The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife has rescheduled the deployment of 6000 cubic yards of demolition concrete on the Great Egg Reef to May 27, 2011. Bad weather forced a postponement from the original date of April 22. The deployment is part of the Division's Artificial Reef Program which provides habitat for structure dependent fishes, creates fishing grounds for hook and line anglers, and creates attractions for scuba divers.
Commercial fishers who set lobster and fish pots in the area of deployment should remove their gear or risk having it destroyed. The target date for deployment is subject to weather and sea conditions.
For more information about the deployment, including deployment coordinates, visit
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2011/reefconcrete5-11.htm on the division's website; for information on the Artificial Reef Program, visit
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/artreef.htm , also on the division's site
