The Division of Marine Fisheries has determined that this fish kill (several thousand fish) was caused by a lack of dissolved oxygen in the estuary where they washed in from.
The fish kill involved only one species, Menhaden, which commonly expire in hot weather and enclosed embayments.
-From the Mass. Department of Environmental Management
A fish kill occurred Monday morning in the area of West Island/Sconticut Neck in Fairhaven.
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