Uncountable dead fish washed up on a beach in Staten Island, New York, causing a stench that has troubled local residents. Many residents have chosen to stay indoors to save themselves from the smell of rotting fish.
As per reports, fish have begun to rot, causing some local residents to stay indoors to avoid the stench.
John Mastellone, a local told StatenIsland Live, ¡°We saw like white things - it was low tide. Today, the smellis horrific. You can't even go outside. And I don't know if it¡¯s dangerous tobreathe it in or not, but we¡¯re not going outside.¡±
He further raised concern, claiming¡°something could be very major¡±.
According to Newsweek, fish meat containsa chemical trimethylamine oxide, which when exposed to air after death, causes an unbearable stench.
There has been no official statement as of now about the dead fish or what is causing the deaths.
But this is not the first time that deadfishes have washed up along the shores of Staten Island.
In April 2021, a similar incident wasreported in the Great Kills Park area, reported Staten Island Live. It wasinvestigated by the?New Jersey Department of Environmental Preservation (DEP),which said that the deaths were caused by ¡°undetermined species of bacteria¡±.
The fish belonged to the menhaden species, also known as bunker fish. They are primarily used for bait and non-commercial purposes. In 2017 too, Lemon Creek and Wolfe¡¯s Pond Park saw a large number ofbunker fish on their shores.
Menhaden are both an important part of thefood chain and are commercially harvested for their use in supplement products,according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration purposes.
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