© Associated Press/Bernandino HernandezA fisherman uses a plastic bag to catch fish as a large school of fish swims near the coast of Acapulco, Mexico, Friday, March 11, 2011. According to local fishermen, they had never seen such large schools of fish swim so close to the coast.
Delighted fishermen rushed out in wooden motor boats, abandoning their rods and nets and simply scooping the fish up with buckets.
"It was so much fun. There were about 20 or 30 fishermen and there were people who came with their kids to take advantage of it," fisherman Carlos Morales said.
The fishermen attributed the strange phenomenon to the unusual currents unleashed by tsunami that followed the earthquake in Japan.
Experts couldn't be sure.
"It would fall into that category where you would love to make the connection, but who knows?" said Rich Briggs, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "Tsunamis can change local currents, but it's hard to make a firm connection."
Hopefully this massive fish congregation isn't related to the same one where millions upon millions of sardines and the like swam into and died in the bay on the Californai coast. These were the same fish who were tested and found to have neurotoxins in them. The authorities were warning to expect bird and seal deaths from those who fed on these fish. If birds and seals will die from ingesting them and this same fish mass is also carrying this neurotoxin ... what kind of health effects will it have on people?