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Michelle K

Michelle K

The 91-foot clam boat Michelle K hit the north jetty, crossed the channel, and sank in the Manasquan River alongside the south bulkhead on Saturday night, September 26, 2004. The vessel was eventually raised, and nothing remains of the incident but a crack in the concrete wall. But it caused quite a stir at the time.

Michelle K — Saturday night

Michelle K — Sunday morning, on the rocks

Michelle K — On Monday she was almost refloated by pumps, but when it became obvious she could not be moved before a coming storm, she was re-sunk in place.

Michelle K — Oil slick downstream

Michelle K — (Wednesday) Shortly after a very high tide. The stern is sinking in. There are two anchors in the river (tuna balls in the picture) and two dump trucks shore-side.

Michelle K — A heavy steel cable from the dump truck to the mast holds her upright

Michelle K — Lower water

Michelle K — Big swells, but looking little worse for wear, yet

Michelle K — Finally, heavy equipment is brought in to raise the sunken vessel. Very heavy equipment.

Michelle K — Raised by crane and pumps, Sunday, October 3, after 8 days in the water

Michelle K — The 250-foot derrick barge Columbia has a lifting capacity of 400 tons. The tugboats hold it in place against the bulkhead.

Michelle K — Lifting slings are off and she floats on her own

Michelle K — Tied up at the clam dock, with a dent in her nose from hitting the bulkhead. The real damage is underwater.

Michelle K — Floating high - the dirt marks her normal empty waterline. Prior to raising, everything possible was removed: clam dredge and cages, fuel, anchors, etc.

Michelle K — Stripped of all equipment, but floating

Michelle K — Several weeks later - still at the slip in Point Pleasant

Michelle K — In black, as the Victoria Elizabeth, in 2002

Michelle K

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Bluefish

Pomatomus saltatrix

profile by John McClain, Principal Fisheries Biologist

Range:
The Bluefish occurs in temperate and warm waters of the western Atlantic from Nova Scotia to Uruguay, off the West African shelf, in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, in the Indian Ocean, and off Tasmania and Australia. In the United States, there are two major fishing areas, Cape Cod Bay to Cape Lookout and Cape Canaveral to Pompano Beach.

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