High temperatures caused 5,000 to 10,000 fish to perish after coming to the surface gasping for air at the West Loch Golf Course in Ewa Beach, Hawaii. The warmer water holds less dissolved oxygen that the fish need to survive, the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources explained.
Recent high temperatures caused thousands of fish to die in ponds at the West Loch Golf Course in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, reported station KHON2 of Honolulu.
A viewer reached out to KHON2 asking the station to look into the fish that were seen at the golf course, and KHON2 then reported on a statement that was issued by a spokeswoman for the state’s Department of Land and Natural Resources:
“There were an estimated 5,000 to perhaps as many as 10,000 fish who began to suffocate from very hot water and were gasping for air at the surface,” the statement said. “Warm water holds less dissolved oxygen than cold water, so summer is the time when fish can have a hard time getting enough oxygen.”
The fish included tilapia, awa, barracuda, and a few papio and mullet, officials said. They were removed by the city, KHON2 reported.
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