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Last week, around the July Fourth holiday, a break in a fishing net caused thousands of dead menhaden to wash up onshore in Silver Beach, and even though the beach has since been cleaned up, Northampton County residents were still left with the stink of the incident, both literally and figuratively.
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A ship spilled thousands of menhaden near Silver Beach this week, sending dead fish onto the beach.
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A fishing net tear onboard a menhaden vessel resulted in dead fish washing up along the Eastern Shore, according to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission.