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we had a record number of menhaden
(bunkers) kills this summer in the ny/nj estuary (raritan bay), probably
due to an increase in population from a fishing ban that went into effect in
2002 ('reduction' fishing banned within 1.2 nm of shoreline)
in any event, the kills mostly happened
by marinas where bluefish had cornered huge amounts of juvenile bunkers - 2
of the kills were in the hundreds of thousands to millions - the dead fish
backwashed into the wetlands upstream - the stink was bad for
several days, but the towns did little or no cleanup as they said they did not
have the personnel or equipment to do so
if these kills are the beginning of a new
trend of numerous fishkills in raritan bay, we will need to do better than
that
if anyone knows how large amounts of dead
fish were removed from wetlands by local dept of public works (maybe with a
vacuum truck?) please let me know
Thanks
William Simmons
Environmental Health Coordinator Monmouth County Health Dept 3435 Rt. 9 Freehold N.J. 07748 Phone (732)431-7456 Fax (732)409-7579 wsimmons@co.monmouth.nj.us CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE
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