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Dead fish litter beach in Montauk, commercial fishermen blamed

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author on Sep 22, 2009
The carcasses of hundreds of striped bass washed onto the beach at Napeague Sunday afternoon, and there is speculation that commercial fishermen were to blame. The fish began washing up... more

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