An actual salton sea report 4/3/12 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

taggermike · 04-07-2012, 11:16 AM

Aside from the fertilizer over load the Sea also has not outlet. It is a couple 100 feet below sealevel after all. Slightly salty ag runoff goes in and the only way water can leave is through evaporation. The salt stays behind and the salinity rises. Think the dead sea and the great salt lake. It's a matter of time. Adding more water will postpone the hyper salinity but the only way to save the Sea would be to remove the salt. Not likely. They stocked sargo, mullet, corvina, gulf croaker, and eveidently they even tried totoava. The tilapia were put in to the ag run off creeks to eat plants and insects. That may be why they are the only fish left. During years when the sea is in bad condition there is a always a population up in the creeks. When things improve they can recolonize the sea. With about unlimited space and food and thier crazey reproductive rate they can really boom in there. Mike

04-07-2012, 11:16 AM	#23
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Aside from the fertilizer over load the Sea also has not outlet. It is a couple 100 feet below sealevel after all. Slightly salty ag runoff goes in and the only way water can leave is through evaporation. The salt stays behind and the salinity rises. Think the dead sea and the great salt lake. It's a matter of time. Adding more water will postpone the hyper salinity but the only way to save the Sea would be to remove the salt. Not likely. They stocked sargo, mullet, corvina, gulf croaker, and eveidently they even tried totoava. The tilapia were put in to the ag run off creeks to eat plants and insects. That may be why they are the only fish left. During years when the sea is in bad condition there is a always a population up in the creeks. When things improve they can recolonize the sea. With about unlimited space and food and thier crazey reproductive rate they can really boom in there. Mike