Mav, you really should be more careful -- you're careless, blabbering style makes such an easy target. In an exchange centered around a careless overstatement you defend it with an even MORE careless and ignorant overstatement.
From this post...
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=451163#post451163
Mav:
>Clearly fish are prey in the ocean to all larger
>fish and ultimately fish are eaten, they do not
>die of natural causes.
Ok, I simply typed in "fish death natural causes" into Google. The following is a selection of links and select quotes from those links (most are goverment fish agency sites).
http://www.blacklakeny.com/summerkillwinterkill.html
>Dead and dying fish are an ugly sight. Truth is, most
>species of fish are relatively short-lived and have a high
>rate of mortality. Even large fish, too large to be eaten
>by predators such as bass and pike, experience a death
>rate of approximately 50% per year.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b374/b374_10.html
>Natural Mortality
>Although fish may die of natural causes at any time of
>the year, they are more stressed in the early spring and
>during spawning season. This makes them more
>susceptible to unfavorable environmental conditions
>and diseases. Large fish seem to be more susceptible.
>Mortality may also be due to old age. Some fish may live
>up to 10 years, but four to eight years is more common.
>Prevention
>Little can be done to prevent natural mortality.
http://www.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/communications/maritimes/news03e/NR-MAR-03-13E.html
>SAINT JOHN RIVER FISH KILL RESULT
>OF NATURAL CAUSES
>June 27, 2003
>
>Dartmouth, N.S. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO),
>Maritimes Region, today announced that the death of
>thousands of gaspereau in the Saint John River system
>over the past several weeks was the result of natural
>causes. Testing ruled out disease as the primary cause of
>death and water quality was normal and consistent with
>other years. This is not expected to significantly impact
>fish stocks in the river.
http://www.fisheries.nt.gov.au/serv...&_fdisplaymode=1&_fcalledfrom=1&_fdisplayurl=
Every year Territorians are astounded by the number of
dead fish that appear in billabongs during the build-up.
Theories as to what causes these fish deaths range from
man-made dams to poison leaking out of the soil. However
in almost every case, fish kills within the Mary River wetlands
have been natural occurrences.
>Why do fish die at this time of the year?
>Fish kills can occur throughout the year but are most
>common during the beginning of the wet because of:
>shrinking billabongs;
>large numbers of fish concentrated in small areas;
>warmer temperatures; and
>runoff from the first rains.
The all came from the FIRST PAGE of results.
Why do you run your mouth of so often about things that you obviously know nothing about. You really should at least use a Google filter on your output.
Once again your concrete statement turns into a joke (that's where you always say when you get nailed).
I'll happily keep diggin and show the same in the ocean far and wide if you need it.
JB
Your $500 a month blunt friends could do better than this