{"id":2326315,"date":"2024-08-18T16:10:56","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T20:10:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doomsday-fish-one-of-only-20-reported-since-1901-found-by-snorkeling-group-off-california-coast\/"},"modified":"2024-08-18T16:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T20:17:37","slug":"doomsday-fish-one-of-only-20-reported-since-1901-found-by-snorkeling-group-off-california-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doomsday-fish-one-of-only-20-reported-since-1901-found-by-snorkeling-group-off-california-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Doomsday Fish,&#8217; One of Only 20 Reported Since 1901, Found by Snorkeling Group off California Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoomsday-fish-one-of-only-20-reported-since-1901-found-by-snorkeling-group-off-california-coast%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2326315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Recently, \u200bsnorkelers off La Jolla Cove, California, discovered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-rarely-seen-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-world-of-ubiquitous-racism-new-attack-on-game-of-monopoly\/\" title=\"\u2018A World Of Ubiquitous Racism\u2019: New Attack On Game Of Monopoly\">deep-sea<\/a>-fish-is-found-in-california\/&#8221; title=&#8221;A Rarely Seen Deep Sea Fish is Found in California&#8221;>12-foot-long oarfish<\/a>, \u2062a species often \u2062associated with ominous predictions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnbc-airs-shocking-footage-of-florida-residents-not-wearing-masks-florida-is-doing-better-than-many-mask-mandated-states\/\" title=\"CNBC Airs \u2018Shocking\u2019 Footage Of Florida Residents Not Wearing Masks. Florida Is Doing Better Than Many Mask-Mandated States.\">natural disasters<\/a> like \u2063earthquakes \u200cand\u200c tsunamis,\u200d earning it the nickname &#8220;doomsday fish.&#8221;\u200b This sighting marked only the 20th oarfish found in\u2062 California since \u20621901.\u2063 Notably, just two days after the fish was discovered,\u200b a\u200b 4.6-magnitude \u200bearthquake struck Los Angeles. Experts \u2062from the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center\u2064 and Scripps Institution of\u200c Oceanography \u200bwill investigate the fish&#8217;s death, and it will subsequently \u2064be preserved at\u2063 the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection. Although oarfish\u2062 are rarely seen, \u2063they are typically\u2064 deep-sea residents, and there \u2063is limited\u200d scientific knowledge about\u2064 them. Despite their reputation, \u2063there is no \u200devidence linking them to disasters like\u200c the 2011 Fukushima incident, with \u2062experts suggesting their rise\u2064 to the surface when physically compromised contributes \u2064to their frequent discovery in poor condition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>A fish with a bad reputation was found recently off the California coast, making it only the 20th so-called &ldquo;doomsday fish&rdquo; found in the state since 1901.<\/p>\n<p>The oarfish found by some snorkelers off LaJolla Cove was 12 feet in length, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/lifestyle\/doomsday-fish-found-dead-california-days-earthquake-struck-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fishermen-haul-16-foot-long-mythical-fish-dozens-spotted-years-ago-just-international-disaster\/?ff_source=akdart\">oarfish<\/a> acquired the &ldquo;doomsday fish&rdquo; name as some believe its appearance &ldquo;foreshadows natural disasters, such as earthquakes or tsunamis,&rdquo; the Ocean Conservancy says.<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the oarfish was found, a 4.6-magnitude <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-los-angeles-earthquake-shakes-espn-studio-forces-host-take-things-hands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earthquake<\/a> hit Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oarfish: Rarely seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nightmarish-deep-sea-fish-washes-up-on-california-shore-compared-to-terrifying-finding-nemo-anglerfish\/\" title=\"\u2018Nightmarish\u2019 Deep-Sea Fish Washes Up On California Shore, Compared To Terrifying \u2018Finding Nemo\u2019 Anglerfish\">deep sea fish<\/a> is found off San Diego coast, and scientists want to know why <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IaJvwTBdNx\">https:\/\/t.co\/IaJvwTBdNx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC11_WTVD\/status\/1824725404185219344?\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Experts at the NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study the fish to determine how it died.<\/p>\n<p>After that, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-rarely-seen-deep-sea-fish-found-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fish<\/a> will move to the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection at the University of California San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Frable, manager of the Marine Vertebrate Collection at UC San Diego&rsquo;s Scripps Institution of Oceanography said oarfish &ldquo;are not common here in California,&rdquo; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2024-08-15\/rare-giant-oar-fish-washes-ashore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kayakers and snorkelers exploring the Southern California coast spotted an extremely rare oarfish, nicknamed a &ldquo;doomsday fish&rdquo; since they are seen in some parts of the world as harbingers of imminent disasters. