You can also blame Göring.
Unlike other contemporary navies, the German Kriegsmarine had no own naval aviation of it's own. All Aircraft - coastal based and ship based - were under command of the Luftwaffe and flown by Luftwaffe officers, following Göring's order that "everything that flies belongs to me". The result of this conflict was not very surprising, the naval arm of the Luftwaffe was never as effective as those of the allied forces, caused by the fact that the operational planing belonged to the Luftwaffe instead of the Kriegsmarine, and Göring wasn't much interested in helping rivals for resources, power and influence like Admirals Raeder or Donitz.
Despite the very low number of aircraft available for naval operations - less then 200 (5% of the total Luftwaffe strength), those aircraft were burdened with multiple tasks. From coastal patrols over submarine hunting and Search-and-Rescue missions to reconnaissance for submarines in the North Atlantic.
Frankly, with these handicaps it's surprising German aircraft did as well as they did at sea with so little to work with.
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