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| **NOAA In Your State**            |                                   |
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| **New Jersey**                    |                                   |
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| *NOAA\'s work touches the daily   |   -------------------             |
| lives of every person in the      | --------------------------------- |
| United States and in much of the  |   ![](media/image2.               |
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| of NOAA's dedicated staff and     |                                   |
| partner organizations located in  |   -------------------             |
| program and research offices      | --------------------------------- |
| throughout the country. The       |                                   |
| following is a summary of NOAA    |                                   |
| programs based in, and focused    |                                   |
| on, your state. The entries are   |                                   |
| listed by statewide, region, and  |                                   |
| then by congressional districts   |                                   |
| and cities or towns.*             |                                   |
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| ***NJ***                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Coastal***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Integrated Ocean Observing      |                                   |
| System (IOOS) Program**           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **IOOS Regional Association**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Mid-Atlantic Coastal Ocean    |                                   |
| Observing Regional Association    |                                   |
| (MACOORA) is one of eleven        |                                   |
| regional associations in the      |                                   |
| United States focused on ocean    |                                   |
| observing. Our region extends     |                                   |
| from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod    |                                   |
| and includes all the estuaries    |                                   |
| and the continental shelf waters. |                                   |
| Nearly 25 percent of the          |                                   |
| nation\'s population lives next   |                                   |
| to the MACOORA ocean region.      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.macoora.org/]{.und   |                                   |
| erline}](http://www.macoora.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Water Level            |                                   |
| Observation Network**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Ocean Service (NOS)  |                                   |
| operates three long-term          |                                   |
| continuously operating tide       |                                   |
| stations in the state of New      |                                   |
| Jersey, which provide data and    |                                   |
| information on tidal datum and    |                                   |
| relative sea level trends, and    |                                   |
| are capable of producing          |                                   |
| real-time data for storm surge    |                                   |
| warning. These stations are       |                                   |
| located at Sandy Hook, Atlantic   |                                   |
| City, and Cape May.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://tidesand                 |                                   |
| currents.noaa.gov]{.underline}](h |                                   |
| ttp://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Pacific Marine Environmental    |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Center for Tsunami         |                                   |
| Research (NCTR)**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Tsunami Research Program at   |                                   |
| the Pacific Marine Environmental  |                                   |
| Laboratory (PMEL), headquartered  |                                   |
| in Seattle, Washington, seeks to  |                                   |
| mitigate tsunami hazards to all   |                                   |
| U.S. coastal states and           |                                   |
| territories, including            |                                   |
| Mississippi. A tsunami is a       |                                   |
| series of very large ocean waves  |                                   |
| caused by underwater earthquakes, |                                   |
| landslides, volcanic eruptions,   |                                   |
| explosions, and even meteor       |                                   |
| impacts. Capable of flooding      |                                   |
| hundreds of meters inland past    |                                   |
| the typical high-water level, the |                                   |
| fast-moving water associated with |                                   |
| an inundating tsunami can crush   |                                   |
| homes and other coastal           |                                   |
| structures. More common           |                                   |
| occurrences, and devastating in   |                                   |
| an economic sense, are false      |                                   |
| alarms that lead to expensive     |                                   |
| evacuations of coastal areas.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The PMEL NCTR staff conducts      |                                   |
| research and development          |                                   |
| activities in close collaboration |                                   |
| with the National Weather Service |                                   |
| (NWS) Tsunami Warning Centers,    |                                   |
| National Data Buoy Center (NDBC), |                                   |
| and the coastal states.           |                                   |
| Activities focus on the           |                                   |
| development of site-specific      |                                   |
| forecast models for coastal       |                                   |
| population centers. These models  |                                   |
| are integrated into a             |                                   |
| PMEL-developed operational        |                                   |
| tsunami forecasting system at the |                                   |
| Tsunami Warning Centers. PMEL     |                                   |
| developed the original real-time  |                                   |
| DART tsunami-measuring buoy,      |                                   |
| which has been transitioned to    |                                   |
| NDBC. Engineering development is  |                                   |
| underway at PMEL to improve the   |                                   |
| cost-effectiveness of these       |                                   |
| platforms. Tsunami research at    |                                   |
| PMEL focuses on model             |                                   |
| improvements and tsunami hazard   |                                   |
