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Fantasy_DR111 t1_j93rtsb wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Seals at Sandy Hook by stevozac

They can be found even just on the beaches sometimes like in Belmar, LBI, etc.

Many of the inlets and bays are places they can be easier to find. Down near AC and Brigantine, Barnegate, and of course the Sandy Hook bay.

They love to sun bath.

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[deleted] t1_j93t4cl wrote

I don’t know why I’m so surprised. I lived in NJ my whole life up until a few years ago and spent many summers on LBI, but never heard about any seals

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Fantasy_DR111 t1_j93vl3t wrote

The fisheries off the waters of NJ are pretty decent these days. Enough to sustain whales, seals, great whites, and dolphins. But who knows how long that will last TBH.

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sea-scum t1_j96bky8 wrote

it’s not just decent. NJ has some of the best fishing in the Atlantic.

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Fantasy_DR111 t1_j96u8up wrote

I say that because who knows what is going to happen with NJ. Global shipping is coming back, the port of NJ/NY is a huge oil hub, we are having an increase in cetaceans, which could be caused by a number of factors, and more.

Also I wouldn't put it past us having overfished it a bit consdiering people from Maine to Virginia have been fishin these waters for the past several hundre years.

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sea-scum t1_j96vb8c wrote

global shipping never went away Brother

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Fantasy_DR111 t1_j9729hc wrote

Well I would say it was slowed own for a while due to the pandemic in NA and then even more when global shipping was stalled by Chinese national policies that hurt production.

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sea-scum t1_j973fxw wrote

fake news. Ports couldn’t keep up with the volume of ships coming through.

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Fantasy_DR111 t1_j9766yn wrote

Yeah they could, but lower demand from pandemic and supply issues with China HAS resulted in less global shipping ove the past few years. You can call it fake but the rates of ships coming in and out and the delivery of goods are down.

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