"Pollution Blamed for Intersex Fish"By The Associated
Press
Sharpsburg, Md. (AP) _ Male fish that are growing eggs have been
found in the Potomac River near Sharpsburg, a sign that a little-understood
type of pollution is spreading downstream from West Virginia, a federal
scientist says....
http://www.livescience.com/environment/intersex_fish_041221.html
by William Cocke/National Geographic NewsSomething fishy is happening in the headwaters of the Potomac River. Scientists have discovered that some male bass are producing eggs—a decidedly female reproductive function. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/11/1103_041103potomac_fish.html
"Scientists seek causes of stress for fish dying in Va., W.Va."
By Sue Lindsey/Associated Press Writer
ROANOKE, Va. -- Fish bearing cigar-burnlike lesions are continuing to die in Virginia's Shenandoah River, and similar kills have been reported....
By Jon Fogg /The Washington
Times
Something strange is brewing among the fish in the Potomac River.
Male fish are producing eggs, and scientists are trying to figure
out why.
http://washingtontimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20050721-105340-5095r
"Large
fish kill in
By Lawrence Latan III/Times Dispatch
Up
to 8,000 fish were found ashore Sunday on
"Kaine studies area fish kill causes"
By Erica M. Bush/The
Boyce
— Hoping to learn more about the cause of the fish kills in the
He sat down to a roundtable discussion at the Boyce
Bread and Breakfast with a group — which included representatives
from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Shenandoah
River Trips, and the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
— to learn about the extent of the problem.
