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Volunteer divers at the aquarium assist with food preparation, cleaning and maintaining work area and exhibits, perform dive demonstrations, and assist aquarists when necessary. Volunteer must be a certified diver age 18 years and older with at least 25 logged dives; 5 in the last 2 years and 2 in the last 12 months. Volunteer must be able to commit to 2 eight-hour work shifts per month ( same day every other week. ) Volunteer applications are available at the information desk.
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New Jersey Artificial Reefs
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- Type:
- shipwreck, sailing ship
- Depth:
- 75 ft
The "Northeast Sailor" is the remains of a large sailing ship. The absence of towing bits is an indicator that this was probably not a schooner barge, while the presence of a boiler and steam machinery place the vessel in the mid to late nineteenth century.
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge
- Built:
- 1918
- Specs:
- 1267 tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday December 10, 1933
foundered in rough seas - Depth:
- 70 ft
low lying wood & metal debris field
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( obviously retouched by censors. )
- Type:
- shipwreck, liner, USA
- Built:
- 1915, Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia PA USA
- Specs:
- ( 509 x 63 ft ) 8256 gross tons, 28 crew
- Sunk:
- Wednesday February 8, 1922
burned - 4 casualties - Depth:
- 140 ft
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- Type:
- shipwreck, iron-hulled screw steamer
- Built:
- 1881, England
- Specs:
- ( 287 x 37 ft ) 1963 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday September 23, 1882
ran aground - no casualties
Coast Guard records denote this wreck as "disproved" - no longer there. It was removed as a hazard to navigation. Nuphar is the genus name for Water Lilies.
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Shrimps live in all habitats from freshwater lakes to salt marshes to the deep ocean. The illustration at right shows a "Grass Shrimp, " however, there are too many types of shrimps to even begin to list them. Shrimps grow from 1" to 8", depending on the species.
Most numerous in our inshore waters are tiny Shore Shrimps or Grass Shrimps, Palaemonetes spp. which are similar to the picture, but only 2" long, and transparent or largely so.
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