NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife: Studying the Delaware Bay - 2009 Report


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The Delaware Estuary is New Jersey's largest estuary system. The Delaware estuary is a semi-enclosed body of water where freshwater from the Delaware River mixes with salt water from the Delaware Bay. It serves as nursery areas, spawning and feeding grounds, and migratory routes for many recreational and commercial fish.

Bureau of Marine Fisheries biologists within the New Jersey DEP's Division of Fish & Wildlife conducts several surveys each year to study the status of species populations within the estuary. One of these surveys is the Delaware Bay Finfish Trawl Survey.


 

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