Sep 2, 2008 6:32 pm US/Eastern
Thousands Of Fish Found Dead In Anne Arundel Co.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) ―
There has been a huge fish kill south of Annapolis.
Mike Schuh reports the state sent out biologists to try to determine what caused the die-off.
At first glance, the Aberdeen Creek in Anne Arundel County looks fine--until your other senses kick in. What looks like leaves are actually rotting fish.
"It was like hitting a wall," said boater John Rodenhausen.
From
Sky Eye Chopper 13, we saw more fish than water. There's very little oxygen here, but there is a carpet of dead fish. There are too many to count, but the state estimates that more than 100,000 fish died here.
"It's a phenomena that's due to people. Too much pollution, too much algae. Algae die, and fish get killed," said John Surrick with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
"This is by far the highest concentration right here and outside this creek," said John Rodenhausen.
Menhaden swim in schools, and it's thought they swam right into the bad water where sun and nutrients made too much algae.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation scientists have sent off samples from that waterway to determine what kind of algae died.
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