Damage and animal deaths at the shore after long stretch of brutal cold

Damage and animal deaths at the shore after long stretch of brutal cold

Along the coast, the cold snap has left shellfish growers concerned about their livelihoods and the deep freeze is also being blamed for a die-off of birds. “You have these large football field sized chunks of ice moving around the bay,” Dale Parsons of Parsons Seafood said. Despite the thaw in the weather, Parsons has concerns about the hit his oyster farm may have taken from the ice in Barnegat Bay. “It will grab the cages and rip them apart. …