‘It’s in Mother Nature’s hands’: Fish carcass cleanup continues amid signs algae may be dissipating
Crews this week were working to remove thousands of dead fish, clams and other animals from Lake Merritt ahead of aAbout 1,200 pounds of dead fish were hauled away from the shores of the popular Oakland waterway Wednesday after the mass die-off over the last week. The work, which is continuing, was prompted by one of San Francisco Bay’s largest toxic algae blooms in recent memory.
OAKLAND, CA – AUGUST 31: Workers with the Bayview environmental services company remove dead fish from Lake Merritt on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. Thousands of fish have been killed in the Bay Area as algae blooms contaminate water. OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 31: Thousands of dead fish float around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Environmentalists believe a toxic or red algae bloom has killed thousands of fish and other sea life seen around Lake Merritt and other areas in the San Francisco Bay.
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 31: A pelican eat live fish near the thousands of dead fish floating around Lake Merritt in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Environmentalists believe a toxic or red algae bloom has killed thousands of fish and other sea life seen around Lake Merritt and other areas in the San Francisco Bay.
UC Santa Cruz ocean sciences Professor Raphael Kudela said that it’s difficult to attribute a specific algae bloom to climate change, but scientists are increasingly seeing the types of conditions in which algae thrives, including hotter weather and droughts that can reduce cleansing runoff from the nearby river deltas.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife was working to quantify the extent of the die-off, though no figures had been released as of Thursday morning.
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