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Hundreds of tiny endangered fish saved from Palisades burn area — in the nick of time
LA Times ^ | 1-23-25 | Lila Seidman

Posted on 01/23/2025 3:53:26 PM PST by dynachrome

More than 750 northern tidewater gobies were plucked from a lagoon ravaged by the Palisades fire and transferred to aquariums. A more complicated mission to rescue endangered steelhead trout from the same watershed is slated move forward Thursday. Watersheds seared by fire can take years to recover, experts say. The rescue team donned waders and marched into a murky Malibu lagoon scorched by the Palisades fire. Their mission: Save the lives of northern tidewater gobies, a tiny endangered fish.

The destructive wildfire had stripped the slopes of the nearby Santa Monica Mountains and now rain could send a tremendous amount of sediment flowing into Topanga Lagoon, a death trap for fish.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: catfood; chat; eatingtastyanimals; endangered; gobie; goby; lilaseidman; newscum
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Why yes, fish are more important than people in kali-fornia.
1 posted on 01/23/2025 3:53:26 PM PST by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

I thought for sure this was the Bee.


2 posted on 01/23/2025 3:54:35 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: dynachrome

Isn’t that special?


3 posted on 01/23/2025 3:57:27 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For a good time, call Lisa M. 123-4567)
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To: dynachrome

Whew, that was a close call! But the fish are saved. Praise God and Hallelujah!

If only those pesky humans had not started the fire, those poor fish would not have been in any danger.


4 posted on 01/23/2025 3:57:50 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: dynachrome

Yeah, and all those claims of forest and water mismanagement for the purpose of trying to protect endangered species falls flat in light of this.

The wildfires caused by bad policies have done more damage than almost anything man could have done.


5 posted on 01/23/2025 3:58:41 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: dynachrome

You’ve GOT to be kidding.


6 posted on 01/23/2025 3:59:09 PM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: Larry Lucido

I checked for that myself.


7 posted on 01/23/2025 3:59:13 PM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Larry Lucido

Agreed—maybe next the leftists will let fish vote—since they are obviously more important than people.


8 posted on 01/23/2025 3:59:14 PM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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9 posted on 01/23/2025 4:00:46 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: dynachrome

Saved so displaced folks can eat them?


10 posted on 01/23/2025 4:01:05 PM PST by fruser1
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To: dynachrome

Go figure, here in Michigan, the great lakes are now battling against gobys, that are considered an invasive species.


11 posted on 01/23/2025 4:02:00 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Well, that’s certainly good news. I can sleep well tonight.


12 posted on 01/23/2025 4:03:30 PM PST by technically right
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To: dynachrome

A guy employed to be part of the fish rescue mission said he was working for scale.


13 posted on 01/23/2025 4:03:57 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Praise Allah! Now we have bait fish to catch the really big ones.


14 posted on 01/23/2025 4:04:39 PM PST by BipolarBob (DEIs pronouns are was/were/has been.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

As LTC Bill Kilgore might say, “Tiny Fish Don’t Vote!”


15 posted on 01/23/2025 4:04:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (For a good time, call Lisa M. 123-4567)
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To: dynachrome

I’m sure all of the homeowners who lost their homes are relieved to hear this news.


16 posted on 01/23/2025 4:06:15 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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Northern tidewater gobies are really good to eat. They go well with southern blowfish. And the eastern big lipped carp stuffed with little gobies is not bad either.


17 posted on 01/23/2025 4:06:40 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dynachrome

Save the Gobies! To hell with the humans!


18 posted on 01/23/2025 4:07:17 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: cgbg; metmom; Hot Tabasco

We must think about what kind of world we are going to leave to Keith Richards and northern tidewater gobies.


19 posted on 01/23/2025 4:08:00 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: dynachrome

So all this wasn’t in vain.


20 posted on 01/23/2025 4:13:11 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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