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“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But theocean would be less because of that missing drop." Mother Teresa
Standing at the shoreline, it is easy to feel small. Almost three-quarters of ourplanet is water. There is a temptation to feel helpless against whatever nature hasin store for us. Here at NJSGC, we know the temptation all too well. We have toscrape for every dime. We have to squeeze that dime and make it go as far as adollar. We have to educate our children; we have to inspire our maritime scientists;we have to engage our communities. These tasks are our sworn mission.
We face incredible challenges.
There is a story about Mother Teresa facing impossible odds serving a poor community ofthousands. Surveying the chaos, a reporter asked Mother Teresa: “How can you possibly save all ofthese people?” Mother pointed to one man: “By starting with him.”
That is how our staff and scientists address our core mission of education, research, and outreach.The job is daunting, but we focus on the task at hand. As a result, we have developed a dunemanual that teaches coastal communities how to build a dune, how to maintain it, and how toplant it. We have top-flight education programs for our youth, from showing how our Lenapetribes lived as one with the ocean to inspiring them to be marine scientists and coastal stewards.We have assembled a Coastal Storm Awareness Program, working in conjunction with ourcolleagues in New York and Connecticut, on how to save lives and promote public safety when the next Superstorm arrives. We are all this, and so much more.
Survey these pages. Feel our challenges and celebrate our successes. Honor the staff and scientists who make it possible against impossible odds.
What we are doing may just be a drop in the ocean, but that ocean would be far less without New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, our member institutions, and our staff, I am most proud to offer this Annual Report.
DenniS
KearneY
Chair
Board of trustees
Each year, this report is our chance to share some of the highlights of our workwith you. This year, I ask that you also view this report as my reaffirmation ofNJSGC’s commitment to you to be your source for solid, dependable, unbiasedinformation that you, and all of our state’s citizens, legislators, community leaders,and policymakers, can use to make well-informed, science-based decisions on theuse and care of New Jersey’s precious marine and coastal resources.
Over the weeks and months ahead, we pledge to manage research that informsclean water, resilient shorelines, and healthy coastal economies. We aredetermined to make marine and climate science part of each New Jersey child’seducation and will continue to promote coastal stewardship and ocean literacy forall. And, true to their charge, our extension agents and specialists will be in thefield working hand-in-hand with New Jersey’s coastal communities and water-dependent industries to address their needs and concerns. All this will alsosupport the National Sea Grant Network’s promise of finding solutions to thecomplex challenges our coastal and Great Lakes states face, and ensuring that
local, state, and national leaders have the best available scientific information and evidence at theirfingertips to craft policies that best serve our ocean, our waterways, and you.
I thank you for your interest in our 2016 Annual Report and more so, for you support of NJSGC, itsmission, and its participation in the National Sea Grant College Program. We are here to serve, and, onbehalf of all of us at NJSGC, thank you for making that possible.
Claire
antonuCCi
executive
Director
Executive Director’s Message
Chairman’s Message
Marine Recreation Extension Agent Michael Dankoworked with NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife,Marine Trades Association of New Jersey, MonmouthCounty Health Department, Ocean County PlanningDepartment and others to provide funds from the
New JerseyClean Vessel ActProgram tomarinas toreplacepumpoutfacilitiesdamaged bySuperstormSandy. In 2016,funds wereprovided to 21
marinas to install facilities that will result in 142pumpout stations available for boaters to use duringthe 2017 boating season.
In partnershipwith theWhale PondBrookAssociation,WaterResourcesAgentMichelleHartmann,through theRCE WaterResources Program, installed a greeninfrastructure demonstration project at OceanTownship High School in Ocean Township, NewJersey. The rain garden is designed to captureapproximately 160,000 gallons of stormwater peryear and will provide a beautiful garden forstudents to care for and enjoy.
Community Resilience and Climate AdaptationSpecialist Dr. Michael Schwebel developed aninteractive, hands-ondemonstration onthe effects of climatechange on shorecommunities. AtOcean Fun Days,Ocean City’s GreenFair, the CohanseyRiverFest and other events, his “wave tank”activity engaged and educated thousands ofstudents and citizens.
