The Nation - News from Aug. 12, 1985
Thousands of menhaden, oily fish that can weigh up to two pounds, invaded the harbor in South Bristol, Me., depleting oxygen levels and killing hundreds of lobsters in their holding pens as green crabs climbed dock pilings for oxygen, authorities said. The South Bristol Fishermen’s Co-op said it lost about 800 pounds of lobsters. Good sea water has an oxygen level of about six parts per million, but levels in the harbor dropped to two parts per million.
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