MDE tells it like it is
The Maryland Department of the Environment just released its fish kill investigation field report for the Inner Harbor algae bloom. Here are some of the highlights:
Activities in the area of kill: Everything associated with the city
Water appearance: There was a dead fish (actually dead algae) odor in the area. It was quite obvious.
Symptoms of moribund fish: Dying fish were swimming very slowly and could not easily evade netting.
Species effected: Atlantic menhaden, perch, croaker, sunfish, perch
number killed: 7,000
Condition: dead
(According to the report, the vast majority of the dead fish were menhaden. For more on the algae in the habor, click here.)
Activities in the area of kill: Everything associated with the city
Water appearance: There was a dead fish (actually dead algae) odor in the area. It was quite obvious.
Symptoms of moribund fish: Dying fish were swimming very slowly and could not easily evade netting.
Species effected: Atlantic menhaden, perch, croaker, sunfish, perch
number killed: 7,000
Condition: dead
(According to the report, the vast majority of the dead fish were menhaden. For more on the algae in the habor, click here.)
