Influx of anchovies die off in Santa Cruz Harbor
Briefly

"This was a big school of large-sized fish," said Anderson. "This is something we try to avoid and that's why we deployed the aerators, but you get to a point where there's so much biomass that no amount of aeration is going to mitigate it."
"This was totally unexpected," said Anderson. "We go out and check out by the wharf and towards Pleasure Point and we were not seeing the bait like we were earlier this year."
"A lot of guys showed up early today to help pitch in and we have it pretty much handled, but there's still a lot that sank and tomorrow they'll start floating up."
"Once the fish come to the surface, we'll really see the scope of this," said Anderson. "The quicker we get this cleaned up, the better it will be for everyone."
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