2/27/15 Deformed blackfish - Tooksook Bay, Alaska, USA

Smart started finding dead fish in his trap near Dull Lake about two or three weeks ago. Now there are hundreds and hundreds of them.Some local officials suspect water pollution killed the fish, but state officials offered an alternative explanation. According to the Fish and Game representative a local fisherman forgot to check a blackfish trap and may have dumped the dead fish in Dull Lake.

Some local officials suspect water pollution killed the fish, but state officials offered an alternative explanation.