Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Summer Benthic Fish Fauna of Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey
Historically, Sandy Hook Bay has supported commercial fisheries since the early days of settlement in the United States (true Within the past half century, water quality has deteriorated largely from sewage (federal Water Pollution Control Administration 1967) and industrial waste contamination, and much of the bay bottom is now unfit for shellfish harvest. Only a few pound nets and purse seines are currently operated in the bay, but year-round and seasonally intensive small boat and shore recreational fisheries have developed. The following report of a systematic trawl survey of finfish is the first of several to be undertaken in Sandy Hook Bay, and provides baseline observations for future comparison of biological and environmental changes in the area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
