It’s a new day at the Wetlands Institute.

In an effort to expand its sustainability initiatives and green its footprint, the Wetlands Institute has contracted to install an additional solar array on the Institute’s roof. The new installation will include an additional 49 panels, and is projected to generate almost 12 kilowatts of power. The project is slated to be complete in the late spring.

World renowned author and scientist, Dr. Ellen Prager, is scheduled to present at the Wetlands Institute on Wednesday, July 18th. Prager is a marine scientist and author of numerous popular science and children’s books, and is widely recognized for her ability to make ocean and earth science entertaining and understandable to a broad audience.

The Commission’s Horseshoe Crab Management Board has approved Addendum VII. The Addendum implements the Adaptive Resource Management Framework, which incorporates both shorebird and horseshoe crab abundance levels to set optimized horseshoe crab harvest levels for the Delaware Bay area.

New Jersey has banned the catch and sale of river herring, due in part to lack of personnel and funding to collect appropriate data.

The Wetlands Institute posts their public comment on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s “Draft Addendum VII” to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Horseshoe Crabs: Adaptive Resource Management Framework.”

The Wetlands Institute posts their public comment on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s “Draft Addendum VII” to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Horseshoe Crabs: Adaptive Resource Management Framework.”

New Jersey has received a $1 million federal grant to protect ecologically sensitive wetlands in Cape May County that are home to many species of migratory birds.

A bill introduced in Congress would prevent pirate fishing vessels from entering U.S. ports to offload their illegally caught seafood. This pirate fishing is often called illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The dramatic recovery of the American bald eagle has reached a milestone in New Jersey, with more than 100 pairs now nesting in the Garden State, according to a newly released analysis of the species’ population.