Mary Anna (11 June 2012)
" The sardine apocalypse: Mystery of 200-ton shoal of dead fish that washed up at port, turned the sea red and created a HUGE stink"

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156007/The-sardine-apocalypse-Mystery-200-ton-shoal-dead-fish-washed-port-turned-sea-red-created-HUGE-stink.html?ITO=1490

An entire port town in Japan has been left reeking of dead fish after nearly 200 tons of stinky sardines washed up on its shore.

The massive shoal started washing up at the fishing port of Ohara, on Japan's west-facing North Pacific Ocean coast, on June 3 and quickly turned the sea red.
Since then the bizarre phenomenon gone has rapidly got out of control.


Mystery: The sardine beach in Japan was turned blood red after nearly 200 tons of fish turned up
There are now so many dead fish that locals in the town in Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, are having to truck the rotting remains to landfills. And yet still more dead sardines keep washing up on shore.
Reports suggested that locals are not only finding the sight disturbing, but the huge amount of dead fish has created a smell that's becoming unbearable.