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.

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.

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.

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.

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.