Poor Water Quality, Warmer Temperatures Causes Massive Fish Kill Along Little Egg Harbor Lagoon

CBS Philadelphia

July 31, 2024

LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. (CBS) -- As soon as you turn onto Kentucky and Louisiana drives in Little Egg Harbor Township, you'll get a whiff of a pungent and rotten smell in the air.

That's because a massive fish kill has piled up in a lagoon on Osborn Island that residents are describing as "absolutely disgusting."

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said warmer temperatures and poor water quality are to blame.

That's not a massive pile of sand you see but rather a massive amount of dead fish piled up in a lagoon in the Osborn Island neighborhood/CBS News

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