Underwater study reveals N.J.'s coastal waters healthier than once thought

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SANDY HOOK — For more than a decade, it’s been thought that shellfish and other sea creatures off New Jersey’s coast don’t have enough oxygen, which threatened their well-being and maybe even their continued existence.

State and federal authorities even classified the waters as impaired in 2002 and since then, state Department of Environmental Protection researchers and others have looked for a cause.

But scientists’ take on what their sea water readings meant were likely wrong. The ocean might be healthy after all. . . . .

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[joeya78]

Good article