Regulatory Sources

National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS )
NE Region
1 Blackburn Pl.
Gloucester MA 01930-2298

possession limits: 508-281-9260
federal permit applications: 508-281-9370
local NMFS law enforcement: 609-390-8303 or 908-528-3315
Tuna Quota updates: 301-713-1279

njdep
njdfgw
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Fish, Game & Wildlife
CN 400
Trenton NJ 08625-0400

information: 609-292-2965
marine fisheries: 609-292-2083
shellfisheries: 609-984-5546
law enforcement: 609-292-9430
Mid Atlantic Fisheries Management CouncilAtlantic States Marine Fisheries Council ( ASMFC )
Mid Atlantic Fisheries Management Council

For additional Health Advisory information, contact:

NJ Department of Environmental Protection


Here are all the New Jersey Marine Digests in pdf, back through 2000. The state's website is just so painful and slow to find anything on:


Surf Clam

The inshore wrecks are sometimes surrounded by the empty shells of Surf Clams Spisula solidissima, right, to 7" across. Large numbers of the white shells also wash up on beaches. Surf Clams are found subtidally down to 100 feet ( which makes you wonder why they are called surf clams. )

Tiny angel wing-shaped Coquina clams Donax variabilis less than 1 inch long do live in the surf, on wave-tossed sandy beaches.

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