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Why do people fish on the East River?

Because of its varying degrees of salinity, the river is able to support a very diverse fish population. The East River is home to many different aquatic species, including striped bass, American eel, flounder, perch, and blackfish.



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Technically it's legal to swim in the East River, although it's also strictly forbidden to actually enter the river. Legalities aside, Mike Dulong, senior attorney for the New York water quality advocacy group Riverkeeper, claims that the East River isn't as unsanitary as the average New Yorker might assume.

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The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end.

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The Mekong River and its 1000 or so known fish species support the world's largest inland fishery.

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3) East River, between Manhattan and Brooklyn One of New York's beaches with the most shark attacks is along the East River. The two shark attacks in the East River are the extremes of shark attacks.

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Key Points: At a depth of 216 feet (though some sources say it's 202 ft), the Hudson River is the deepest river in the United States. The Hudson River's headwaters are located in the Lake Tear of the Clouds in New York's Adirondack Park. It travels 315 miles from that point to Upper New York Bay.

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Experience the Hudson River Today, the Hudson's waters flow cleaner than they have in decades. Years of hard work by dedicated scientists, government officials, and river-lovers have opened the Hudson's shores to swimming, fishing, and boating.

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