Once destined for raw bars, 5 million oysters are being rerouted to coastal restoration efforts
A 7-state buyback program is bringing relief to the Covid-crushed oyster industry.
Pictured above: Dale Parsons (left) and Bill Shadel (right) dump oysters purchased by SOAR overboard and onto Tuckerton Reef.
On a recent cold, clear January afternoon, only the occasional customer shuffled in to buy bags of mollusks from Parson’s Seafood, along New Jersey’s southern coast. The place belongs to fifth-generation shop owner Dale Parsons, one of 15 or so dedicated commercial shellfish farmers in the region. Most of them are “hurting bad,” he said, since the pandemic shuttered the buck-a-shuck eateries and raw bars that purchase the bulk of their lumpy, thick-shelled product.
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It looks like Gov. Murphy’s veto threat had an effect, at least in the Assembly, where yet another attempt at marijuana clean-up legislation is moving. And while it hasn’t advanced in the Senate, the path to such an attempt doesn’t look closed off.
Jersey Shore braces for flooding from powerful nor’easter storm. Beach erosion a concern.
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
While most attention is focused on snow totals that could hit 24 inches as a powerful nor’easter pounds New Jersey, flooding concerns are the primary worry along the Jersey Shore.
The National Weather Service is warning of the potential for “moderate flooding” during three high tides from Monday morning through mid-day Tuesday along the Atlantic coastline and lower Delaware Bay.
Several shore communities reported road closings Monday morning as high tide arrived.
The entire Jersey Shore remains under a coastal flood warning, while Cumberland County’s Delaware Bayshore is under a coastal flood advisory. Isolated spots of major flooding are possible, the NWS warned.
N.J.’s horseshoe crabs are vital to vaccine rollout. A battle for their survival rages on.
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 31, 2021
Four male horseshoe crabs mate with a female, who is buried mostly in the sand, at the Sunray Beach Preserve in the Del Haven section of Middle Township, N.J., Monday, June 11, 2018. (Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com)Lori M. Nichols | For NJ.com
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They’re horseshoe crabs and now they’re more important than ever.
The animals are critical to the work of pharmaceutical companies, especially during this pivotal mass distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. The crabs’ milky blue blood has been used for decades to detect harmful pathogens in medicines, allowing drugmakers to ensure their products are pure before being shipped out and injected into human arms.
I am in category 1B, list on the state and local sites but.
I am in category 1B, list on the state and local sites but have not gotten appt notification, when now I see category 1C is eligible to get the vaccine. How can I get an appointment?
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Contest Offers I-Pad as First Prize, to Be Awarded at Annual Event on May 22, 2021
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY (March 30, 2021) –Attitudes In Reverse® (AIR™) is pleased to announce its 13th Annual T-Shirt Design Concept Contest and is eager to receive students’ creative ideas for communicating the importance of seeking help for mental health disorders. AIR is a Princeton, NJ based nonprofit organization dedicated to educating youth and adults about mental health, related disorders and suicide prevention. Students are the main target audience because 50 percent of mental health disorders develop by the age of 14 and two-thirds of disorders develop by the age of 25. AIR aims to eliminate stigma, fear and embarrassment about menta