Thousands of dead marine animals covered the shores of beaches Brazoria County, Texas this past weekend.
The die-off began on Friday and continued until Sunday. According to officials from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the low oxygen affected an area large enough to have depleted water quality for thousands of marine animals in that part of the
Gulf. “If there isn’t enough oxygen in the water, fish can’t ‘breathe.’ Low dissolved oxygen can be the result of human activities, but in many cases,A Facebook post from the Quintana Beach County Park explained that the local waters lacked oxygen likely due to hot weather in the area this past week. “Fish kills like this are common in the summer when temperatures increase,” the post said.
Fahrenheit in Brazoria County. Many of the fish that were affected were also in shallower waters, which warms mostly cleared of dead fish, according to the notice. “The pedestrian beach is cleared with the exception of a spattering of fish that the machinery couldn’t get,” the post said. “High tides over the next couple of days should sift the rest down into the sand and bury them.”
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