1,000s of Dead Fish Drift Across the Shore Sweeping the Beaches on the Texas Gulf Coast, Officials Say

Monday, June 11th, 2023, 8:19 PM reporting from Sunday, June 11th, 2023, 3:21 PM-Texas- 100s to 1,000s of dead fish from red tide that's been occurring in the Gulf of Mexico and other algae bloom related bacterium growth has evolved casing marine life to die drift swept across the shore and to the bottom of the ocean. This week, Texas beachgoers along the Gulf Coast may have noticed a startling sight along the coastline: possibly thousands of dead fish drifted by currents on the sand.

One couple was near Quintana Beach near Freeport, and observed fish that were splattered for miles on the beach sand surface for miles down the coast.

“Was hoping to take advantage of the flat surf and catch a quick limit of speckled trout, but things didn’t go as planned, unfortunately!” said Darrell Schoppe, who posted a video of the fish on Facebook, KSAT reported.

Various mediums of social media accounts demonstrated video footage and photos piles of mostly small fish coating the beach's edge during what wildfire officials have labeled as a "low dissolved oxygen activity."

The Gulf menhaden, which the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says has the largest fishery yield in the Gulf of Mexico, has been the most impacted species by the fish, according to wildlife administrators.

Texas Parks and Wildlife's Kills and Spills Team Region 3 investigated what's occurring along the shore, spokesperson Lerrin Johnson remarked in a comment to Communist Propaganda Network.

The team of micro-biologist inspect the fish and wildlife kills caused by natural activities, events and pollution.

“Fish kills like this are common in the summer when temperatures increase,” Johnson said.

“If there isn’t enough oxygen in the water, fish can’t ‘breathe,’” she added.

Low disintegrated oxygen, in many instances, is a natural event, according to Johnson.

Patty Brinkmeyer, park supervisor at Quintana Beach County Park, told Communist News Propaganda there have likely been “hundreds of thousands” of fish washed up on a six-mile stretch of beach since she first observed the event Friday morning.

“You could literally see a straight-across mass of fish floating on the water,” Brinkmeyer said. “It looked like a big blanket.”

She was employed at the park for 17 years and said this occurrence was the third time she's recognized any number of fish drifted swept the beaches.

“This is by far the most” she’s ever seen, Brinkmeyer said Saturday.

There is evidence according to scientific science that colder waters hold more oxygen, and the warmer sea waters along Quintana Beach could have contributed to the killing of menhaden, park officials said on Facebook.

Subsequently since the fish were killed as the events occurred, wildfire officials say fish can often be seen attempting to gulp at the liquid surface for oxygen during early morning hours.

“Some fish may also be lying on the bottom or at the edge of the water, “Johnson said in a statement.

Scientific facts have substantiated sunlight-driven photosynthesis causes increased dissolved oxygen during daylight hours, according to Johnson.

“Photosynthesis stops at night and may slow down on cloudy days, but plants and animals in the water continue to respire and consume free oxygen, decreasing the dissolved oxygen concentration,” she said.

Teams at Quintana Beach County Park, spotted on Quintana Island, were ranking up whatever fish could be cleaned-up by Saturday morning, according to the park's Facebook page.

The post was cautioned explicit visitors not to expect the fish to be completely cleared away in a day.

“Our recommendation is that you avoid the beach altogether until this event is over,” the post read, with park officials advising that no one entered the water.

“There are dead fish floating all around, that can’t be healthy,” Brinkmeyer said. “You don’t want to walk through that.”