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Old 09-27-2024, 02:03 AM
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Originally Posted by AndyS View Post
Most of these tires are between 30 to 40 years old. Back then no one really thought much of disposing garbage in rivers. Then the Clean Water Act was initiated after the Ohio river caught on fire.
After the Clean Water Act was enacted, I caught a tagged American shad in the Delaware River and the fisheries biologist didn’t believe me. I had to mail the tag to him. At that time it was believed that all of the shad in the river died after spawning because they couldn’t survive the low oxygen level in Camden on their attempted return to the ocean. A repeat spawner a year later was unheard of.
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