The conservation of Delaware Bay wildlife and habitats is an enigma to most people. Conservationists through the years have taken a broad stroke approach, buying land primarily, with little regard for the unintended consequences which can be overcome. Now we are left with a perfect opportunity to create new conservation efforts resting on the success of earlier efforts.
With large tides and tidal marsh, Delaware Bay should be producing abundant fish. Serial overfishing, marsh destruction, and careless management ruined the fishery and the productive base on which it relied.