Indian River Lagoon Fish Kill

Justin Vaden, Titusville resident and fisherman, collected video of the Banana River Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on midday on March 18, and added footage on the 21st. “I stopped there at lunch on shore to take more videos.” Vaden said. He’s been fishing the area about 25 years. “I’ve never seen it that bad.”

[@fishguy510]

It really sucks to see dead 40-50 pound redfish

[@zachwaddill7801]

Worms

[@chakstandsup]

Yo, we need a hastag for this. Showing it to my buddies, would be more efficient to spread it that way.

[@probiethetank8825]

#FishKill2022 ?

[@brettschneider8521]

I was just up there it was nasty the water is really dark and it it wiping it out. Water management and Fwc need to sort this out now!!!!!

[@n4n0ninja19]

is this in fort pierce

[@billanderson2217]

Every heavy rain event Melbourne has a raw untreated sewage spill event. 6th time in less than 2 years

[@captainsteve5475]

We need to quit spending billions on looking at Mars, and fix this planet. 😡

[@CraigArndt]

Upwelling is a natural phenomenon... I don't know how you plan to fix that.

[@2clapsandarickflair804]

Stocking fish

[@justaddmusclecom]

WOW we experience a lot of this in Cape Coral Shores this year also :(

[@fishguy510]

This year right before the fish kill i caught a 11.9 pound trout

[@brainiac1890]

This happens between the two inlets. They pump the sewage into the Indian River Lagoon it goes out of the Sebastian Inlet and the Ft. Pierce Inlet. Gets caught between the two. It's polluted. Surf fished there never that easy to catch fish.

[@nicklabat6726]

They need to put a stop to this crap if you are withe me like my comment

[@TheMmmmmmm777]

Definitely sewage spill

[@mikedunham9680]

What's the date this was filmed?

[@SALTYPUREBLOOD-31]

I believe it was 2016. It was a bad one.

[@chrisjr1247]

OPEN YOUR EYES

[@timrooney5608]

I don't live in Florida so I don't understand this? Did they kill the fish on purpose or is this the cause of a oil/chemical spill?

[@wmp89]

+Tim Rooney Algae is killing the fish. I think this one is from brown tide. Normally its red tide causing issues.

[@n4n0ninja19]

they are having massive freshwater releases into the salt water. look up lake Okeechobee water release into the indian river

[@greaseaddiktz3217]

The manatees are also be affected I live here

[@konan_editzz]

19k likes but no comments?

[@annebeck58]

Dang!
This is awful. And it seems to be happening all over this country. But, yeah; never seen it this bad.

[@melissaklemm9976]

Bioluminescence

[@daltonevans257]

That is a lot of catfish

[@kaylawatson8494]

There’s a lot of dead fish😮

[@michaelnelson2394]

Nasa maybe they could help figure it out

[@NimritKaur24]

It's not river it's sea

[@haydenolszyk1029]

Can someone explain to me what caused this?

[@WVhillDweller]

The end of the world.

[@wmp89]

+Hayden Olszyk Algae is killing the fish

[@probiethetank8825]

@@wmp89 red tide?

[@boosterstephanie5700]

@@probiethetank8825brown tide.

[@zachwaddill7801]

Looks like catfish

[@Therealjayrackz]

I know it stinks there lol

[@luke5316]

Water is to warm.

[@priyankasingh1492]

This is sad

[@hb11389]

This is just sadd

[@september11youknowwhichyear]

I'd take them and eat them.

[@curtiscolehouse3263]

Fish should be treated like gold. This is fucked up

[@exploringthought4348]

First class middle class family and rich family responsible for this . 🥲