| mitigation.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[h                               |                                   |
| ttp://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov]{.underl |                                   |
| ine}](http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Sandy Hook, Union***           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Earth System Research           |                                   |
| Laboratory/Global Systems         |                                   |
| Division**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Ground- Based GPS Meteorology** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Earth System Research         |                                   |
| Laboratory maintains the          |                                   |
| Ground-Based GPS Meteorology      |                                   |
| project, currently consisting of  |                                   |
| 400 GPS water vapor observing     |                                   |
| systems that provide near         |                                   |
| real-time integrated precipitable |                                   |
| water vapor (IPW) measurements    |                                   |
| for weather forecasting, climate  |                                   |
| modeling, calibration and         |                                   |
| validation of satellite and       |                                   |
| radiosonde water vapor            |                                   |
| measurements, and research. This  |                                   |
| project provides water vapor data |                                   |
| available to all users.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.gpsmet.n              |                                   |
| oaa.gov/jsp/raob.jsp]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Statewide***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Program**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Damage Assessment and           |                                   |
| Restoration**                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| On Behalf of the public, NOAA's   |                                   |
| Damage Assessment, Remediation,   |                                   |
| and Restoration Program acts as a |                                   |
| trustee for natural resources.    |                                   |
| The Program collaborates with     |                                   |
| federal, state, and tribal        |                                   |
| entities, and also works with     |                                   |
| cleanup agencies (such as the     |                                   |
| Environmental Protection Agency), |                                   |
| local organizations, the public,  |                                   |
| and those responsible for the     |                                   |
| incident. The goal is to protect  |                                   |
| coastal and marine natural        |                                   |
| resources; respond to discharges  |                                   |
| of oil and hazardous substances;  |                                   |
| assess risks and injuries to      |                                   |
| natural resources; and restore    |                                   |
| injured natural resources and     |                                   |
| related socioeconomic benefits.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Regional Office and   |                                   |
| Fisheries Science Center**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS is responsible for the       |                                   |
| management, conservation and      |                                   |
| protection of living marine       |                                   |
| resources within the United       |                                   |
| States\' Exclusive Economic Zone  |                                   |
| (water three to 200 mile          |                                   |
| offshore). Using the tools        |                                   |
| provided by the *Magnuson-Stevens |                                   |
| Act*, NMFS assesses and predicts  |                                   |
| the status of fish stocks,        |                                   |
| develops and ensures compliance   |                                   |
| with fisheries regulations,       |                                   |
| restores and protects habitat and |                                   |
| works to reduce wasteful fishing  |                                   |
| practices, and promote            |                                   |
| sustainable fisheries. Under the  |                                   |
| *Marine Mammal Protection Act*    |                                   |
| and the *Endangered Species Act*, |                                   |
| NMFS recovers protected marine    |                                   |
| species (i.e. whales, turtles).   |                                   |
| With the help of the six regional |                                   |
| offices and eight councils, NMFS  |                                   |
| is able to work with communities  |                                   |
| on fishery management issues. The |                                   |
| Northeast Regional Office         |                                   |
| (located in Gloucester, MA) is    |                                   |
| comprised of five divisions:      |                                   |
| Sustainable Fisheries, Habitat    |                                   |
| Conservation, Protected           |                                   |
| Resources, Fisheries Statistics,  |                                   |
| and State, Federal, and           |                                   |
| Constituent Programs. Key species |                                   |
| managed in the Northeast Region   |                                   |
| include the northeast             |                                   |
| "multispecies complex" (cod,      |                                   |
| haddock, yellowtail flounder      |                                   |
| etc.), Atlantic sea scallops,     |                                   |
| herring, lobster, and summer      |                                   |
| flounder. Key marine endangered   |                                   |
| species in this region are        |                                   |
| Atlantic salmon, northern right   |                                   |
| whales, and Atlantic shortnose    |                                   |
| sturgeon.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northeast Science Center      |                                   |
| (headquartered in Woods Hole, MA) |                                   |
| focuses on collection, analysis,  |                                   |
| and presentation of scientific    |                                   |
| information about the Northeast   |                                   |
| Shelf ecosystem, its condition,   |                                   |
| and its marine life. In addition  |                                   |
| to its six *laboratories, the     |                                   |
| Center uses 5 research vessels to |                                   |
| support its work. They are the    |                                   |
| NOAA ships Delaware II, and Henry |                                   |
| B. Bigelow,* and the small        |                                   |
