Thousands of needle-nosed fish wash up on Cape Cod shores

Thousands of needle-nosed fish wash up on Cape Cod shores

By Cortney Moore

Source: Fox News

12/5/2022

Credit: Merrily Cassidy/Cape Cod Times/Imagn

Thousands of needle-nosed fish have recently washed up on Cape Cod Bay beaches in Massachusetts.

The fish in question are the Atlantic saury, a species of Scomberesocidae fish that swim in large schools, according to the Cape Cod Times, a Gannett-owned local newspaper in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

The official cause of the mass fish beaching is currently unknown.
Owen Nichols, the director of marine fisheries research at the Center for Coastal Studies, told the Cape Cod Times possible could include prevailing winds, large tides, cooling water temperatures, predators or the fish breed’s slender shape.