Earth Watch Report - Biological Hazards - Mass Fish Die Off
Photo credit: Handout | This bluefish caught in Shinnecock
Bay was dissected to help determine the cause of a mass die off of
bluefish off the Hamptons. (July 3, 2013)
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| Description |
| Hundreds of bluefish are turning up dead off the coast of Long
Island - and nobody knows why. Researchers at the Marine Animal Disease
Laboratory at Stony Brook University are investigating what could be
killing hundreds of cocktail bluefish discovered this week in and around
the Shinnecock Bay. Professor Christopher Gobler of Stony Brook's
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences tells Newsday he's puzzled as
to why just bluefish are turning up dead. The Shinnecock Reservation is
also home to mackerels, sand sharks and dog fish. None of them are
turning up dead. The paper reports that most of the bluefish recovered
are too decomposed to test, but a live one showed no obvious signs of
disease.
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| Biohazard name: |
Mass Die-off (bluefish) |
| Biohazard level: |
0/4 --- |
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