Estimated 2M pounds of dead fish wash up on Southampton shore

About 2 million pounds of smelly, dead fish that died in a massive fish kill have found a new resting place in Shinnecock Bay. Many of the fish who died in a massive bunker fish kill on the East End

News 12 Staff

Dec 1, 2016, 3:06 AM

Updated 2,867 days ago

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About 2 million pounds of smelly, dead fish that died in a massive fish kill have found a new resting place in Shinnecock Bay.
Many of the fish who died in a massive bunker fish kill on the East End more than two weeks ago have landed in the tidal pools on the bay side of Shinnecock Bay in the village of Southampton.
The fish are located close to rich and famous homes on Meadow Lane.
Willie Caldwell, of C-Well Dish LLC, is one of the people in charge of helping clean up the fish.
Caldwell says he is concerned about cleanup funding and believes the towns are going to run out of money. He says he hopes to see some federal disaster money to help in the cleanup effort.
Caldwell says that about 2 million pounds of dead fish are scattered across 2 miles of land.
The Village of Southampton and the Town of Southampton are working together to get the fish into the compost at the transfer station and make them into fertilizer for local farmers.
Village Public Works Director Gary Goleski told News 12 that millions of dead fish have already been removed from the canal and beach. He says many more must be removed from the marshy areas as soon as possible to avoid a public health hazard.
The Department of Environmental Conservation says the town and village has not yet contacted them for permits required to do that work.