Status and Trends of Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, Shellfish Populations in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

This was topic from the May 19, 2020 Stewardship class. The main goal of this paper is to review the historical and current status of hard clam populations in BB-LEH and evaluate their potential for rehabilitation under present environmental conditions....

2020 Member Profile UpDate

We are working hard to improve our communications with members. The goal is to get you information about things that interest YOU. Things may have changed since last year. It is really simple – Go to –...

Waretown Rakeout

On Saturday, November 2nd, over 45 RCTB volunteers came to our Waretown lease site for our annual clam rake out and planting.  We planted approximately 178 thousand seed clams from five different upweller sites.  We raked out previously planted clams and divided them...

Work Party Reminder

Just a reminder that we will be filling mesh bags with shells tomorrow, Aug. 14 starting at 9:00 am.  We need to fill 100 bags and transport them to the Cattus Island spat tank prior to the arrival of oyster larvae.  They are scheduled to arrive by next Tuesday. ...