Officials with the Maryland Department of the Environment are investigating the fish kill, which claimed an entire school of young Atlantic menhaden that became trapped in the oxygen-deprived water south of Annapolis. It's the largest fish kill recorded in Maryland so far this year.
This fish kill is the second such event in Anne Arundel County waters in recent weeks. On Aug. 20-21, more than 2,000 fish died in the Magothy River's Blackhole Creek.
The estimate of 100,775 dead menhaden in...
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