Several Texas beaches along the Gulf Coast are in clean-up mode after being inundated with thousands of dead fish, which had prompted wildlife officials to warn people against visiting over the weekend until the “fish kill” fallout subsides.
On June 11, the Brazoria and Quintana County Parks departments used tractors with giant rakes to clear the carcasses of dead fish off the beaches.
“The pedestrian beach is cleared with the exception of a spattering of fish that the machinery couldn’t get,” the Quintana Beach County Park (QBCP) department said in a Facebook statement. “High tides over the next couple of days should sift the rest down into the sand and bury them.”…