Fifty miles of the Delaware Bay coast from Cape May Point to Fairfield Township in Cumberland County have been declared a globally significant “Important Bird Area”. The designation was brought to the United States in 1995. Some are wondering what took so long for the Delaware Bay shore to be recognized.
Five years ago, the Nature Conservancy bought out area fishing boats and licenses – forged with the local fishing industry – to protect millions of acres of fish habitat. But once the conservancy had access to what was essentially its own private commercial fishing fleet, the group decided to put the boats back to work and set up a collaborative model for sustainable fishing.
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A fishing oversight group voted Wednesday to sharply reduce the allowable East Coast catch of menhaden, an oily forage fish that does not show up on dinner plates, but is vital, scientists say, to the ocean ecosystem.
A historic Nor’Easter hit Cape May County on Saturday, October 29th, 2011. The storm brought a King High Tide to the Wetlands Institute. More pictures by clicking here.