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Thousands of Dead Fish Are Washing Up on the Shores of Lake Michigan

07/07/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“MILWAUKEE — Thousands of dead fish are washing up on the shores of Lake Michigan.

‘It brings back the horror stories we used to have in Milwaukee with the enormous populations of alewives would wash up and destroy our beaches,’ said Dan Steininger, of Milwaukee.

Experts said small, shiny fishes, called alewives, have been dying off and showing up on beaches around Lake Michigan in recent weeks.

WISN 12 News found them at Bradford Beach in Milwaukee and at Doctor’s Park in Fox Point.” Read more.

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