European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 2. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Navy cancels test that killed 3,000 fish Baltimore a the Navy cancelled tests of underwater explosives saturday in the Chesapeake Hay after a blast killed As Many As 3,000 sea Trout and produced a wave of criticism from fishermen and officials we were surprised we had any kill at All from Friday s explosion said Diane Palermo a Navy spokeswoman. We arc  the explosion came a year Afler the Navy promised the charges would no cause significant fish kills. Charier boat tis Hcrman and slate officials had complained Ihnn about the planned explosions tearing Large schools of fish would he driven from the area or killed during the blasts. Bui the Navy derided to �0 ahead Wilh the testing saying inc blasts would be monitored and would result in minimal shh kills. Sen. Barbara a. Mikulski d-md., said Friday she intends id express her concern in a idler to Navy Secre tary James h. Webb or. I think this is awful. Once again the Navy has underestimated the danger of what in is doing in the Bay Mikulski said. A Marine biologist said the number of fish killed was Small compared with the total population in the Bay and docs not threaten 0 diminish the species. A number of tests had been planned in this fall by the naval surface weapons Center. Earlier in the week. 100 fish were killed in a similar blast. The Navy evidently they do whatever they want said Jack Johnson a Chaiter boat Captain who fishes the area and has protested the Navy s presence. Titis area they arc testing in is loaded with  Palermo said the Navy is considering ways of avoid ing further fish Kilts including moving inc testing to anole or area a id sending off Small shocks that would scare fish away before the testing begins. Three boats Wilh fisheries biologists from the Mary lard department of natural resources and the univer sity of Maryland were monitoring inc Navy s work to try 10 minimize the fish kill by the acoustical equipment used to scan die under water test area for schools of fish in t capable of select ing fish that swim Ai the Bottom of the Bay about 150 feel below he surface according to Stephen fir Andl a fisheries biologist at the University s Chesapeake biological Laboratory. Estimates of the number