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Bull shark Historically responsible for an incident in Matawan, New Jersey in 1916 that inspired the film Jaws, [14] this species is known to be more and aggressive than the larger great white, which cannot survive in fresh water. [15] Bull sharks can swim up freshwater rivers and are present in the area from May–September.
The Shark River is a river in eastern New Jersey that rises in eastern Monmouth County and flows southeast for 11.7 miles (18.8 km), [1] continuing through Neptune Township and Wall Township. The river continues towards the Shark River Inlet , an estuary that feeds into the Atlantic Ocean between Belmar and Avon-by-the-Sea .
While the majority of sharks are solely marine, a small number of shark species have adapted to live in freshwater. The river sharks (of the genus Glyphis) live in freshwater and coastal marine environments. The bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas), can swim between salt and fresh water, and are found in tropical rivers around the world.
Travis Bogin has joined the fraternity of people that have had a chance encounter with a great white shark in the wild off the New Jersey coast. NJ fisherman faced great white shark all alone off ...
Last year, sharks bit 91 people worldwide, including one here in New Jersey, leading to 14 deaths, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History's 2023 shark attack report, released Monday.
The state of New Jersey in the United States owns and administers over 354,000 acres (1,430 km 2) of land designated as "Wildlife Management Areas" (abbreviated as "WMA") throughout the state. These areas are managed by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, an agency in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. [1]
Shark history: Jersey Shore men may have found first recorded shark attack in North America Every fall many of the great white sharks that OCEARCH has tagged on the East Coast, follow similar ...
This is a list of streams and rivers of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The list of New Jersey rivers includes streams formally designated as rivers, as well as smaller streams such as branches, creeks, drains, forks, licks, runs, etc. found throughout the state. Among the major rivers in New Jersey are the Manasquan, Maurice, Mullica, Passaic ...