RED BANK: LACK OF OXYGEN KILLING FISH
Dead fish at the Navesink River Rowing facility in Red Bank Thursday morning. (Photo by Trish Russoniello. Click to enlarge)
A fish kill in the Navesink River in recent weeks is a result of natural phenomenon, according to the Asbury Park Press.
The newspaper reports that the state Department of Environmental Protection attributes the die-off of hundreds of bunker to a lack of oxygen in shallow water as they’re driven upriver by bluefish.
FEEDING FRENZY IN THE NAVESINK
It was feeding time for bluefish and striped bass, and bunker was on the menu, when Max Berry of Pride Fishing and Tackle in Red Bank went out on the Navesink River and witnessed this moveable feast Wednesday. (Video by Max Berry.)