| research vessels *Gloria          |                                   |
| Michelle*, *Victor Loosanoff*,    |                                   |
| and *Nauvoo*. The Northeast       |                                   |
| Regional Office and Science       |                                   |
| Center are responsible for the    |                                   |
| District of Columbia and the      |                                   |
| following states: Maine, New      |                                   |
| Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode   |                                   |
| Island, Connecticut, New York,    |                                   |
| New Jersey, Pennsylvania,         |                                   |
| Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and |                                   |
| North Carolina; and the inland    |                                   |
| states of Vermont, Minnesota,     |                                   |
| Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois,    |                                   |
| Indiana, Ohio, and West Virginia. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/>  |                                   |
| and <http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/>  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Restoration Center**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NMFS Restoration Center works     |                                   |
| with 40 private and public        |                                   |
| partners in New Jersey to restore |                                   |
| tidal wetlands, construct fish    |                                   |
| ladders, remove dams, modify      |                                   |
| culverts to improve tidal         |                                   |
| flushing in coastal wetlands,     |                                   |
| remove invasive species and       |                                   |
| restore native shellfish          |                                   |
| populations. Seventeen projects   |                                   |
| have been constructed in the      |                                   |
| State since 1998, and roughly     |                                   |
| 2,000 volunteers have contributed |                                   |
| their time to restore New Jersey  |                                   |
| habitat. The Baykeeper's Oyster   |                                   |
| Restoration Program builds oyster |                                   |
| habitat in Raritan Bay near the   |                                   |
| historic Chingarora Bed in        |                                   |
| Keyport, New Jersey and in the    |                                   |
| Navesink River near Oyster Point  |                                   |
| in Red Bank, New Jersey. At each  |                                   |
| site, clam and oyster shell are   |                                   |
| used to create a substrate to     |                                   |
| help keep oysters out of the mud. |                                   |
| After the reef substrate is       |                                   |
| created, it is seeded with        |                                   |
| oysters from a volunteer Oyster   |                                   |
| Gardening Program and laboratory  |                                   |
| based Remote Setting Aquaculture  |                                   |
| Program. Private citizens, school |                                   |
| classes, yacht clubs, and civic   |                                   |
| groups are volunteering for this  |                                   |
| program to grow hatchery-produced |                                   |
| seed oysters as a hands-on        |                                   |
| education project and to provide  |                                   |
| spawning oysters for reef         |                                   |
| restoration projects.             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://                         |                                   |
| www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/restora |                                   |
| tion/]{.underline}](http://www.nm |                                   |
| fs.noaa.gov/habitat/restoration/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Elevation Mapping**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center works with state and   |                                   |
| local officials to collect and    |                                   |
| distribute high-resolution        |                                   |
| topographic and bathymetric data  |                                   |
| sets. The Center worked with the  |                                   |
| private sector to acquire new     |                                   |
| light detection and ranging       |                                   |
| (lidar) and Interferometric       |                                   |
| Synthetic Aperture Radar (IfSAR)  |                                   |
| data for coastal management       |                                   |
| applications such as the analysis |                                   |
| of storm surge and storm          |                                   |
| inundation, erosion, and habitat  |                                   |
| mapping. The Center also worked   |                                   |
| with state and federal partners   |                                   |
| to share costs and find multiple  |                                   |
| uses for coastal lidar and IfSAR  |                                   |
| data sets.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc                  |                                   |
| .noaa.gov/crs/tcm/]{.underline}]( |                                   |
| http://www.csc.noaa.gov/crs/tcm/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Management Fellowship** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The NOAA Coastal Management       |                                   |
| Fellowship matches postgraduate   |                                   |
| students with state coastal zone  |                                   |
| programs to work on two-year      |                                   |
| projects proposed by the state.   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.             |                                   |
| gov/cms/fellows.html]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Land Cover Mapping**            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Nothing provides a big-picture    |                                   |
| view of land cover status better  |                                   |
| than these maps, which are        |                                   |
| developed using remote sensing    |                                   |
| technology. The Center has        |                                   |
| baseline land cover data for most |                                   |
| of the coastal zone. The goal is  |                                   |
| to update the imagery every five  |                                   |
| years to also provide a means of  |                                   |
| detecting change or trends.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noa              |                                   |