Extension
Director ofResearch andExtension Dr.Peter Rowe ledNJSGC’s effort tohost the biennialMid-Atlantic SeaGrant Regional
Meeting. The three-day event was held in April inRed Bank. Nearly 70 extension agents,communicators, speakers, and staff from the sevenMid-Atlantic Sea Grant programs attended.
CoastalProcessesSpecialist Dr.Jon Miller andCoastalEcosystemsExtensionAgent Dr. AmyWilliamsworked with
shore communities on rip current awareness. Inaddition to introducing the rip current app, theyworked with local beach patrols on an experiment todeploy rip current drifters designed by researchers atStevens Institute of Technology and North CarolinaSea Grant.
Coastal Ecosystems Extension Agent Dr. AmyWilliams worked with Cape May and Mayor Ed
Mahaney to improvecoastal resilience. Thehighlight of severalevents was theimplementation of athree-blockdemonstration projectto show how to createresilient dunes by usinga diversity of nativeplant species. Staff andvolunteers used NJSGC’s
Dune Manual as a resource. Cape May alsoinstalled 50 “Keep Off Dunes” signs that protectnew and existing dune systems.
Shellfish Aquaculture Program Coordinator LisaCalvo worked with Rutgers scientists and graduatestudents to identify optimal conditions for culturingthe Atlantic surf clam in the hatchery and in the field.Because it is critical for farmers to have options forcrop diversification that allow for resilient and robustbusiness models, the project is evaluating theproduction success of cultured clams grown on three NewJersey shellfishfarms andassessingmarketopportunitiesfor thecultivatedclams.
To complimentNJSGC’s DuneManual, a “Keep OffDunes” sign wascreated. The goal wasto go further than just
warn the public tokeep off the dunes byexplaining thebenefits of dunes. 140signs have beendistributed so far andinstalled in 8 shorelocations.
At Risk: Healthy Coastal Ecosystems and ResilientCommunities and Economies in an Era of ClimateChange: A Balanced Approach to Protecting People,Property and Nature in Historic Greenwich Township,New JerseyDr. Colette Santasieri – New Jersey Institute ofTechnology
Managing for Biodiversity and Blue Carbon in the Faceof Sea Level Rise and Barrier Island MigrationDr. Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba – Montclair State University
A Model-Data Synthesis of the Status and Trends ofNew Jersey’s Coastal Wetlands for Sea Level RisePlanningDr. Elizabeth Watson – Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Program Development GrantsUnderstanding Risk Perceptions of EconomicDevelopment Officials in Coastal New JerseyCommunitiesMatt Campo – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Biochar-Coated Mulches for Alleviation of StormwaterNitrogen for Healthy New Jersey Coastal WatersDr. Yang Deng – Montclair State University
Undergraduate Research GrantEvaluation of Use of Deep-rooted Ornamental Grassesas a Mechanism to Mitigate Soil CompactionAnastasia Swenticky – Georgian Court University Dr. Louise Wootton – Faculty Advisor
Ocean City wasnamed New Jersey’sFavorite Beach inNJSGC’s annual poll.More than 9,000votes were cast asbeach enthusiastschose their favoritebeach in each countyas well as theirfavorite beach overall.
More than 3,800 subscribersreceived issues of NJSGC’squarterly newsletter, TheCOASTodian. The newsletter
provides information on NJSGC’sfunded research, education andoutreach activities. As NJSGC’ssocial media following continuesto expand, updates were sharedwith more than 1,300 Facebookfollowers, 1670 Twitter followersand 80 Instagram followers.
RESEARCH Awards
Communications
The 2016 Annual State of the Shore MediaEvent was held in Asbury Park. Local andregional media attended to hear theConsortium’s assessment about thecondition of New Jersey’s beaches and theoutlook for the summer season ahead.
