Fish In Puget Sound Are Dying

If you’ve gone to Puget Sound you know what I’m talking about when I say that it is not the cleanest place. It’s getting more and more polluted everyday. Pollution is affecting food chains and sea life plus its habitat. A lot has changed in Puget Sound’s last 100 years. Fish in Puget Sound are dying.

Small fish are important because they are food for a lot of species. It says on the Seattle Aquarium website that a tufted puffin can hold up to 5 to 20 small fish in their bills. Hermit crabs eat almost everything they see including SMALL FISH. Since Puget Sound is becoming more and more polluted everyday that’s killing small fish and hurting species that eat them. And without food there aren’t a lot of ways to live.

It depends on what kind of fish it is to know what it’s eating. It depends on how big the fish is. Scientists think the most common food for fish is sea plants or seaweed. You should never dump garbage like plastic bags into the water because it could kill them. One gray whale was found with 20 plastic bags in its stomach.

Some scientists think that Puget Sound sea level rose 6 inches in the last 100 years. When sea level rises habitats could move wildlife into a new home. Some fish could react right away and find a new home quickly but most will not. A lot of important wildlife has been lost in the last 100 years.

Do you like what’s happening to Puget Sound? If not try and be a little more careful about if you’re littering or where you are dropping stuff. Just be a little more careful to help out our environment to keep fish from dying.