Saw the pics on facebook..
Saw the pics on facebook.. just looked like a bigger fish/dolphins had chased up some bait fish onto the beach to be honest
devhay
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Actually scratch that, I've
Actually scratch that, I've just seen some more of the photos.. few more fish than what I saw initially.
Doesn't look good at all
Moking
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Yep- The dead fish are in an
Yep- The dead fish are in an area from Palm Beach Jetty down to Rockingham Beach. Too big an area for dolphins to have chased onto beach.
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Moking
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Not sure- the dead fish
Not sure- the dead fish look in pretty "good" condition ....if that's possible. I need some bait, down with the bucket!
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Auslobster
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Sea mullet?
Look a bit more like scalies/baitfish
bradz
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Scalies
This may sound silly, but as they are all the same species, and scalies at that, could they have been dumped/fallen from the boat that commecially nets them off Fremantle?
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hezzy
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tend to think that what may
tend to think that what may have happened too bradz
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Doc
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Wouldn’t mind a bucket of
Wouldn’t mind a bucket of them myself, not getting a whole lot in the throw net.
Browndog
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Snorkelling
Have snorkelled down there a bit over the last few weeks and have been amazed at how many bait fish have been there. Countless numbers there just off the beach for weeks on end, pelicans too full to fly away. Lots of green algae weed there as well that isn't normally around. Not sure what the cause is but doesn't surprise me that loads have washed up, they were so thick that you couldn't see the bottom snorkelling in 2m of water.
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butcher88
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Was down there 6th of feb
Was down there 6th of feb 2014 just checked my photos on phone to see the date was in the early morn an was pickin them up from the beach as they were beaching them selves was millions of them all round the jetty and up the beach nothing chasing them at all
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looks like a pro boat has
looks like a pro boat has gone over quota and done a quick dump
sea-kem
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Spike in water temp?
Spike in water temp?
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That’s what I’d be leaning to.
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would be more than one
would be more than one species ???
Adam Gallash
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One wonders
Not flash, doubt the public will ever see the results of why it happened from the sampling.
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little johnny
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Heaps of sub
Activity lately in sound.?. Who knows no one will ever find out.waiting for algae bloom results that kills everything bar mussels. Burnt gills ect ect. Let's see is pinks start floating .:)
axey45
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Sub Sonars being tested i
Sub Sonars being tested i hear.
dano83
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Maybe because they were so
Maybe because they were so thick they consumed all the oxygen in the water in that general area...it has been hot and calm conditions so that would slow the oxygen entering the water
Moking
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Another lot washed up onto
Another lot washed up onto beach this morning- it's very strange,they look in good condition.
Even the Pelicans are eating them this morning.
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meglodon
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I’m inclined to go with gillyL
I think gillyL take on the situation has merit, if fisheries have taken a sample to find out the cause maybe they will have taken onboard lessons from the last fish kill in the sound (remember the snapper kill) and get the results out to the public in a timely manner to stop public concern becoming bigger than it needs to be.
little johnny
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Virus also
Only hit mulies few years back.
axey45
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Herpe virus hit them back in
Herpe virus hit them back in 98" what i read in a report.
beau
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Saw scalies acting very
Saw scalies acting very strange this morning up at horse beach, flipping out of the water and doing circles on the surface on their sides, looked like they were suffering to be honest.
Something suss going on
Moking
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That's exactly what I also
That's exactly what I also observed at Palm Beach Jetty on the second night, before the scalies were washed up onto beach the next morning.
People on the Jetty were making comments ,like the fish were "going crazy". Doing excactly as you have describe.
I wasn't sure if it was normal, and thought maybe the lights from the Jetty were effecting them,not so sure now.
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sounds abit like what i was
sounds abit like what i was told was a gill disease that my koi got
rather be fishing
Faulkner Family
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i know this might sound
i know this might sound crazy but would the water in the sound be too salty for the scalies to handle. i have seen on tv docos about the affects of high salt contend making fish go into what was described as a toxic shock.
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Star fish washing
Up now.
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