POSTED: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 4:04pm UPDATED: Thursday,
January 17, 2013 - 4:38pm Residents of Pawley's Island in South
Carolina woke up to tens of thousands of dead fish stretching a
mile and a half long. Pawley's Island wasn't the first place
this week to see the dead Menhaden fish on their shores. Last
year, an influx of star fish were found on the same beaches. The
state announced they would look into what may have killed the
fish and have since taken water samples. So far officials have
confirmed that hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, caused the fish kill.
The dead fish are washing out to sea and with the help of the
sea gulls the shore will soon be clear. Menhaden fish, typically
used by fishermen as bait, are a small, silver fish, whose oil
is used in vitamin supplements, lipstick and livestock feed.