Article: Fish Kill Fouls Air by Quahog Bay, Maine

In the waters of Quahog Bay, Maine's latest menhaden kill has suffocated thousands of lobsters, crabs, snails and other sea life, prompting residents to keep their windows shut as the stench from thousands of rotting fish fills the air.

Vast schools of menhaden, or pogies, first were chased into Quahog Bay by feeding bluefish about a month ago. The schools severely depleted the oxygen in the water, killing lobsters and other aquatic life.

Dead pogies float in clumps throughout the cove and are caked onto rocks along the shore.

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