Fish die-off in Skagit Valley likely to remain a mystery
By Kari Neumeyer • May 8th, 2013 • Category: NWIFC BlogThe Skagit Valley Herald reports on a fish die-off in Browns Slough. Last week, hundreds of shiner perch and some fingerling chinook were found dead near Fir Island Road:
Other than the dead fish, nothing appeared out of the ordinary. Because there was no obvious cause of the fish deaths, Wildlife called in Ecology, which arrived about an hour later.
But Ecology workers saw no sheen
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