Saving Barnegat Bay

Saving Barnegat Bay

Nick Romanenko

CLAMS TO THE RESCUE

Rutgers marine agent Cara Muscio shows visitors to Long Beach Island baby clams growing in nursery upwellers. Over-fishing, pollution, and coastal development have caused unprecedented damage to the bay, wiping out its shellfish population. The Barnegat Bay Shellfish Restoration Program, a partnership between Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, trains volunteers to grow clams and oysters to repopulate Barnegat Bay, while strengthening its ecology and economy.   

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