View Comments LONG BRANCH - So what about those dead fish washing up along the Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers, the ones that were knee-deep in some places? A state senator is hoping to use state and federal money to reimburse communities that spent thousands of dollars cleaning up the aftermath. Since March, thousands of pounds of dead menhaden, or bunker, have washed ashore in communities along the two rivers and their tributaries. Swarms of flies and a strong stench have accompanied the rotting fish. "I have reached out to all the towns in the two-river area," state Sen. Vin Gopal said Thursday during a virtual meeting about the fish die off held by the environmental group Clean Ocean Action.