Omnibus ResearchEffects of Climate Change on Estuarine Fish Nurseries:Analysis and Implications from Decades-Long Time-SeriesDr. Kenneth W. Able – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Communicating About Flood Risks to Real EstateMarket Segments in Coastal New JerseyDr. Clinton J. Andrews – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Understanding the Origins and Growth Rates ofJuvenile Striped Bass in Small Rivers and Coastal BaysDr. Olaf P. Jensen – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Protecting Jersey Shore Residential and EcologicalCommunities by Changing the Culture of BeachManagementDr. Jay Kelly – Raritan Valley Community College
Identifying the Impacts of Commercial OysterAquaculture on Foraging Behavior of Red Knots inDelaware BayDr. Brooke Maslo – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Surf Clam Nursery and Culture Trials: New SpeciesDevelopment for New Jersey Shellfish FarmsDr. Daphne Munroe – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
As part of the National SeaGrant College Program’s 50thanniversary celebration,Communications SpecialistRebecca Nagy joined Sea Grantprograms across the country tocontribute special themedcontent. Two articles producedby NJSGC were featured on theNational Sea Grant website.
Education
Boy and Girl Scout troops continued tolook towards NJSGC for interactivemarine science experiences related tobadge requirements. One troop becameso interested in NJSGC’s residentterrapins that they created aninterpretive display for their tank.
During the “off-season” NJSGC’s team of nearly 40 educators worked withtheir extension counterparts to incorporate climate science into theirteaching. As a result, thousands of New Jersey’s schoolchildren learnedhow climate affects the coastal environment during NJSGC’s popularSandy Hook field trip programs.
A curriculum module on storm surge was published in response to research findings fromthe NOAA/Sea Grant Coastal Storms Awareness Program. The module was presented atmultiple professional development workshops including the National Marine EducatorsAssociation’s annual conference.
A grant from the National Endowment for the Artsand the Monmouth County Board of ChosenFreeholders paired NJSGC’s 126 summer camperswith environmental artist Lisa Bagwell to makemarine debris sculptures. Many studentsincorporated lessons learned from their weeklongSandy Hook experience into their creations.
A successful partnership with Jenkinson’sAquarium allowed NJSGC’s educators to expandSTEM education to this popular oceanfrontdestination. Besides building remotely operatedvehicles of their own design, students andsummer campers had the unique experience ofdeploying them in one of the aquarium’sexhibit tanks.
Once again, Ocean Fun Days proved to be a popularpre-summer family event. Despite wet weather, about8,000 visitors turned out for exhibits, tours, andchildren’s activities all focused on conserving andpreserving New Jersey’s beaches, bays, and waterways.Each year, since 2007, NJSGC has worked with leadsponsor New Jersey Natural Gas to host this event.
Budget Overview
CORPORATIONSAsbury Park PressNew Jersey Natural Gas
NJSGC VENDORSBoynton Benefits Corporation
Warren McManus CLUCharles B. Hembling
& Son, Inc.Victor Maisano
NJSGC TRUSTEES &REPRESENTATIVESGreg AikinsDennis KearneyDr. Howard Parish
Sponsors & Donors
Dr. Robert PrezantDr. Courtney Richmond
