Where Are All The Shallow Water Fish In The Ocean?
Personal memory by Samantha Davis
1995 • Connecticut, USA
When I was younger, I use to go to a few beaches with my parents in Connecticut during the summer, and I would always stand in the shallow parts of the water scared to go in deeper because the fish would brush against my legs. Flash forward and now I am an adult with my children and when I visit those same beaches and stand in the shallow part of the ocean with my children I see no fish at all. In fact, some of those beaches are filled with contaminated water and are closed for the summer. I hope things change for the better by the time my children are my age.
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