Waves upon waves of dead fish washed ashore on Texas beaches near Houston over the weekend, caused by low oxygen levels in nearby water. | via houstonpubmedia
The shore at Quintana Beach County Park, near Freeport, Texas, is covered with dead fish last Friday. The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department said the mass fish casualty was caused by low dissolved oxygen levels in the water, likely because of a recent rise in temperature.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department spokesperson Julie Hagen said Monday the mass fish casualties were caused by low oxygen levels in nearby water, because of a recent rise in water temperatures and other likely factors, with the fish essentially having suffocated. She said the fish kill is unrelated to nearby industrial activity as the aforementioned beaches are next to Freeport LNG, one of the world's largest liquefied natural gas facilities.
Quintana Beach County Park had advised visitors to avoid the beach as well as the water over the weekend, because of risks associated with harmful bacteria and sharp fins. Park staff was using machines to remove the washed-up fish from the beach and bury them in sand dunes, it wrote on Facebook.
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