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Assessing population structure, reproductive potential and fishing effort for blue crabs in Barnegat Bay

posted on: March 22, 2011

This study examined the relative abundance and population structure (e.g., size structure, sex ratio) of adult blue crabs in Barnegat Bay; including measures of reproductive potential (e.g., sperm and seminal fluid stores) and movement patterns (via tag-recapture) of both sexes.

Applications for SBB Student Grant Program close at the end of March each year

posted on: March 2, 2011

Save Barnegat Bay’s Student Grant Program, in cooperation with the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County, accepts applications for summer projects in which college students (or high school graduates about to matriculate) do mentored science projects and receive cash stipends of $1,000 or $1,500. Save Barnegat Bay’s Student […]

Assessment of Seagrass Status in the Barnegat Bay – LEH Estuary (2003 and 2009)

posted on: January 25, 2011

In this BBP funded study researchers from Rutgers University looked at the changes in the distribution of seagrass throughout the Barnegat Bay estuary from 2003 to 2009 utilizing remote sensing and in situ surveys. Changes in seagrass distribution are discussed, as well as potential culprits behind the observed decline.

Barnegat Bay Partnership / Ocean County Health Department 2010 Sea Nettle Warning System Pilot Project

posted on: January 17, 2011

This report summarizes the findings and lessons learned during the 2010 Sea Nettle Warning System pilot year and discuss recommendations for future implementation of the system.

Urgent – Phone Senate Budget Chairman Paul Sarlo

posted on: December 3, 2010

Save Barnegat Bay’s statewide fertilizer bill, S-1441 needs your immediate help. It needs to be released from the Senate Budget Committee. Please phone Budget Committee Chairman Paul Sarlo – 201-804-8118… URGENT – SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE MUST ACT ON FERTILIZER BILL – A-1411 The all-important lawn fertilizer bill that Save Barnegat Bay has been working on […]

VOTE ‘YES’ ON FERTILIZER BILL S-1411 / A-2290

posted on: November 19, 2010

Here is a vote yes fact sheet on the lawn fertilizer bill, S-1411 and A-2290 Vote ‘YES’ on S-1411 / A-2290 – the Lawn Fertilizer Bill The prime sponsors is Senator Bob Smith and Assemblyman John McKeon. Vote ‘YES’ on Senator Smith’s and Assemblyman John McKeon’s proposed amendments. What the bill does: The bill requires […]

Barnegat Bay Partnership Research Prospectus

posted on: September 24, 2010

This document provides a summary of outstanding research needs for the watershed as compiled by the Science and Technical Advisory Committee during the summer of 2010. The research activities are linked to the Partnership’s priorities as outlined in the 2008-2011 Strategic Plan.

Ocean County Freeholders still don’t get it

posted on: August 25, 2010

A standing room only crowd visited the Freeholders September 15 to urge a stronger effort to prevent the decline of Barnegat Bay. The Freeholders were more interested in petty arguments than in the reason the people were there: Barnegat Bay is in desperate condition. Here’s how the meeting went down. The Freeholders will not support […]

Urgent: Come tell Freeholders to Fight for Barnegat Bay <br> Wednesday, September 15, @ 4 PM

Urgent: Come tell Freeholders to Fight for Barnegat Bay
Wednesday, September 15, @ 4 PM

posted on: August 23, 2010

We need the friends of the Bay to tell the Ocean County Freeholders to 1 – Acknowledge the current desperate condition of Barnegat Bay and 2 – Support the four bills now before the legislature. YOUR HELP NEEDED !! Attend: Ocean County Freeholder Meeting 119 Hooper Avenue, Toms River Wednesday, September 15, @ 4 PMDirections […]

SBB Silent Auction Sunday, Sept 26 – Don’t Miss It !

posted on: August 22, 2010

SBB’s annual Silent Art & Gift Auction will be held on Sunday, September 26 at Wood Lake Country Club from 5:30 PM to about 9:30 PM. It’s fun! Save Barnegat Bay’s popular Annual Silent Art & Gift Auction will be held early on a Sunday evening, September 26 at Wood Lake Country Club from 5:30 […]