OTHER DONORSSheldon AbramsClaire AntonucciBarbro BarnesPatricia & David BisaillonElizabeth BradleyWanda BresazNicholas & Olga CherbetkoJohn & Joyce CollinsWilliam & Jennifer CrowTim DiehlRobert & Gail EcksteinJosephine Falco Kathleen & Leo Gasienica
Source of NJSGC Funds - Fiscal Year 2016
Investment of Federal Funds - Fiscal Year 2016
Administration 19% ($323,380)
Education 9% ($192,755)
Research 36% ($606,460)
Communications 9% ($145,304)
Extension 21% ($355,083)
Research Fellowships 3%($42,660)
0 $250 $500 $750 $1000 $1250 $1500 $1750 Thousands of Dollars
State Funding 18%
Federal Funding 58%
Other Funding 24%
Girl Scout Troop 1272Dr. Michael GroveRobert Frederick HeinMichael & Emily KroppRobert LaytonEileen & John LushefskiRuth LuthinGrace MarchisinSandra & Allen MarchisinWilliam & Claire MarkeyJane & George MarrerAnne McGinnisJames & Deborah
MorrisonMaureen PentaJames & Kathy PetersonLee Rossbach
Kate DowdStacey Varano DowdBarbara EichhornCailtin EichhornDoug EichhornScarlet EncanasionKaren EscobedoErin ForemanGeorgia GarrowGary GuarrielloTerri GuarrielloValeria GuzmanLauren HarperTom Hayes
Alek HeckelChristine HeckelFaith HeckelJill HoernigRich HoffmanAlyssa HoulisAnna HoulisJordan HubertJessica IntileChuck JasperseHallie LazaroAnnMarie
MacDonaldErin Rose MaglioneLisa Maglione
Donna ApplegateRay AshkenisLisa BagwellMark Baker Chloe BaskinPhillip CababeKathy CallananBob ColburnJennifer CrowTaylor CrowChris DaukshusLauren DavisSandy DavisMaria DiazGrant DiGrazio
$496,989
$1,665,642
$687,032
VolunteersTom MassaroKathy McLoughlinElizabeth MissenouNicole MissenouKayla MitchellShawn MorrisKathy OConnellJessica OlsenJahrid OverbyDave PaulisAriella PearlDoug PettitAlaina Perdon Hunter Rainis
Jerry RyanRoxie RyanMoe RoselliKaylee ScaranoLiz ScaranoOlivia SchaileyGreg SeitzJoey ShragerKaitlyn Triano Renee Troy Sandra & Joseph
VaroneDebbe WinderStaci WinderPeter Woolley
Dr. Peter RoweJody and Raymond
SackettMagan Flynn SindoniWilliam SmithGarrett StasseJeffrey SteinmanGeorge & JoyceTompkinsSandra & Joseph
VaroneGary VautinLena & Robert
VerkouilleFran & Ned VossJohn & Vita Zolo
ChairMr. Dennis KearneyPitney, Hardin LLP
Vice-ChairDr. Howard I. Parish
TreasurerMr. Thomas Siegert, CPAInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Fiscal OfficerMr. Augustine AnfusoNew Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
Executive DirectorMs. Claire AntonucciNew Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
Corporate SecretaryMs. Deborah QuinnNew Jersey Sea Grant Consortium
TRUSTEES
Mr. Gregory T. AikinsMedical Management Techniques, Inc.
Dr. Michel BoufadelNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. Keith R. CooperRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Mr. Lindsay FullerSouth Jersey Advisors, LLC
Mr. Tony MacDonald Monmouth University
Dr. Igor OksovUnion County College
Dr. Michael PeekWilliam Patterson University
Dr. Robert PrezantMontclair State University
Dr. Oscar SchofieldRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Mr. Christopher Cerf New Jersey Department of Education
Ms. Genevieve Boehm-CliftonNJDOT Office of Maritime Resources
Mr. David PatellaNew Jersey Department of Treasury
Honorable Bob MartinNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Dr. Thomas NojiNOAA/National Marine Fisheries Service
Academy of Natural Sciencesof Drexel UniversityDr. Richard Horwitz
The College of New JerseyDr. Gary Dickinson
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityDr. Marion McClary, Jr.
