Thousands of dead fish litter Galveston beaches - Is Fukushima to blame?

JAMAICA BEACH, Texas - Thousands of dead fish are washing ashore along the Texas coast from the Colorado River to Galveston Island and Parks and Wildlife biologists suspect low oxygen levels off shore may be to blame.

What tides are bringing in on Jamaica Beach is making people pause.

"I hope it's nothing major," said Mark Gannon, who took his family to the beach Sunday. "I hope the water is safe."

Thousands of dead shad litter the sand.

"Any idea what it is?" asked Gannon's wife Alexia.

Her children tried to explain the problem.

"At night time, the waves pull up really far so the fish can't handle that, so they get up on the shore," said Abby Gannon.

Authorities said the answer is not so simple. Biologists with the Parks and Wildlife Department began testing ph, saline and oxygen levels in water samples taken along the coast.

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