Did that fish die-off happen at Alanui (sorry sp.)

[unknownjulie]

I know it was in other ponds, but was it all over the area? Thanks. Does the water look better now?

[Kapohocat]

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Originally posted by unknownjulie

I know it was in other ponds, but was it all over the area? Thanks. Does the water look better now?

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DO you mean Ahalanui Park?

[unknownjulie]

Yes, sorry, forgot the whole name. Thanks

[Obie]

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Originally posted by unknownjulie

Yes, sorry, forgot the whole name. Thanks

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Yes the water was discolored down there too !

There are no cesspools down there anymore and a person told me today that the fish-kill down there was caused by AG runoff.

Amazing that Ag runoff could avoid Kapoho !!

[unknownjulie]

Oh wow. Thanks for the information

[Wao nahele kane]

It probably happened in more areas than that too. Had they sent a helicopter up to take a look, they'd have probably found it migrating along the shoreline from one location to another. They should instal water sampling stations along the coast tied into a warning network.

[Guest]

Unfortunately this fish kill or die-off in kapoho is not the first. This has happened at least 3 other times down there in the last couple years. Almost every hard torrential rain seems to kill off the fish and ruin large amounts of the coral reef. Papaya farms with plenty use of fertilizer and fumagation of fungicides with your agent-orange poisons are used often in the area. Then you also have many orchid or other flower farms in the area using who knows what. Geothermal also uses 32,000 gallons of water a minute mixed with its chemical's to produce its steam, that's bound to reach the ocean tide pools down there also.
The fish will slowly start swimming back in again with the high tides everyday. Yet the coral suffers, the colors of the fish or reef have been fading the past few years. Water testing of some sort really should be done regularly down that way, and bathrooms should be provided for the community and thousands of tourists weekly.

[Orchidlandguy]

And manditory replacement of cess pools at Kapoho.

[Guest]

Another possibility is nighttime fishing or gathering. Maybe some fishing with chlorine or some other agent that can stun or kill many?. Easy to grab the bigger better ones then leave the rest behind. Anyway let's hope this is not happening in or around our fish sanctuary, then again any reason these fish died would not be good. Others on this forum will know this is just another Puna related natural phenomenon we have been blessed with, move on nothing here.

[jrw]

Does anyone know if the water is still off color?

jrw