| a.gov/landcover/]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.csc.noaa.gov/landcover/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Legislative Atlas**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| This web-based legislative        |                                   |
| mapping tool provides coastal     |                                   |
| resource managers with easy       |                                   |
| access to coastal legislative     |                                   |
| data and information. In 2008 the |                                   |
| Legislative Atlas team added      |                                   |
| additional legislative            |                                   |
| information for the three regions |                                   |
| represented in the                |                                   |
| atlas---Hawaii, West Coast, and   |                                   |
| the Gulf of Maine. This added     |                                   |
| information included both federal |                                   |
| and state regulations. The        |                                   |
| legislative query tool is also    |                                   |
| being redesigned according to     |                                   |
| user input.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [                                 |                                   |
| [http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislat |                                   |
| iveatlas/]{.underline}](http://ww |                                   |
| w.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Coastal Services Center (CSC)** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Training**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Center provides training to   |                                   |
| the coastal resource managers of  |                                   |
| the nation in three focus areas:  |                                   |
| geospatial technology, coastal    |                                   |
| management, and building process  |                                   |
| skills. Training can take place   |                                   |
| at the Center's training facility |                                   |
| for some courses but most often   |                                   |
| is taken to coastal managers in   |                                   |
| the field.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.csc.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/bins/resources/training.html]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.csc.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/bins/resources/training.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service (NWS)  |                                   |
| and Office of Oceanic and         |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Incident Meteorologist Program  |                                   |
| and Earth Systems Research        |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fire Weather Services and       |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The National Weather Service      |                                   |
| (NWS) fire weather forecasters    |                                   |
| are called Incident               |                                   |
| Meteorologists (IMETS). When a    |                                   |
| fire reaches a large enough size  |                                   |
| the IMETS are called out to the   |                                   |
| fire to provide constant weather  |                                   |
| updates and forecast briefings to |                                   |
| the fire incident commanders at   |                                   |
| the fire. The IMETS are very      |                                   |
| important members of the fire     |                                   |
| fighting team, as changes in the  |                                   |
| fires are largely due to changes  |                                   |
| in the weather. To improve NWS    |                                   |
| fire weather services to the      |                                   |
| public, NOAA's Earth System       |                                   |
| Research Laboratory (ESRL)        |                                   |
| conducts modeling,                |                                   |
| instrumentation and data services |                                   |
| research. ESRL data dissemination |                                   |
| and display systems are designed  |                                   |
| to be used by trained             |                                   |
| meteorologists, the US Forest     |                                   |
| Service, and the Bureau of Land   |                                   |
| Management. For example, the      |                                   |
| FX-Net thin client system and the |                                   |
| Gridded FX-Net full function      |                                   |
| system are ESRL-developed         |                                   |
| software systems that are a       |                                   |
| critical part of the equipment    |                                   |
| the IMETS bring with them to the  |                                   |
| fire. NWS forecasters at fires in |                                   |
| all 50 states use these mobile    |                                   |
| PC--based client software         |                                   |
| packages. Computer servers that   |                                   |
| communicate with the mobile PC    |                                   |
| clients are located in Hawaii,    |                                   |
| Alaska, Utah, Colorado, Texas and |                                   |
| New York. State emergency         |                                   |
| managers in many of the NWS       |                                   |
| regional areas also use the       |                                   |
| PC-base clients. Other            |                                   |
| collaborators who work to improve |                                   |
| NWS fire weather services include |                                   |
| the University of Colorado in     |                                   |
| Boulder (CU), NCAR and private    |                                   |
| sector instrumentation companies. |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Climate Program Office**        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **New Jersey Grants**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA is a leading provider of     |                                   |
| climate, weather, and water       |                                   |
| information and services to the   |                                   |
| nation and the world. NOAA's      |                                   |
| Climate Program Office was        |                                   |
| established in October 2005. The  |                                   |
| Office manages the competitive    |                                   |
| research program by which NOAA    |                                   |
| funds high-priority climate       |                                   |
| science to advance understanding  |                                   |
| of atmospheric, oceanic,          |                                   |
| land-based, and snow and ice      |                                   |
| processes, and how they affect    |                                   |
| climate. It focuses on developing |                                   |
