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Welcome to the Delaware Bay. Delaware and Chesapeake Bays.

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1 Welcome to the Delaware Bay

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3 Delaware and Chesapeake Bays

4 The Delaware Bay supports lots of aquatic life.

5 Horseshoe crabs http://www.udel.edu/research/e xplore/loader.html

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

7 Osprey with fish

8 Shore Birds http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/return-of-the- sandpiper-140263435/?no-ist

9 Fish of the Delaware Bay http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Fisheries/ Pages/CommercialFishing.aspx

10 $ Fish: Flounder

11 $ Fish: Striped Bass

12 $ Fish: Weakfish or Sea Trout  Why do they call them weakfish?

13 $ fish: Blue Fish

14 Recreational Boating  Major income for the Bay area

15 Commercial Fishing

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


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