Friday Squid Blogging: Rotting Squid on a Beached California Boat (www.schneier.com)
<p>Smells <a href="https://abc7news.com/post/tons-nasty-rotting-squid-creates-major-challenge-point-reyes-crews-prepare-salvage-operation-lake-bay-vessel/19771993/">awful</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p> But an estimated 30 to 50 tons of dead squid remain inside the boat’s catch tank, where they have been decomposing for days. “That is nasty. I wouldn’t want to do that,” said commercial fisherman Dick Ogg of the Bodega Bay Fishermen’s Marketing Association.</p>
<p>Ogg said anyone familiar with the fishing industry understands what happens when a large catch sits for an extended period.</p>
<p>“If you think about what happens after four or five days, it’s a gooey mess,” he said.</p>
<p>The odor has become a defining feature of the operation, and the beach remains closed to the public while crews work on a removal plan...</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p> But an estimated 30 to 50 tons of dead squid remain inside the boat’s catch tank, where they have been decomposing for days. “That is nasty. I wouldn’t want to do that,” said commercial fisherman Dick Ogg of the Bodega Bay Fishermen’s Marketing Association.</p>
<p>Ogg said anyone familiar with the fishing industry understands what happens when a large catch sits for an extended period.</p>
<p>“If you think about what happens after four or five days, it’s a gooey mess,” he said.</p>
<p>The odor has become a defining feature of the operation, and the beach remains closed to the public while crews work on a removal plan...</p></blockquote>
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