New Jersey Scuba Diving

Suffolk

Type:: shipwreck, collier, USA
Built:: 1911, Camden NJ USA
Specs:: ( 365 ft ) 6798 tons, 37 crew
Sunk:: Saturday December 11, 1943
foundered in storm - no survivors
Depth:: 180 ft

partially intact, upside-down

Courtesy of Dan Crowell

Side-scan image courtesy of Sound Underwater Survey

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Northern Tilefish

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps

Size: to 42" and 50 lbs.

Habitat
Deep waters around offshore canyons

These strange deep-sea fishes are found in the walls of the offshore canyons, far below the range of scuba divers, although they are caught by deep-sea fishermen. Their population is extremely cyclical, with large die-offs from excessively warm water, and this precludes any long-term commercial fishery.

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