Useful & related links

Tide Predictions

REALLY good tide charts.  These are corrected for the local time. Scroll down to your location and then click on prediction, then date.

East Coast Shellfish Growers Assn

Be sure to check out their library! The East Coast Shellfish Growers Association is a non-profit entity created to facilitate the growth of the aquaculture industry on the Eastern Seaboard.

The Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program (BBNEP)

Who to call List  From Bach closures to pump-out information, this is the place.

Links to BBNEP partners

A Number of Useful BBNEP Publications are Available Including:

Newsletters  The Barnegat Bay Beat  is a quarterly newsletter of the Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program containing valuable news, upcoming events, scientific research, and educational opportunities around the Barnegat Bay Watershed.  Past issues are available in PDF format.  The newsletter is a free publication.  To join the mailing list, please email your request and mailing address.

Studies and Reports   Links to scientific documents and research, including the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, Monitoring Plan, State of the Bay Report, and Monitoring Websites.

Educators Resource Guide  This publication (available for download) is your one-stop guide for all educational resources related to Barnegat Bay watershed education.

Fact Sheets Download and view or print a variety of public education and outreach materials on stewardship of the Barnegat Bay estuary and its surrounding watershed

Publications of interest to ReClam the Bay are listed below with the description.

Monitoring Plan

The Monitoring Program Plan is a comprehensive blueprint for monitoring activities in the Barnegat Bay/Little Egg Harbor estuary and watershed that relate to the mission of the Barnegat Bay Estuary Program. Be sure to review Section IV Environmental where you will find: Hard Clams, under Primary Indicators, Land Use – Land Cover Change in. (HINT –On the navigation panel to the left, Click on “Bookmarks” to see searchable table of contents.

Characterization Report

This report contains important scientific and technical information pertaining to various aspects of watershed resources, water quality, water supply, habitat, competing uses and environmental stressors.  The Characterization Report provides, in large part, the scientific basis for CCMP Action Plans.

State of the Bay Technical Report

The creation of the 2005 State of the Bay Report was the collaborative work of many partnering organizations and committed individuals. The indicators adopted by the Barnegat Bay National Estuary Program (BBNEP), six of which are presented in this report, were selected by the BBNEP Science and Technical Advisory Committee

The National Estuary Program

Barnegat Bay is one of 28 estuaries of "national significance" in the United States, is federally funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.  The program is housed and sponsored locally by Ocean County College.  The BBNEP is a partnership of federal, state, municipal, academic, business and private organizations that work together with Ocean County and its communities to help restore, maintain, protect and enhance the natural resources of the Barnegat Bay Estuary and its contributing watershed through the 21st century.

Marine Resources Programming for Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension

Located  in Ocean County, RCRE has two marine agents working throughout Monmouth, Ocean, and Atlantic Counties. Gef and Cara are currently working together on both the Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program and the Rutgers Cooperative Research & Extension Seafood Safety Website.

This site provides 4 very useful inks listed below.

• RCRE Seafood Safety Website

• Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program

• Aquaculture/Fisheries Programs

• Water Quality/Recreation Programs

Sedge Island Natural Resource Educational Center

See the bay in action. Interested in earning professional development credits in a fun and unique setting while learning about NJ's remarkable estuarine environment? We have the opportunity for you! The New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife offers an extraordinary learning experience at our Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center, located within NJ's first Marine Conservation Zone, just off Island Beach State Park in Barnegat Bay.

Oyster Gardening

Oyster Gardening In Virginia The Virginia Oyster Gardening Guide was produced by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program in partnership with VIMS, Virginia CBF, TOGA, VMRC, Oyster Reef Keepers, NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office and the VORHF

The Oyster Gardening Program is a cooperative effort of the Oyster Alliance, which includes the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the Maryland Sea Grant Extension Program, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the Oyster Recovery Partnership.

Mobile Bay National Estuary Program

The Mobile Bay Oyster Gardening Program is a cooperative effort, which includes the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center, and the Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium.  Other partners have included the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Marine Resources Division, Alabama Department of Public Health and Volunteers!

Great Links to Links About Oyster Gardening

Links to links about oysters. Here is a wonderful place to start a search. 

Cornell – Southold Program in Aquaculture Training (SPAT)

To augment the limited staff of the Cornell Marine Program*, volunteers help produce shellfish to seed the bays. SPAT volunteers grow miniscule shellfish in containment, away from predators, until they reach adult size when they are released into local creeks and bays.

The Aquaculture Network Information Center

(AquaNIC) was conceived in 1994 by the former USDA-Extension Service (currently Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service) as one of the nation’s first network information centers to serve as a gateway to the world’s electronic aquaculture resources. AquaNIC was created, through grants from USDA-Extension Service, the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, and Purdue University Libraries http://aquanic.org/

George and Miriam Martin Foundation

The George and Miriam Martin Foundation is one of RCTB’s earliest contributors (2005).  Their focus of is river and watershed conservation. It has provides a $10,000 and $15,000  matching fund grant to ReClam The Bay and has funded over 48 other organizations since our beginning in 1995.

The Keith Campbell Foundation

The Keith Campbell Foundation providing financial support to RCTB since 2007 promotes policy, advocacy, and enforcement to improve water quality, restore ecological balance, and foster an engaged citizenry within the watersheds of the Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Coastal Bays and the Pacific Coast region.

New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC)

For nearly 40 years, the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC) has served the State and the region by developing innovative programs designed to resolve coastal issues, develop marine technology, formulate science-based policy, and improve science literacy among its citizens.

Other links as available