Oceanport, NJ – Thousands Of Dead Fish Wash Up In New Jersey Shore Town

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    Oceanport, NJ – State environmental officials say thousands of dead fish have washed up in a New Jersey shore community.

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    The adult menhaden were found Saturday in creeks and bays in Oceanport that are part of the Shrewsbury River estuary in Monmouth County. Officials say the deaths occurred after a large school of menhaden were pursued by predatory fish and depleted the oxygen from the shallow water.

    Officials took water samples and confirmed low dissolved oxygen in the creeks. Local crews were working to remove as many of the fish as possible, while the rest will decompose and eventually sink.

    Menhaden are small schooling fish that play a vital role in the ocean food web. They are also harvested commercially for fish oil and use as aquaculture feed.


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    Gersey
    Gersey
    5 years ago

    You can all thank the GOP led EPA for relaxing the environmental laws. There wern’t those issues when Obama was the sheriff.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    5 years ago

    Global warming I tell you.

    MAYERFREUND
    MAYERFREUND
    5 years ago

    I see you don’t mention anything about 9-11 from the bush era, perhaps it don’t mean anything by you because it was GOP time.