Blue crabs jeopardized

[imkms]

Nuclear Power Plant Impact on Barnegat Bay Blue Crabs Focus of Study - The SandPaper

It’s too early to tell if the permanent shutdown of the Oyster Creek Generating Station will have a significant impact on adult blue crabs in Barnegat Bay, despite compelling evidence that the number of adult female blue crabs has decreased in the vicinity since the plant was taken offline less...

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[ecampbell]

We always caught the first crabs of the year in Oyster Creek.

 

[46er]

The same is true for the salinity and dissolved oxygen, Jivoff said, adding it is “very hard to say whether (blue crab) larvae are impacted” by the warm water near Oyster Creek.

Gotta love these research folks