State to begin fish kill cleanup along Monmouth County rivers
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 07, 2021, 5:43pm EDT
First came the dead fish, and then came the flies. People living in the Two River Basin in Monmouth County say that the fish kill situation is so bad that they can’t even go outside.
But now a cleanup effort is underway along the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers.
The dead fish washed ashore earlier this week, trapping residents in their homes due to the rotten smell.
“On Monday we are going to start cleanup for a minimum of two days and see how it goes,” says Long Branch Mayor John Pallone. “Three crews – two ground back crews, one boat crew.”
Oceanport Mayor Jay Coffey was not immediately available for comment.
In a 2014 menhaden fish kill in the Shark River, several tons of menhaden were collected by local public works from Neptune and Belmar, volunteers and even prison inmates. The fish were brought to the Monmouth County landfill in Tinton Falls.
That kill was said to be caused by oxygen deprivation due to low river water levels that were caused in some part by sand deposited by superstorm Sandy that exasperated existing shoaling conditions on the river. The channels have since been dredged.
The menhaden die-off this spring is different. The fish are diseased and the dead fish are appearing in several tributaries of the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers.
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