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Welcome to the Delaware Bay

Delaware and Chesapeake Bays

The Delaware Bay supports lots of aquatic life.

Horseshoe crabs xplore/loader.html

Delaware Bay Birds  The Bay is important to many native and migratory birds

Osprey with fish

Shore Birds sandpiper /?no-ist

Fish of the Delaware Bay Pages/CommercialFishing.aspx

$ Fish: Flounder

$ Fish: Striped Bass

$ Fish: Weakfish or Sea Trout  Why do they call them weakfish?

$ fish: Blue Fish

Recreational Boating  Major income for the Bay area

Commercial Fishing

Oil Tanker  Oil tankers are a regular sight as they make their way through the Bay and up the Delaware River