Grew up fishing the Delaware bay. Over fishing decimated it. Weakfish were first. Then the Stripers went. Then the Drum fish. Next went the founder. Now Omega seafood is targeting the bunker (menhaden) using spotter planes and setting their nets at the mouth of the bay. Amazing fishery has been systematically destroyed because of mismanagement. the comms can net tiny fish that never grow to keeper size for recreational fishermen. Example summer flounder in the bay 14” for comms, 17” for recreational. Typically a flounder doesn’t reach 15” until it’s 3rd summer. Doesn’t take long to wipe out the young ones the recreational guys throwback. there’s plenty of spiney dog fish and Brown sharks to catch but I wouldn’t eat a dogfish and browns are protected. I guess that’s the reason theyre the only thing left in big numbers.
