Menhaden: Most Important Fish in the Bay Page #2

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because he's bald.

Yep, it does dry fast, yeah.

So, I think we can show

just about everybody

that comes on down

a really good time.

Yeah. Cool.

Of course, at the time,

I had no idea

how culpable he was

for what was about to happen.

The first signs

that something was very wrong

happened six weeks

before July 4th.

It was on the news,

but I don't think anybody

really put two and two together

and knew what was going on.

The bodies of

two scientists were found

in the Chesapeake Bay

last night after having been

reported missing

for more than 36 hours.

The cause of death

was listed as unknown,

although medical examiners found

numerous wounds on the body

that might be consistent

with shark bites.

The two scientists

were oceanographers

working to measure

pollution levels in the bay.

These were two oceanographers.

One from the Cousteau Institute

and another from

the University of Maryland.

They were keeping a video diary

of their research

and sending it to the Chesapeake

Environmental Council.

Red algae here and here

does indicate bacterial growth.

Now Natural Resources,

they think it's feeding off

the nutrients in the water

from the chicken runoff.

- That's a strange attack.

- Yes, it is.

You don't hear about shark

attacks in the bay, normally.

Well, I think bull

sharks can be aggressive.

It seems like I remember, what,

- a couple of attacks last year, maybe?

- Here and there.

- Yeah.

- It is brackish throughout the Chesapeake Bay

and bull sharks have been known

to come up

in the bay occasionally.

I gotta tell ya.

It makes me a little nervous.

We have a boat and go out

in the bay all the time.

They got the results

on the water analysis.

- Oh, yeah?

- Yeah.

What do you have?

Uh, mercury levels

way above standards,

polycyclic acids, OPs,

PCBs that haven't

been legal in 20 years.

Endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals,

Viagra, estrogen, DDT,

- trace amounts of GRDF.

- Phew.

I mean, pretty much

you name it,

it's in there.

I mean, looky here.

Naw.

This whole stream

of toxin is following the current.

The what's following the what?

- You have a very thick accent sometimes.

- Sam.

This whole stream of toxin

is following the current.

- Yes.

- Look. It's going next to this little town.

Claridge.

Claridge.

There were

people who were concerned

about what was going on

in the bay.

With some of the townsfolk,

it did cause arguments.

Your chicken plants are putting

chicken sh*t in my bay...

...and they're killing.

The important thing, Jerry...

Jerry? The important

thing to understand

is that the EPA continues

to test the bay.

And it is really...

it's really their responsibility.

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