Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Fortescue, NJ

Fortescue is a community and census-designated place (CDP) in Downe Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, on the state's southern coast.

Fortescue first appeared as a census-designated place in the 2020 U.S. census, which counted a population of just 189 people.

The village sits on the Delaware Bay and is surrounded on three sides by marshland, giving it an isolated, island-like feel.

Fortescue's history dates back to the early 1700s, and in the 1800s it was promoted as a fine summer resort for visitors fond of fishing and hunting.

During the late 1970s and mid-1980s, Fortescue experienced the best fishing it had ever seen, with anglers catching enormous numbers of weakfish every summer.

In its fishing heyday Fortescue was the self-proclaimed "weakfish capital of the world."

Overfishing led federal authorities to set limits on the weakfish catch, and by 1990 the weakfish population had crashed, severely damaging Fortescue's commercial fishing economy.

Fortescue is part of the Fortescue State Wildlife Management Area, which covers 1,311.92 acres of Delaware Bayshore habitat.

Superstorm Sandy in 2012 hit the village hard, destroying about thirty homes on the beach and causing damage across Downe Township estimated at $30 million.