A massive amount of fish washed up on the ocean shore in Primorsky Krai.
Videos from the Khasansky district Primorsky Krai, where a massive stranding of Pacific sardines (Iwasi) and mackerel occurred between late October and November 1. Most of the fish were found along the coast of the Gamov Peninsula, including the villages of Zarubino, Andreyevka, and Vityaz.
Residents of Primorye went out to the beaches day and night, collecting fresh fish in buckets and bags.
Why did the fish wash up on the shore?
According to Far Eastern scientists, the fish stranding occurred due to a sharp drop in water temperature and the subsequent thermal shock.
In summer, mackerel and sardines stay in waters with temperatures above 12°C. In the fall, when the water begins to cool, the fish migrate south from Primorye. By the end of October, the schools completely leave coastal waters, the A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology explained to Novosti Vladivostok.
Cold and storms in Peter the Great Bay
This year, schools of warm-water fish failed to leave Peter the Great Bay in time to head out to sea before the frost set in. Strong northerly winds are causing upwelling—the rise of cold, deep water to the surface of the coastal zone.
Cold water masses literally trapped the fish in the bays. The low temperatures made them sluggish and inactive, after which storm waves easily carried them ashore.
And local fishermen are now waiting for the tuna to come to the shore, where it will feed on the immobilized sardine and be caught on their hooks.
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