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqO1TX5N1m\">https:\/\/t.co\/tqO1TX5N1m<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZkPSfBSOaG\">pic.twitter.com\/ZkPSfBSOaG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CBS News (@CBSNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1824793303587365154?\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These fish are generally living in the deep-sea, open-ocean environment,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;People have studied them, but we&rsquo;ve very rarely interacted with them alive in their natural habitat,&rdquo; Frable said<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s always been a fish of interest, this long, beautiful silver fish,&rdquo; Frable said, &ldquo;It definitely looks fanciful; it evokes the sea serpent mythology.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The truth is that what scientists know about oarfish is very limited. These mysterious fish may live in the deep sea, but we can still work to protect their habitat! &#127754;<\/p>\n<p>Learn what we DO know about oarfish and how to help protect the ocean they depend on:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4hiK43Dtd\">https:\/\/t.co\/G4hiK43Dtd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ocean Conservancy (@OurOcean) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OurOcean\/status\/1824498576170565995?\">August 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The fish does not deserve its reputation, which in the 21st Century led it to be associated with the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There is no scientific evidence of a connection, so I don&rsquo;t think people need to worry,&rdquo; Hiroyuki Motomura, a professor of ichthyology at Kagoshima University said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/14\/divers-encounter-enormous-doomsday-fish-riddled-with-shark-bites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That&rsquo;s an oarfish, they definitely look like they&rsquo;re from an apocalyptic universe<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Lqt0qs1uA\">pic.twitter.com\/8Lqt0qs1uA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Beauty of Nature (@brightnurday) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brightnurday\/status\/1824844990754836748?\">August 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe these fish tend to rise to the surface when their physical condition is poor, rising on water currents, which is why they are so often dead when they are found,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to Fox News, snorkelers spotted a 12-foot-long oarfish near La Jolla Cove. This species has earned the nickname &#8220;doomsday fish&#8221; because some people believe its presence signals impending natural disasters like earthquakes or tsunamis, as noted by Ocean Conservancy. Interestingly, just two days after this oarfish was discovered, Los Angeles experienced a 4.6-magnitude earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Experts from NOAA&#8217;s Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Scripps Institution of Oceanography will investigate how the fish died before it is transferred to the Scripps Marine Vertebrate Collection at UC San Diego. Ben Frable, who manages this collection, mentioned that oarfish are not commonly seen in California waters. Kayakers and snorkelers along Southern California&#8217;s coastline encountered this rare creature, which is often viewed as an omen of disaster in various cultures.<\/p>\n<p>Frable explained that these fish typically inhabit deep-sea environments and have rarely been observed alive in their natural habitat. He described them as long and beautiful silver creatures that evoke images from sea serpent mythology. Despite their mysterious nature and limited scientific understanding, efforts can still be made to protect their ocean habitat.<\/p>\n<p>The oarfish&#8217;s negative reputation has led to associations with events like the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011; however, Hiroyuki Motomura, an ichthyology professor at Kagoshima University, stated there is no scientific evidence linking them to such occurrences and reassured that there\u2019s no need for concern. He suggested that these fish may surface when they are unwell due to water currents\u2014explaining why many are found dead when discovered<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2326316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-2024-08-17T152413.954.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[38456,38455,38288,38287,38457],"class_list":["post-2326315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california-coast","tag-doomsday-fish","tag-marine-life","tag-rare-species","tag-snorkeling-adventure"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture-2024-08-17T152413.954.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}