New Jersey Scuba Diving

Brigantine Buoy Wreck

Type:: shipwreck, barge
Specs:: ( 200 ft ) 1759 tons, 4 crew
Sunk:: Tuesday November 1, 1932
foundered - no casualties
Depth:: 70 ft

wooden

aka "Fall River"

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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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