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Roseville -- The Arkansas Department of Health is advising people fishing near the Roseville Community Boat Ramp on the Arkansas River not to eat any of the dead fish that are floating in the water in that area.

The Department of Health said several thousands of drum fish have been killed and are lining the bank of the Arkansas River near the Roseville community.

The fish line a stretch of the bank about a mile long.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality are investigating the situation in an effort to determine the cause.

Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality investigator Travis Harmon said inspectors have considered a toxic dump and low oxygen levels but have nearly ruled out both.

"It's a single species kill. We don't know the cause. We don't think that's the case here. You would have other species effected not just drum," Harmon said.

AGFC officials said a boat driver called and told them that the fish were floating to the top when he went by.