About 50 fish were found dead in two different locations along the Shenandoah River earlier last week, and biologists say they have no idea why.

On Monday, a few dozen smallmouth bass, minnows and suckers were found dead along the South Fork near Port Republic. The next day, 26 redbreast sunfish were found dead along the North Fork of the river downstream from Woodstock.

The deaths are not significant enough to sound an alarm, but the number is more than what occurs naturally and it has biologists worried.

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