A huge krill bloom taking place on the west coast

must be the global warming.....

------darn--------there goes that FOX NEWS again, reporting subversive information undermining the PC prevailing "point of view".

Obviously they should be sanctioned.

Barry

I knew you boys would do it for me.
Rob

Generally, the world's oceans are 1/2 degree F warmer than 50 years ago.

The anomaly is the Pacific water off California, which is 1/2 degree colder...most likely due to a refusal to accept a majority decision.

Are you refering to the red pelagic crabs? The tuna crabs? I've seen them in the past at Asuncion. I think krill are too small to be eaten individually. Maybe they make a pate out of them.

who knew?

i can see an appetizer there!!!

It seems there are many kinds of krill both cold and warm varieties,I had a encounter a few years back,1/4 square mile of these guys,their color was light green to a darker shade.

We were on the inside of the north end of Smith island,and so were hundreds of skipjacks,yellows,sierra,
sharks and to top it all off two whales all feeding on the krill

There we were right in the middle of all that chaos in a 12' tin boat needless to say a fine time was had by all until the whales would head our way,then it was hold your breath.
Rob

it's been a decade or so since the tuna crabs have made it NOB...

seen here mid 80's on the way to cabo san quintin...

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Originally posted by baitcast It seems there are many kinds of krill both cold and warm varieties,I had a encounter a few years back,1/4 square mile of these guys,their color was light green to a darker shade. We were on the inside of the north end of Smith island,and so were hundreds of skipjacks,yellows,sierra, sharks and to top it all off two whales all feeding on the krill There we were right in the middle of all that chaos in a 12' tin boat needless to say a fine time was had by all until the whales would head our way,then it was hold your breath. Rob

These crabs were thick in the water last Wednesday outside Mag Bay.

And, squid were feasting.

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Originally posted by baitcast It seems there are many kinds of krill both cold and warm varieties,I had a encounter a few years back,1/4 square mile of these guys,their color was light green to a darker shade. We were on the inside of the north end of Smith island,and so were hundreds of skipjacks,yellows,sierra, sharks and to top it all off two whales all feeding on the krill There we were right in the middle of all that chaos in a 12' tin boat needless to say a fine time was had by all until the whales would head our way,then it was hold your breath. Rob

Know that feeling well Baitcast. Here is an underwater view of some krill from BOLA I took years ago.

The Bay had Pelagic Crabs

Like Bill saw down south..pretty impressive....Pelagic Red Crabs.




Millions of red crabs swimming in the ocean..massed together. I've seen this a few times in the Mulege area and the Pacific coasts of Baja. Somewhat cyclic every few years, these ocean swimmers follow warm currents and swarm all around Baja and some even north up the Cal Coast. They become stranded on beaches due to wind and currents, not by choice. I remember videoing the event here in Conception Bay in 1987.

Their bodies formed windrows on the beaches sometimes up to three feet deep. There was a red ring of them completely around the bay and then down the coast to Pta Teresa....an unbelievable amount of sealife....looking like this internet photo I found, but many, many more than are showing here.


Everthing imaginable was feeding on countless millions of them at sea and in the waters of the Bay. They are a significant source of food for blue whales and other baleen whales.




There were Orcas in Coyote Bay then, too. Nothing like Whales!
They were after whatever was after the big run of red crabs. It was a crazy week...every predator in the ocean eating each other..and the gulls, pelicans, squid and baleens eating the crabs...all the beaches and level shorelines were windrowed red with millions of dead crabs...took some time for the stench to disappear.

The research ship, Calypso, came to study the event with Cousteau's son in charge. The odd part was..that once the crabs had died on the beach, nothing ate them..not even the buzzards.

Not even this Norwegian..
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p.s. Here is a photo of some krill...about the size of a paper clip.



[Edited on 12-11-2008 by Pompano]

hey! rhat's dog beach covered in crabs....'tis been awhile!