Tag: menhaden

Not everything that blooms in the spring is pleasant. The first wave of warmer temperatures last week brought dead fish to area shorelines

At the most recent Rally for the Two Rivers meeting, representatives from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and other state and local officials discussed the menhaden die-off, its cause and continued monitoring.

Oceanport residents have been experiencing the effects of a large-scale fish die-off for weeks. The borough contracted with a service to remove nearly 6,000 pounds of fish carcasses. Other Two River towns are following suit.

Numerous dead menhaden, a feeder fish that is a foundation of the marine ecosystem, have washed up on the banks of...