Dead fish cover 20-miles of Arkansas River

[Twana Blevins]

Todays THV

Arkansas Game & Fish is trying to figure out why 100,000 fish in Northwest Arkansas turned up dead. They were found along a 20-mile stretch between the Ozark Dam and Highway 109 Bridge in Franklin County.

The 20-mile stretch along the Arkansas River where an estimated 100,000 drum fish were found washed ashore and floating looks much different now.

 

Keith Stephens with Game and Fish explains, "We got a call last week from a tug boat operator that found the fish out on the river along the bank, in the river channel and we immediately dispatched somebody to the area to take a look."

 

Investigators from local and state agencies took samples from the affected area. Stephens says fish kills occur every year, but the magnitude of this one is unusual, and disease could be the cause.

 

A pollutant would have affected cross species. Stephens says, "Ninety-nine percent of them were Drum, which is a bottom feeder. It's not a game fish in Arkansas."

 

Some fish collected were alive and visibly sick. They have been taken to the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff for testing.

 

The affected area was never closed and fishing is encouraged. "Right now it's fine to fish. If you go out there you can still fish for bass and crappie, catfish, it will be fine. Obviously don't' eat the dead fish."

 

As for clean up, nature is taking its course. "We'll have raccoon and birds and things like that will take care of it so there is really no clean up, it's really too big. It's contained along the river channel."

 

Officials expect to have an exact estimate on how many fish died by Monday. They will release the test results as soon as they get them.

 

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission is also investigating thousands of dead birds in Beebe. Click here for that story.

[Shavager]

There were some 2000 blackbirds found dead in one small town area of Arkansas, bird specialist said it could've been from "lightning or high altitude hail", another "expert" said it could've been "stress" caused from fireworks. I don't believe any of it, hope tests will answer the questions, I have ZERO faith in the present administration to GIVE ANY HONEST ANSWERS ON ANY SUBJECT.

[Paul Powell]

Heard about the birds but not the fish. Good time to NOT go fishing if that many showed up then you know there is something wrong in the river. the news just keeps getting better and better, what's going to happen next a major earth quake in the mid west or how about a tidal wave on the Mississippi, or better yet a tornado in New York. The question I have is,  What's next????

What will this president do next the dead fish not good as these are bottom feeders whatever killed them has to be on the bottom and that would be a heavy metal or something down that line, could have been almost anything but I suspect that the president had something to do with it. After all look at some of the people on his staph (notice I used the illness) they are not exactly the best people around some of them have spent time in jail, SO yeah Blame dumbama for it all the dead birds and the dead fish probably poisoned them him self or had someone else do it. Just another way to control the food sources.

 

 

[Sandra Lee Smith]

That may be a question best NOT asked, as whatever the response, it's sure to be something we DON'T want to have happen.

[Billy Bowlegs]

At least OBUMMER cannot blame this one on BUSH.  But he will try.

 

Maybe Wall Mart did it.  They're from Arkansas.

 

 

[Paul Powell]

they say the tests came back and they claimed that the bird deaths were caused by the fireworks, and then another person said that the deaths were caused by the cold temps, well if that was the case then the here where I live would've been dropping like flies because here we had temps down into the teens and we had no birds drop or die so something is fishy with the tests that they are doing. I still say targeted gas attacks.

[Billy Bowlegs]

Paul;

 

Were there any electro magnetical failures in these areas.  I haven't seen any reported.  What about power dams and electrical generation source failures.  Or blackouts for a temporary period. 

 

The gas attack is probably the most realistics.  Especially with the genetic emphasis experiement mentioned.

 

Last but not least:  Was there a Big Mac (Golden Arches) Fast Food near by.  I have a Big Mac Gas Attack every time I stop.  (Haven't in ten years, because I haven't stopped there in ten years).  It here was then it could be WE THE PEOPLE that caused the problem.  But this is as far fetched as the government can get.

 

[Katy]

I think it is a test.   IT worked. 

None of the public water systems are protected. WHY, I do not know.  I have asked the city council many times and not gotten an answer.   You could kill millions before 8:30 in the morning, just by poisoning the public water supply , nationwide. Who is to keep them from doing it?  Someone performed a test in the river. 

[Katy]

Look up Corexit.   It was sprayed all over the coast , to supposedly clean up the oil spill.  It is a known poison / carcinogen and not even allowed in any other country.  It was sprayed nightly , in the coast.  It has been picked up by the natural weather system  and returned as rain.  Maybe this area just had a storm , that came from some of the contaminated clouds. 

Many people in the gulf coast have been sick.  Look it up.

I have read that Corexit is manufactured in Chicago.  Look up the owners.  Look up how much money they made,  after the "spill"

You tube has some videos , by doctors who have treated the sick.   Have you seen ANYTHING on the  MSM about this???

[Larry]

 

 IMO drum fish are not a real big sportfish and not good for much. I have a hunch Conservation fish and game did this. As an effort trying out a way to extracate the Asian Carp. Did not get the chemical right and affected the drum in stead of the Hearty  ASIAN CARP. JUST A THOUGHT ON MY PART. FEDS LIKE TO TINKER

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfG4vsJ5_xI

[Roy D. Humphries Sr.]

People........

Wake the hell up and pay attention to what these people on TV are telling you and what you are reading....... GET THE DAMN FACTS RIGHT !!!!!! Not 3000 black birds...... 3000 RED WING BLACK BIRDS   Got that!!!!! You now have targeted a certain race of black birds...... All died with blood viens bursting and bled to death internally..... This is the sign of a BIO attack........ Damn it call it as it is......... Okay shit for brains..... 100,000 fish die in a river full of thousands of different kinds of fish, BUT THE 100,000 ARE ALL DRUM FISH!!!!!!!! GOT THAT?????? Once again you have a targeted race of fish..... The Government along with the Military has been trying for years to get a gas that can be targeted to a certain race of people to stop all the "needless" killing during a war....Americans better wake the hell up and stop this Government before it is to late...

[33uq5mcmbn5s7]

Excellent points. The symptoms you reference are definitely BIO. A gas that will target a certain species is so far only in the R&D stage. Maybe this was a test run.

[Roy D. Humphries Sr.]

@ Gretch

You can bet your rear end it was a test run.... And from what I can find out it must have worked...... The American people better wake up and stop these people before it is too late.....