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Pfiesteria?

On Oct. 25, 2000, about 14,000 dead fish, mostly menhaden, were found along the Neuse River, south of New Bern, NC. This is close to an area where more than 100,000 fish died in two events during September 2000. Most of the fish were covered with red lesions. [Assoc Press]