From the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife:

"New Jersey's Priceless Resource - Studying the Delaware River," a featured article originally posted in May 2008, has been updated to include the latest data available.

The information will be of interest to both river and saltwater anglers, because the Delaware estuary provides a nursery environment for young fish to grow.

Monitoring populations of these juvenile fish is essential for fishery managers to estimate abundance and evaluate the viability of the population.

These assessments provide a means to predict population trends and future harvest potential of monitored species.

The DEP's Division of Fish and Wildlife's Bureau of Marine Fisheries conducts several surveys each year, which allow biologists to study the status of a given species population or water body.

For the details on the surveys, and their results, visit the division's Web site.

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