I live on the beach in Elias Calles, BCS (just south of Pescadero). A few days ago I noticed dead fish washing up on the beach, especially red
snapper (pargo). The locals told me it was a red tide that had killed them. Never seen that in the 12 years I have lived here
I noticed some guys from Percadero with ice chests loading them up. Gardener told me today that people are selling these fish up and down the coast
between Elias Calles and Todos Santos. I don't know if they are dangerous to eat or not. Just be aware...jenny.navarrette - 6-25-2011 at 11:06 AM
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Originally posted by Cielomar
I don't know if they are dangerous to eat or not. Just be aware...
Red tide kills fish due to a neurotoxin. It is a health hazard to eat anything killed by a red tide, especially filter feeders like clams and mussels,
but the toxin also accumulates in the muscles of fish.
Enjoy your fish tacos!!drarroyo - 6-25-2011 at 11:14 AM
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Originally posted by Cielomar
I live on the beach in Elias Calles, BCS (just south of Pescadero).
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That is SOOO funny... you just blew Tacoma guy off the map
hahahahaCypress - 6-25-2011 at 11:14 AM
Red tide fish kills? That's an easy excuse. A natural occurance? You bet! It's not that simple.woody with a view - 6-25-2011 at 11:16 AM
fools! it is the humbolt current finally depositing japanese radiation on your beach(es).....
FOOLS?
baja1943 - 6-25-2011 at 11:27 AM
Another brilliant PLHS graduate. The Humbolt current runs south to north off the coast of south america.Cypress - 6-25-2011 at 11:48 AM
Yep! Got to give a little credit to those PLHS grads. PLHS? Where's that?jenny.navarrette - 6-25-2011 at 11:57 AM
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Yep! Got to give a little credit to those PLHS grads. PLHS? Where's that?
Pt. Loma High School, where the three main majors are surfing, tweaking and Zona Norte.Cisco - 6-25-2011 at 12:08 PM
jenny. I am a graduate of Point Loma high School and never was aware of that.
Thanks.baja1943 - 6-25-2011 at 01:10 PM
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jenny. I am a graduate of Point Loma high School and never was aware of that.
Thanks.
You must have been in the ROTCCisco - 6-25-2011 at 01:14 PM
No, actually I was a Tunachoker.
Didn't pay a lot of attention to the other elements of that institution.toneart - 6-25-2011 at 02:02 PM
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Good for you. That took real perseverance attending that zoo. Unlike Woody who flunked "sea currents 101"
Why the 'tude, Dude?BajaBlanca - 6-25-2011 at 06:51 PM
my kids went to point loma high ...my niece is there now .... none of them surf. none of them tweak. how did we get so off subject ??
there was another thread dealing with this very issue recently, Cielomar ... let me see if I can find it and post the link:
[Edited on 6-26-2011 by BajaBlanca]wilderone - 6-25-2011 at 08:10 PM
"I am a graduate of Point Loma high School"
Me too!! And we're proud of our tunachokers.
Hey, Cisco, August 6th, Adair St. on the hill - 'bout 6 pm - band, BBQ, potluck - we'll be rockinCisco - 6-25-2011 at 10:07 PM
ARRGH!!! Tear my heart out Wilderone. Would love to join you but have a previous "promise to be there" set up with some, um, "Herbalist" friends in
NorCal early August.
Really am sorry to miss out though. Many Thank You's for the invite.
I grew up on Garrison, NOT on the hill but rather in the area of "everyone has a wine cellar" and makes their own, and the Portuguese women would park
the Caddies next to each other in the middle of the street and talk. Never try to get them to move, just back down and go around the block.
Geeze, what memories. SES hall, the cannery... Thanks again, maybe next year.
Blanca: Will be down in October. More to talk about than I had imagined, although I try to block out a lot of High School. Now that they tore down the
old school it is easier.Curt63 - 6-26-2011 at 07:03 AM
I was on the East cape 2 days ago with lots of dead red snapper on the beach. They felt the cause was due to a very sudden 14 degree drop in ocean
temp over a 2 day period.
Im in Pescadero now seeing what you are talking about.
I had cabrilla at Jesse´s place in La Paz yesterday
Thans for the heads upCielomar - 7-1-2011 at 04:38 PM
Update on the "red tide". Lady at the Todos Santos fish market said it was a warm current impulse that occurred on the southern Baja tip that forced
deep water species up and killed them. Some of the fish did look like they were "narced" so I guess that could happen. She said people were eating
the fish and were okay. Of course my wife thought that was all BS. So who knows...shari - 7-1-2011 at 05:43 PM
so some say the die off was a temperature drop and others say it was a temperature rise???? anybody know?woody with a view - 7-1-2011 at 08:09 PM
i guess it is the north pacific current. i was too busy surfing the cliffs, heading to baja and chasing the hotties to have any time for school and i
turned out just fine!
[Edited on 7-2-2011 by woody with a view]wilderone - 7-2-2011 at 08:59 AM
Could be a California Current upwelling. Upwelling will bring nutrient rich, cold water to the surface and the warmer water temperature would make
the phytoplankton increase. This occurs as a natural phenomenon around October, but online info says these currents and ocean temps are getting out
of wack. Lot of info about this online.cabobaja - 7-2-2011 at 08:45 PM
Jack..............don't worry about it! Just make fish tacos, washem down with Pacifico's and enjoy!!
