The Water Resources Association (WRA) of The Delaware River Basin bestowed the Ruth Patrick Excellence in Education Award on the Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory (HSRL) at its 35th Annual Recognition Program on April 19, 2017. The HSRL received the award for its world-class research, transfer of knowledge to fishermen, aquaculturists, and state agencies, and […]
Fisheries/Aquaculture
March for science and a better America: Rutgers president
Robert L. Barchi – President
Near Real Time Electronic Reporting Helps Promote Offshore Fisheries Management
Editor’s Note: Surfclams and ocean quahogs represent the largest fisheries in New Jersey in terms of tonnage landed and are a major economic driver along the coast, with major processors located in Cumberland County. As federally required by the National Marine Fishery Service (NMFS) vessel trip reporting (VTR) program, surfclam and ocean quahog fishermen previously […]
2016-2108 Projects by SEBS and NJAES Faculty Funded by NJ Sea Grant
Four Rutgers faculty from SEBS and NJAES are currently engaged in a number of projects funded by the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, an affiliation of colleges, universities and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of New Jersey’s marine and coastal environment, whose mission is “to promote the wise use of New Jersey’s […]
Marine Agent Gef Flimlin Retires After 38 Years with Extension
Professor and marine extension agent George (Gef) Flimlin, retired as of January 1 after a career of more than 38 years with Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension (RCE) of Ocean County. Flimlin, who worked with commercial fisheries and aquaculturists in New Jersey, began his career in 1978. He formed the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association and […]
A boost for a new S.J. industry, a barrier to abuse of wildlife
Haskin Shellfish Research Lab – Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences
The fish we eat could soon be eating more mercury
Jeffra K. Schaefer – Department of Environmental Sciences
Climate Change Brings New Threat To Oceans: Toxic Mercury Levels Could Rise If Land Runoff Increases
Jeffra K. Schaefer – Department Of Environmental Sciences
Toxic mercury in aquatic life could spike with greater land runoff
Jeffra K. Schaefer – Department of Environmental Sciences
NJ Legislation Assisting Oyster Producers Signed Into Law, Promotes Aquaculture
New Jersey currently has over 160 licensed aquatic farmers who are producing a variety of finfish and shellfish for food, ornamental fish and plants for water gardens, and sport fish for stocking and fee fishing operations. According to the Aquaculture Innovation Center at Rutgers University, the total economic impact of aquaculture to New Jersey is […]
