January 26, 2015 — More than 5,000 menhaden, or bunker fish, have died in the past week in a discharge canal of the Oyster Creek Generating Station.
Perhaps drawn into the discharge canal's warm waters or scared there by a predator, hundreds of thousands of the fish are crowded into the canal, said Larry Ragonese, spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.
"They seem to like it there at the moment," he said. "We don't really have a way to get them out at the moment."
Temperature of the canal's water — which is used in plant operations and then discharged — is likely in the high 40-degree range, while water downstream is likely in the mid-30s, Ragonese said.
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