| a broader user community for      |                                   |
| climate products and services,    |                                   |
| provides NOAA a focal point for   |                                   |
| climate activities within NOAA,   |                                   |
| leads NOAA climate education and  |                                   |
| outreach activities, and          |                                   |
| coordinates international climate |                                   |
| activities. It supports projects  |                                   |
| across the nation conducted by    |                                   |
| investigators outside the federal |                                   |
| government, such as the through   |                                   |
| the academic and private sectors, |                                   |
| within the federal government,    |                                   |
| and in NOAA Cooperative           |                                   |
| Institutes. The Climate Program   |                                   |
| Office provides climate funding   |                                   |
| in this state.                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [http                             |                                   |
| ://www.cpo.noaa.gov/]{.underline} |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Sea Grant College      |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **New Jersey Sea Grant College    |                                   |
| Program**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s National Sea Grant        |                                   |
| College Program is a              |                                   |
| federal-university partnership    |                                   |
| that integrates research,         |                                   |
| education, and outreach           |                                   |
| (extension and communications).   |                                   |
| Sea Grant forms a network of 32   |                                   |
| programs in all U.S. coastal and  |                                   |
| Great Lakes states, Puerto Rico   |                                   |
| and Guam. The New Jersey Marine   |                                   |
| Sciences Consortium manages New   |                                   |
| Jersey Sea Grant. New Jersey Sea  |                                   |
| Grant funds research and          |                                   |
| education programs related to the |                                   |
| preservation of the state\'s      |                                   |
| marine resources. Since its       |                                   |
| inception, the New Jersey Sea     |                                   |
| Grant College Program has been in |                                   |
| the forefront of research,        |                                   |
| education and outreach in         |                                   |
| contaminant reduction, fisheries  |                                   |
| research, coastal engineering,    |                                   |
| hazard mitigation, and            |                                   |
| environmental modeling.           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.njmsc.org/]{.u       |                                   |
| nderline}](http://www.njmsc.org/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NJ- 2***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Cape May***                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fisheries Statistics Office**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northeast Region Fishery      |                                   |
| Statistics Office is responsible  |                                   |
| for the collection, receipt and   |                                   |
| initial processing of fishery     |                                   |
| dependent data describing the     |                                   |
| commercial fisheries\' harvests   |                                   |
| and landings in the local area.   |                                   |
| The fishery dependent data        |                                   |
| includes seafood dealer receipts  |                                   |
| of purchases from fishing         |                                   |
| vessels, biological samples of    |                                   |
| these landings and other          |                                   |
| information used by fishery       |                                   |
| managers and scientists to        |                                   |
| monitor and assess coast wide     |                                   |
| stocks of finfish and shellfish.  |                                   |
| Staff serves as liaisons to the   |                                   |
| local fishing industry, state     |                                   |
| marine fisheries agencies, and    |                                   |
| other constituents.               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://w                        |                                   |
| ww.nero.noaa.gov/fso/]{.underline |                                   |
| }](http://www.nero.noaa.gov/fso/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Marmora***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our Nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office for Law   |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. From  |                                   |
| the Maine/Canadian border south   |                                   |
| to the southern parts of Virginia |                                   |
| lays one of the largest and       |                                   |
| most-active fishing fleets in the |                                   |
| world. Over 12,000 federally      |                                   |
| licensed commercial fishing       |                                   |
| vessels ply these waters in       |                                   |
| search of scallops, bluefin tuna, |                                   |
| swordfish, monkfish, lobster and  |                                   |
| Atlantic cod. In the Northeast    |                                   |
| Division, the special agents and  |                                   |
| support personnel monitor         |                                   |
| thousands of recreational fishing |                                   |
| vessels, 43 major seafood ports,  |                                   |
| 12 major seafood exchanges, 21    |                                   |
| major international airports, and |                                   |
| eight major entry stations from   |                                   |
| Canada. The Office for Law        |                                   |
| Enforcement Northeast Division is |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within NOAA's          |                                   |
| Stellwagen Bank National Marine   |                                   |
| Sanctuary off Massachusetts and   |                                   |
| Thunder Bay National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuary in Michigan. The        |                                   |
| Northeast Division has a vast     |                                   |
| assortment of missions to enforce |                                   |
| laws across 84,000 miles of open  |                                   |
