MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

By Travis Cartwright-Carroll – “Hundreds of dead fish and other marine life washed up at Montagu Foreshore yesterday, baffling fishermen and environmental officials alike.

The young fish littered the shoreline.  There were varying species, including snappers, barracudas, minnows, needlefish, puffer fish and even an octopus.

Spokesperson for the Montagu Vendors Association Sherlin Brown said he just wanted to know what was going on.

‘I’ve never seen this before,’ Brown said. ‘It isn’t normal for you to pick up dead fish all along the bay here.’

‘We know we had other situations with the water.  We have customers coming here, people using the water… so we need to know what [is] causing the fish to die and if it’s a danger to the humans because a lot of fish are dying.’

Brown said while vendors do not fish near Montagu Beach, if the situation persists it would create a serious problem for them.

While a number of fish swam to or washed up onshore, Brown said the seabed was also littered with dead fish.” Read more.