New Jersey Scuba Diving

Chauncey Jerome

Shipwreck Chauncey Jerome
This is approximately what you should see from the water
Type:
shipwreck, sailing ship, USA
Built:
1852, East Haddam CT, USA
Name:
Chauncey Jerome was an early 19th new England century clock maker
Specs:
( 178 x 37 ft ) 1154 tons
Sunk:
Thursday Jan 12, 1854
ran aground
Depth:
20 ft
Chauncey Jerome
Shore Diving in New Jersey

The Chauncey Jerome Jr was a packet ship of the Blue Ball Line. The wreck lies within the Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch NJ. It is a registered and protected historic place. Spearfishing and artifact removal are forbidden.

For detailed directions, see Shore Diving in New Jersey

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Atlantic Menhaden

Atlantic Menhaden

Scientific Name:
Brevoortia tyrannus

Atlantic Menhaden:
A Profile

Family:
Clupeidae

Size:
12"-15"
1 lb.

Common Names:
menhaden, bunker, mossbunker, pogy, fatback, alewife, bugfish, skipjack

Although this herring is generally considered unfit for human consumption, the menhaden fishery is one of the most important and productive fisheries on the Atlantic coast. For years, it has provided coastal communities with a stable source of employment and the nation with a major source of protein on a renewable and environmentally sound basis.

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