Dead fish wash ashore at Masonboro Island by hundreds of thousands

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Star News Online - 1/11/13, Kate Elizabeth Queram

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Hundreds of thousands of dead fish washed ashore this week at Masonboro Island, according to the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

The dead fish, identified as Atlantic Menhaden, are strewn along the island's beaches and in the water, stretching over a one-mile area from the Mason Inlet jetty to Loosins Creek, officials reported.

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