Dead Fish In Maryland , USA

Tens of thousands of fish suffocated and died on the South River's Aberdeen Creek this week, victims of low oxygen on the water.


Officials with the Maryland Department of the Environment are investigating the fish kill, which killed about 37,000 Atlantic menhaden that became trapped in the oxygen-deprived water.











ANNAPOLIS, Md. ― There has been a huge fish kill south of Annapolis. The state sent out biologists to try to determine what caused the die-off. Mike Schuh has more.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 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 over 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.



"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.