Video: Passaic River Keeper

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by BT67

It certainly is sad that anyone or any company ever thought that dumping waste in water would somehow get rid of it, what a mess

What's more sad is the fact that only a small portion of the remediation funds are going towards actually cleaning the river. The majority of it is going to balance the budget in Trenton..

[Esox Luciano]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

What's more sad is the fact that only a small portion of the remediation funds are going towards actually cleaning the river. The majority of it is going to balance the budget in Trenton..

Thats definitely the inconvenient truth right there. Gotta love Cristie!!

[tradingfrank27]

Originally Posted by Esox Luciano

Thats definitely the inconvenient truth right there. Gotta love Cristie!!

People have to understand the labor cost and the union in this area. Why do you think Giant Stadium cost more than the one in Dallas yet it looks 10 years older when it's newer? Regardless of who's side you're on, it's just expensive to get anything done in this area.

So does this mean the stripers that roam in that area in the spring will be the same group of fish people catch and eat in bay?

[Ken Lyons]

I remember reading an editorial written in one of the local papers, Garfield, Clifton I don't know, expressing the opinion that the Passaic River should reserved for industrial use and recreation should not be allowed. That was 1923 I believe.

[briansnat]

Originally Posted by Ken Lyons

I remember reading an editorial written in one of the local papers, Garfield, Clifton I don't know, expressing the opinion that the Passaic River should reserved for industrial use and recreation should not be allowed. That was 1923 I believe.

They pretty much did that. As bad as the river is today, it isn't close to what it was in the 60 and 70's.

[Skunk City]

Originally Posted by tradingfrank27

So does this mean the stripers that roam in that area in the spring will be the same group of fish people catch and eat in bay?

Ding Ding Ding!!

[Chrisper4694]

Originally Posted by Skunk City

Ding Ding Ding!!

and the stripers eat the clams in there too...i don't have to tell you about the clams do i????

[Eskimo]

Originally Posted by tradingfrank27

So does this mean the stripers that roam in that area in the spring will be the same group of fish people catch and eat in bay?

Pretty much.
As far as I can decipher from the Department of Environmental Protection's brochure "Fish Smart, Eat Smart", they recommend the general population eat no more than one meal per month of striped bass from estuarine or marine waters. Children, pregnant women, nursing women and women of childbearing age are advised to completely avoid striped bass.

They only specific instructions I can find for tidal Passaic River is for shellfish from Garfield to Newark Bay and that's an absolute 'do not touch!' applying to everybody - so I wouldn't assume the fish there are less contaminated.

If we learned anything from 9/11 when the EPA assured everyone that the air at ground zero was safe to breathe; it's if the government tells you it's bad - it's probably a lot worse.

http://www.nj.gov/dep/dsr/fishadviso...advisories.pdf
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[Dan_E26]

I've heard lot of bad stuff about the Passaic but I live and fish near the source of the river and it can be quite nice. I've never eaten anything from it though, because, well, it's the Passaic. Is that part of the river also subject to the "do not eat" rule that the nasty lower part has?

[Ken Lyons]

The upper part of the Passaic is enormously productive if that's any clue. The source is a swamp which acts as a great filtration system. It then goes through another in the Big Piece. It's not going to be on any postcards but the fish don't seem to mind.