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Fish kill, dead shrimp reported in Hood Canal

The Columbian
Published: September 22, 2010, 12:00am

HOODSPORT, Wash. (AP) — Scientists who have been monitoring low oxygen levels in Hood Canal say hundreds of dead fish and thousands of dead shrimp were spotted Tuesday washed up on the waterway’s beaches.

University of Washington oceanographer Jan Newton tells the Kitsap Sun that lots of nearby residents are reporting dead fish.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Wayne Palsson says thousands of dead spot prawns washed up on the beach at Hoodsport on Tuesday and thousands more are struggling to survive in shallow water near the shoreline. He’s calling Tuesday’s observations an “extensive fish kill geographically ” but not yet the massive fish kills seen in previous years.

Earlier this month, Newton warned that the oxygen level in the south end of the canal was at a record low. She says conditions are similar to 2006 when thousands of fish died.

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Information from: Kitsap Sun, http://www.kitsapsun.com/

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