Fish kill in East Haven

According to WTNH.com, dead bunker fish, otherwise known as menhaden, which are used as live or dead bait, have been washing up on the Branford river. The cause of death? Hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the water. This was most likely due to a population explosion, causing a shortage in the dissolved oxygen levels. This is apparently a regular natural phenomenon that occurs every once in a great while, and that the river will sort itself out shortly.