A Sawfish Getting an Ultrasound! Stockton Alumna, Chelsea Shields working with NOAA Fisheries Service Scientists in the Everglades

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Recycling Project Takes Clam and Oyster Shells from Restaurants to the Bay

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Stockton Marine Field Station to Plant Baby Oysters at Tuckerton Reef Restoration Site

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Great White Encounter

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Stockton University Participates in the Last of a Two Year National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grant to Remove Marine Debris – "Ghost" Pots

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Marine Field Station Adds New Research Vessel to Fleet

 “Stockton University has embraced sustainability in its development and operational practices through the Stockton Sustainability Initiatives,” said the AASCU, a higher education association of more than 400 public colleges, universities and systems. - Press Release May 2, 2016

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Stockton Students Search for Seaweed's Succulent Side

"Lacey said the general education course was created to appeal to all students, not just marine science majors, and many of the 25 students were from other disciplines. She said students learn the many ways seaweed is used and do a scavenger hunt in which they have to find 15 items with seaweed." – Diane D'Amico. Press of Atlantic City. 10 May 2016.

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Stockton University Students and Fish and Wildlife Service, Partnership for the Delaware Estuary and the Nature Conservancy Join to Work on Gandy Beach/Nantuxent Creek

"They constructed approximately 300 linear feet of living shoreline consisting of oyster castles that act as a breakwater and protect about one mile of sandy beach shoreline and adjacent salt marsh."
– Facebook–USFWS Northeast Region post. 5 April 16.

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Time To Clean Up All Those Crab Traps Pulled from the River 

"Lacey said the general education course was created to appeal to all students, not just marine science majors, and many of the 25 students were from other disciplines. She said students learn the many ways seaweed is used and do a scavenger hunt in which they have to find 15 items with seaweed." – Diane D'Amico. Press of Atlantic City. 10 May 2016.

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Hidden Hazards in Jersey Shore for Boaters

 "If we can partner with commercial crabbers on projects like this and others – it's a win-win in a lot of different ways."
– Steve Evert. NBC10 News Philadelphia. 16 March 2016. 

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Ghost Pot Busters Seek to Clear Bays of Old Crab Traps

"They recover lost gear that's valuable. Plus, it's a win for the ecosystem because it's helping any crabs or other species that would end up in the traps - and it benefits the scientists, because we're collecting accurate data. Forming those ties will make it easier to do projects together in the future."
– Mark Sullivan. Press of Atlantic City. 13 March 2016.

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Brick Shorebeat "Local Shark Expert Aims to Protect Ocean's Top Predator"

"Millions of Americans will spend the next six nights watching hours of documentaries on sharks as part of the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week,” an annual summer tradition that ratchets up interest in the most infamous fish in the sea. For Brick resident Steve Nagiewicz, it’s a chance to impart an important message about the ocean’s most maligned species: sharks are worth saving."
– Nee, Daniel. Brick Shorebeat. 6 July 6 2015. Web. 22 February 2016.

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Atlantic City Press "Shark attacks rare in New Jersey's waters, experts say"

“While the number of humans and sharks in the local ocean waters both increase in the summer, both finding the warmer summer ocean temperatures attractive, "humans just don't know that they are there," said Lacey. – Skeldon, Dan & Nevitt, Cindy. –  Press of Atlantic City. 6 July  2015. Web. 22 February 2016. 

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Atlantic City Press "Shark no big deal at the shore, Real problem in NJ is man-o-war's sting"

“While the number of humans and sharks in the local ocean waters both increase in the summer, both finding the warmer summer ocean temperatures attractive, "humans just don't know that they are there," said Lacey. – Skeldon, Dan & Nevitt, Cindy. –  Press of Atlantic City. 6 July  2015. Web. 22 February 2016. 

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ABC News "Dangerous Portuguese Man-Of-Wars Appearing on Eastern Beaches" 

“Matthew Landau, a professor of marine science at New Jersey’s Stockton University, cautioned beachgoers against touching a beached Portuguese man-of-war. "Tell the lifeguard,” Landau said, adding that Portuguese man-of-wars “can sting even when they're dead." – ABC News 10 July 2015. Web. 22 February 2016

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Atlantic City Press "Bringing back Barnegat Bay with old oyster shells"

"They need hard substrate. That's the key. That's why we need the shell – There could be millions of oyster larvae in the water column, and when they settle down and it's just sandy mud, they're not going to be recruited...–Steve Evert." – Loder, Stephanie. 18 May  2015. Web. 22 February  2016.

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Stockton Now Summer 2014 (Headed to the Beach?)

"Marine biologists are often asked why certain species seem to be increasing during a particular summer. The answer is not always easy. Here's some advice to better appreciate what you see at the shore this summer." – Sullivan, Mark. "Headed to the Beach". Stockton Now. Summer 2015. Web. Winter 2016.

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Atlantic City Press (Sensational Seaweeds)

Stockton students in Elizabeth Lacey's Marine Science Class prepare seaweed based dishes to promote seaweed as a food. 

Atlantic City Press "Stockton University Hosting Local Shark Week"

“Sharks are these icons of fear in this oasis of relaxation at the beach,” Lacey said Friday. “We want to play up on this natural interest.” – Tracey, Sara. Press of Atlantic City. 3 April 2015. Web. 22 February 2016

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