It was
decided today to postpone the health assessments for Salvador and Desoto for
several practical reasons:
-
"icky" weather along east side of Tampa Bay (scientific
term)
- acid chemical
spill north of proposed capture site
- Desoto's tag
not updating properly (we don't know where he is)
- tired and
stressed out staff shouldn't operate heavy machinery
The acid spill
north of Alafia River has not killed off any fish "yet" near
the mouth of the river. There were a lot of birds and large fish
feeding on small fish just north of Teco power plant, but we could not see
anything dead in the area. Maybe picking off the weak ones. Dead
fish were visible north of Alafia and the mangroves also appeared
burned near Archie Creek. Monday, Salvador left his typical area (mouth
of the Alafia River) and is now in the southern portion of Apollo Beach
canals. Smart boy!
Will keep you
updated on the search for Desoto.
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