Scientists are trying to determine why more than 1,000 hardhead catfish and a handful of other species are washing up dead along the Eastern Shore.

Several dying catfish were collected this week and sent to be examined by researchers at the Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures. They will be tested for toxins, viruses and bacteria. The results of those tests could be available as early as Tuesday.

(For the full story, read the Saturday edition of the Daphne Bulletin and the Fairhope Courier.)