Fish Die off in Kapoho

[unknownjulie]

Because the geothermal plant got knocked off line last week, I was also sort of wondering if all of this is somehow related to increased volcanic activity.

[punafish]

I'm not into speculating, just want the facts...of which there are few. I've been waiting for a follow-up story on this, but this is all I've found so far: http://westhawaiitoday.com/sections/news...again.html.

If I missed a more recent article I'd appreciate if someone would please post a link to credible information.

Silly me, I thought this would be a bigger story...

[hrooster]

I snorkeled Wai Opae on Monday. There was much more fresh water coming in AND many more spots of not just warm, but borderline hot spots of water.

http://the-hroost.com

[terracore]

It seems to me that the fish die off happened about the same time as the Pahoa pool getting drained.

[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by Rene Siracusa

Did those people in HI Acres take their fish or mud sample in to be tested? Or report it to anyone except you? Nothing can be done to ascertain source of event if authorities/scientists are not notified right away. Then, if they don't tell you how to take specimens until they can get there, you can point a finger. Not that that will help you to identify the reason for these seemingly anomalous events...

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Rene, you know this person well! But not sharing info here. Until last night, no one put 2+2 together. Contacting UH about it, now. DLNR was lame - yes our TPIO, Nadine, contacted every one right up to the Gov's office on the day it happened. Yes she did!! [}] But this new development we all just found out last night. Because the person was a biologist, they took the fish out of their pond and put them under a microscope right away. The DLNR did not, so our TPIO has been told to freeze a freshly dead one and call UH.

That is all the update I have. The person interviewed in the article was a shoreline homeowner not the TPIO.

[steve1]

Not sure what impact the volcano may or may not be having but for the last week or two it seems every time I go to the beach there is a lot more exposed seaweed and other attached organisms which would seem to indicate lower tides. In addition to the monthly lunar cycle of tides there is an annual cycle as well and the tides can get pretty low in the springtime.

If the tides are very low and we also know that s*** flows downhill, we can reckon that all the septic and cesspool systems in Kapoho may be dumping a larger that average amount of fecal matter into the ocean, and the nitrogen rich fecal matter can cause a flush of algae and bacterial growth that robs the water of oxygen. Diminished oxygen levels kills off fish and other gill breathing creatures. Just a wild guess....or maybe it is something entirely different?

[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by steve1...that all the septic and cesspool systems in Kapoho may be dumping a larger that average amount of fecal matter into the ocean, and the nitrogen rich fecal matter can cause a flush of algae and bacterial growth that robs the water of oxygen. Diminished oxygen levels kills off fish and other gill breathing creatures. Just a wild guess....or maybe it is something entirely different?

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This was definitely a guess people had around here, or papaya fields fertilizer but when we heard about my friend in HA with the fish die off in her pond the same day and the mud blob, we wondered if it was the volcano because most of the time "fecal matter does not flow uphill"... ask any plumber... []

[Anxious Messiah]

Being such an isolated event and not a recurring thing, I doubt the cesspools/septic tanks are the issue.

Will be interesting to hear what the fish necropsy reveals.

[pahoated]

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Originally posted by bluesboy

there is no "main tube" going from South Point to Kapoho. South Point is on Mauna Loa and Kapoho is on Kilauea.

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Right, there are two main tubes with hot spot magma moving in them. The one that has one end in Kapoho, with the other end around Pahala, halfway down to South Point. The other one runs under Mauna Loa.

http://www.hale-hoola.com/images/maps/lavazones.gif

It's interesting to take this map and put time events on there. The active hot spot is moving back and forth in the tube section going out to Kapoho. The flow now is due to breaches in the tube up by the bend, Pu'u o'o. The hot spot is generally moving southeast. Leilani is right over it. Edit: For all these people that keep looking for the cheapest real estate here, there are lots in Royal Gardens, 1 acre for $3000. This is the actual picture Prudential uses, guess it eventually cools down to be prime organic farm property:
http://realestatehawaii.com/mls-listing/...er/261774/

Funny thing about molten lava, doesn't really care if its a million dollar house or a grass shack.

"It was a majority decision to descend into the Dark Ages. Don't worry, be happy, bang on da drum all day! Onward to Elysium."

[Bullwinkle]

doing a quick search of h2so4 asphyxiation yielded this

http://thinblueflorida.com/?p=1226

yeah I think it could kill fish.....