Wednesday 9 March 2011

Millions of dead Sardines

Amplify’d from www.bbc.co.uk

US officials fear a public health hazard after an estimated one million sardines that inexplicably washed up in a California marina begin to rot.

The carcasses coated the surface of the King Harbor Marina in Redondo Beach, near Los Angeles, and piled as high as 18in (46cm) on the marina floor.

Officials said the fish had sought shelter from rough seas and soon exhausted the water's oxygen supply.

They said they would "recycle" the fish carcasses into fertiliser.

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