Bait fish turn up dead

PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Thousands of dead bait fish surfaced in the two waterways, but officials are still waiting to find out if the deaths are related to the oil spill. A resident who noticed the odor Tuesday and Wednesday reported it to city officials, who alerted the Bureau of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality. "I don't think we can automatically assume it has anything to do with the spill," Pascagoula Mayor Robbie Maxwell said. (Source: Sun Herald, 05/05/10). BP operated the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico which sank April 20 after an explosion that left 11 people missing and presumed dead. The underwater well has been spewing oil since then.