MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

“AS many as 200 fish have died at a Scarborough lake after being starved of oxygen.

The fish were left desperately gasping for air at Scarborough Mere after the lake’s oxygen levels plummeted following the recent weather.

Firefighters yesterday pumped gallons of water back into the site’s Match Lake to increase the air flow.

Environment Agency bosses confirmed the changeable atmospheric pressure was the cause with tests showing the lake’s air level was just 20 per cent oxygen after the heavy downpours.

In contrast, The Mere’s sister lakes had 132 per cent and 118 per cent oxgyen respectively.

Andy Maccalaugh, junior match secretary for Scarborough Mere Angling Club, said the lake would be closed for three days while water pumps – including one borrowed from Wykeham Lakes – worked to aerate the lake.

He said: ‘The fish were coming to the surface gasping for air.'” Read more.

Kansas – Hundreds of dead fish found at Arma City Pond – “ARMA — Hundreds of fish turned up dead in the Arma City Pond Friday morning. The kill is not unusual in the hot summer months, said District Fisheries Biologist Rob Friggeri, and he and his assistant, Logan Martin, scooped the dead fish out of the water Friday afternoon. What happens, he said, is that oxygen levels go down as the water heats up, which plays havoc with the fish. In the pond are grass carp, channel catfish, bluegill, largemouth bass and red-eared sunfish.” Read more.