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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => Pass The Butter! => Topic started by: wimpy on August 31, 2011, 03:35:22 PM
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The NJ DEP Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring is advising that all state waters are currently closed to both commercial and recreational shellfish harvesting. The official notice can be viewed at http://www.nj.gov/dep/bmw/news.html#clo082611 on the bureau's website.
The closure will remain in effect until further notice. Please refer to the "What's New" section on the bureau's homepage at http://www.nj.gov/dep/bmw/ for updates; a message will be sent to list subscribers regarding changes to the closure.
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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/nj_environmental_officials_reo.html
TRENTON — State environmental officials Tuesday reopened most of the shellfish beds along the New Jersey coast line after tests showed no health risk in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
The beds of clams, oysters and mussels from Sandy Hook to Cape May Point, and the beds from Metedeconk River to Cape May Point, are open, the state Department of Environmental Protection said in a news release.
The department issued a statewide ban on shellfish harvesting Aug. 27 due to concerns about degradation of water quality from large volumes of storm water caused by Irene.
Clams, oysters and mussels are filter feeders that can accumulate harmful bacteria carried into waterways by storm water, DEP said. But tissue samples met federal health standards, the release said.
A decision to reopen the remaining beds in the northern estuaries including Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook Bay and the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers could be made as early as Wednesday after test results are analyzed, DEP said.
Weather permitting, the DEP will also collect tissue samples Wednesday from Delaware Bay.