MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

“MALOLOS CITY, Bulacan; CAO-AYAN, Ilocos Sur, Philippines – Fish kill incidents widened this weekend with reports of dead fish floating in some parts of Angat Dam in Bulacan and Mestizo River in Ilocos Sur, authorities said Saturday.

The Sagip Sierra Madre Environment Society Inc. (SSMSI) reported that dozens of dead freshwater fish surfaced in some parts of the giant reservoir of Angat.

SSMI officials said their group began monitoring the fish kill parts of Angat Dam in Sitio Maputi, Barangay Kabayunan, Doña Remedios Trinidad.

Dumagat tribesmen living near the area were the first to report a variety of freshwater fish like ’tilapia’, ‘kanduli,’ ‘dalag’ (mudfish) and ‘hito’ (catfish) turning up dead.” Read more.

“MANILA, Philippines – Other marine species are now being affected by the fishkill in Taal Lake, which earlier killed over 500 metric tons of bangus and tilapia. Authorities said the fishkill could last for 2 more months.

According to Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Calabarzon officer-in-charge Regional Director Esmeralda Manalang, dead shrimps, crabs, biya and other seafood were also found floating in Taal Lake. However, Manalang said the number of the affected species is not overwhelming.

Authorities said that the fishkill will continue in the coming days since the salt oxygen level in the lake has not reached the normal level yet.” Read more.

By Francesca Elliott – “THOUSANDS of dead starfish, crabs and other sea creatures were found washed up on a Flintshire beach.

But the creatures, which have now been washed away, did not die in suspicious circumstances at Talacre Beach, a county coastal ranger told the Chronicle.

Alistair Hemphill said: ‘It’s not a natural disaster. It’s not a sudden beaching of starfish.

It could be that they have just come to the end of their life cycle, died after mating and spawning and have lain dead in the sea for a long time.'” Read more.

By David Sparkes – “DEBATE over deaths of marine animals in Gladstone Harbour could be about to flare up yet again.

Two dolphins have washed up dead within the space of a week, and neither shows any obvious cause of death.

Clive Last, caretaker at Turtle Island, stumbled upon the ugly spectre of a bloated, dead dolphin on May 15. He immediately reported the finding to Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS), who went to the scene.

Just one week earlier, another dead dolphin was found washed up on Boyne Island on May 9…

‘I was disappointed first off (to discover the dolphin), because you don’t see too many dolphins dead on the beach,’ he told The Observer. ‘I go out in the boat a lot, fishing and all that in the harbour, and you do get passionate about what happens in it.

‘It’s extremely unusual, because you just don’t see dolphins washing up like this.'” Read more.

“Galahs dropping dead and falling from trees in Oxley Park remain a mystery but the possibility of poisoning seems unlikely following an autopsy by a veterinarian. The vet from Central West Livestock Health and Pest Authority is investigating the deaths of a large number of birds that were found dead under trees throughout the park on Sunday morning.

Some were also seen in the grounds of TAFE. The birds did not have any obvious injuries or wounds and were all lying in a spread wing position. Some of the birds will now be sent off to the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute at Menangle for further testing in case any exotic, notifiable disease is the culprit.

Senior LHPA ranger based in Dubbo Lisa Thomas said the bird deaths were a concern, with an autopsy carried out by the vet, who retrieved some of the birds that had been recovered from the scene on Sunday morning. The vet found no evidence of poisoning by mouse baits and no dye discolouration in the crops or stomachs of the birds.” Read more.