Georgian Court UniversityDr. Louise S. Wootton
Kean UniversityDr. Brian Teasdale
Marine Academy of Scienceand TechnologyMr. Earl Moore
Middlesex County CollegeDr. Parag Muley
Monmouth UniversityMr. Tony MacDonald
Montclair State UniversityDr. Robert Prezant
New Jersey Institute ofTechnologyDr. Nancy L. Jackson
Ocean County CollegeDr. Stanton Hales
Princeton UniversityDr. Peter Jaffe
Board of
Trustees
Stakeholder
Advisory Board
ChairMr. Steve CarnahanSeaboard Fisheries Institute
Ms. Genevieve Boehm-CliftonNJDOT Office of MaritimeResources
Dr. Gary A. BuchananNJDEP Division of Science,Research, and Environmental Health
Mr. Jim HutchinsonThe Fisherman Magazine
Mr. Daniel NeeShorebeat.com
Dr. Vincent GuidaNOAA/National MarineFisheries Service
Mr. Rich RitotaFood Safety Systems
Mr. Jorge ReyesNJDEP Bureau of Energy and Sustainability
Ms. Margot WalshThe Jersey ShorePartnership
Ms. Clare NgMarine Academy of Science and Technology
Ms. Pat HeaneyAlliance for New Jersey Environmental Education
Member
Institutions
Ramapo College of New JerseyDr. Angela Cristini
Rider UniversityDr. Gabriela Smalley
Rowan College atBurlington CountyDr. David Spang
Rowan UniversityDr. Courtney Richmond
Rutgers, The StateUniversity of New JerseyDr. Oscar Schofield
Seton Hall UniversityDr. Carolyn S.Bentivegna
Stevens Institute ofTechnologyDr. Alan Blumberg
Stockton UniversityDr. Peter F. Straub
Union County CollegeDr. Marie Montes-Matais
William PattersonUniversity Dr. Michael Peek
Staff
ADMINISTRATIONClaire Antonucci Executive Director
Lisa AromandoAdministrative Assistant
Deborah QuinnCorporate SecretaryOffice Manager
Dr. Peter RoweAssociate Director for Sea Grant Administration
COMMUNICATIONSRory JoyceCommunications Associate
Rebecca NagyCommunications Specialist
EDUCATIONClaire AntonucciDirector of Education
Diana BurichK-12 Program Coordinator Sea Grant Associate
Brittany DeutschMarine Science Summer Camp Coordinator
Rosemary HigginsCollege and Special Programs Coordinator
Jody SackettScout Program Coordinator
Sandra VaroneEducation Associate
Mindy VossEducation Specialist
EXTENSION Dr. Peter RoweDirector of Research andExtension
Lisa CalvoShellfish Aquaculture Program Coordinator
Michael DankoAssistant Director of ExtensionMarine Recreation Agent –Fisheries & Boating
Michelle HartmannWater Resources Agent
Dr. Jon MillerCoastal Processes Specialist
Dr. Michael SchwebelCommunity Resilience andClimate Adaptation Specialist
Dr. Amy WilliamsCoastal Ecosystems Extension Agent
FINANCEAugustine AnfusoFiscal Officer
Debra BurdAccounting Assistant –Grants and Contracts
Carolyn CornelyAccounting Assistant
MAINTENANCE Al AviziusTechnician
John DolanTechnician
Maurice McGowanTechnician
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium22 Magruder Road
Fort Hancock, NJ 07732732-872-1300
njseagrant.org
This publication is the result of work sponsored by New Jersey Sea Grant with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Office of Sea Grant, U.S. Department of Commerce, under NOAA grant #NA10OAR4170085 and the
New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium. The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the author(s) and
do not necessarily reflect the views of New Jersey Sea Grant or the U. S. Department of Commerce. NJSG-17-896
FIELD GUIDES
Nicole ArmstrongAl AviziusRon BlandonSara BreslowEmily BrownMichele BurkeEmmy CasperLinda CohenJohn CollinsJohn DennyRobert EcksteinCarleigh EngstromSamantha FarinaEmma FraserKathleen GasienicaJen GibbonsConor GilbertsonPatricia GoenseRosemary HigginsJohn KolibasErika LanfranchiEileen MacHaffieTheresa MarottaSarah McDougallCaitlyn MeyerJoe MincollaChuck ParkerLee RossbachMarissa RegadNicole SalomonChris SeslarWilliam SimmonsJerry SmithAlyssa SokolSarah StewartBill SurenaJennifer UrmstonPatricia ValerioSandra VaroneWilliam VanDeventer
Top cover photo - courtesy Stars Challenge
All other photos - NJSGC staff