Michigan residents may notice a higher-than-normal number of dead fish washing ashore from this season's winterkill.

So, even if washing your canned fish doesn't affect the fish itself much ... try mashing it into a thin spread that you can cut with some butter and/or lemon juice. Or, use it in things like ...

and that it would take the fish washing up in far greater numbers to signal broader distress in the ocean or among the species’ population. “They come up every once in a while. It’s called a ...