Environmental group San Francisco Baykeeper reported Sunday a dangerous algae bloom is killing fish in large numbers across the bay.
Baykeeper says a whole lot of useless fish have been seen Sunday on the Oakland Yacht Membership, in the midst of the bay between Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges. The fish die-ff was additionally seen at varied shorelines, together with Oyster Level, Baywinds Park in Foster Metropolis, Hayward, Alameda Estuary, Lake Merritt, Keller Seashore, Level Molate, and Sausalito.
The group mentioned it is seeing sharks, sturgeon and striped bass washing ashore, which they known as “extremely uncommon.”
“In different phrases, we’ve got proof from areas throughout South, Central, and San Pablo bays,” the group mentioned in a press release. “This seems to be a considerable fish kill, almost certainly associated to the unprecedented purple tide algal bloom we’ve got been monitoring for the previous month.”
“We even have a report of a useless sturgeon on Stinson Seashore,” Baykeeper mentioned. “Lifeless sturgeon washing ashore is absolutely uncommon. Unsure if this fish died outdoors the gate or was transported by tides and currents.”
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