Fisheries and Oceans Canada officials say there are still no answers as to what caused a massive fish kill in Nova Scotia in late 2016.

More recently, scores of starfish, clams and lobster have littered the shoreline and a dead whale also washed ashore on a beach in Whale Cove.

A dead whale has washed up in the same area of western Nova Scotia that has seen scores of dead herring, starfish, clams and lobster litter the shoreline - but fisheries officials say it's too early to say whether the deaths are related.