| water in the EEZ that are home to |                                   |
| multiple endangered species       |                                   |
| including the critically          |                                   |
| endangered Northern Right Whale.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast. |                                   |
| html]{.underline}](http://www.nmf |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Tom's River***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Fisheries Statistics Office**   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Northeast Region Fishery      |                                   |
| Statistics Office port office is  |                                   |
| responsible for reviewing and     |                                   |
| auditing of fishery dependent     |                                   |
| data describing the commercial    |                                   |
| fisheries\' landings in the local |                                   |
| area. The fishery dependent data  |                                   |
| includes seafood dealer reports   |                                   |
| of purchases from fishing         |                                   |
| vessels, collection of biological |                                   |
| samples from these landings and   |                                   |
| other information used by fishery |                                   |
| managers and scientists to        |                                   |
| monitor and assess coast wide     |                                   |
| stocks of finfish and shellfish.  |                                   |
| Staff liaison with the local      |                                   |
| fishing industry, state marine    |                                   |
| fisheries agencies, and other     |                                   |
| constituents to assist with       |                                   |
| explaining fishery regulations    |                                   |
| including permitting, fisheries   |                                   |
| biology and other NOAA wide       |                                   |
| activities.                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.nero.noaa.gov/fso/.]{.underline |                                   |
| }](http://www.nero.noaa.gov/fso/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NJ- 3***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Mount Holly-Greater            |                                   |
| Philadelphia Area and Delaware    |                                   |
| River Valley***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Weather Service        |                                   |
| (NWS)**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Weather Forecast Office**       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Mount Holly WFO**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Located about 25 miles northeast  |                                   |
| of Philadelphia just outside      |                                   |
| Mount Holly, this National        |                                   |
| Weather Service Weather Forecast  |                                   |
| Office provides weather and flood |                                   |
| warnings, daily forecasts and     |                                   |
| meteorologic and hydrologic data  |                                   |
| for 34 counties in four states    |                                   |
| (10 counties in eastern           |                                   |
| Pennsylvania, 16 counties in New  |                                   |
| Jersey, 5 counties on the upper   |                                   |
| eastern shore of Maryland, and    |                                   |
| all 3 counties of Delaware), with |                                   |
| a population of 11.1 million      |                                   |
| residents, and includes the       |                                   |
| greater Philadelphia metropolitan |                                   |
| area. This office also provides   |                                   |
| marine forecasts and warnings for |                                   |
| the Atlantic coastal waters from  |                                   |
| Sandy Hook, New Jersey to Fenwick |                                   |
| Island, Delaware, and the entire  |                                   |
| Delaware Bay.                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http                            |                                   |
| ://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi]{.underli |                                   |
| ne}](http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NJ- 4***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Wall***                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Law Enforcement**     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Field Office**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Law Enforcement |                                   |
| is dedicated primarily to the     |                                   |
| enforcement of laws that protect  |                                   |
| and regulate our Nation's living  |                                   |
| marine resources and their        |                                   |
| natural habitat. Office for Law   |                                   |
| Enforcement special agents and    |                                   |
| enforcement officers have         |                                   |
| specified authority to enforce    |                                   |
| over 37 statutes, as well as      |                                   |
| numerous treaties related to the  |                                   |
| conservation and protection of    |                                   |
| marine resources and other        |                                   |
| matters of concern to NOAA. From  |                                   |
| the Maine/Canadian border south   |                                   |
| to the southern parts of Virginia |                                   |
| lies one of the largest and       |                                   |
| most-active fishing fleets in the |                                   |
| world.                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Over 12,000 federally licensed    |                                   |
| commercial fishing vessels ply    |                                   |
| these waters in search of         |                                   |
| scallops, bluefin tuna,           |                                   |
| swordfish, monkfish, lobster and  |                                   |
| Atlantic cod. In the Northeast    |                                   |
| Division, the special agents and  |                                   |
| support personnel monitor         |                                   |
| thousands of recreational fishing |                                   |
| vessels, 43 major seafood ports,  |                                   |
| 12 major seafood exchanges, 21    |                                   |
| major international airports, and |                                   |
| eight major entry stations from   |                                   |
| Canada. The Office for Law        |                                   |
| Enforcement Northeast Division is |                                   |
| also responsible for enforcement  |                                   |
| activities within NOAA's          |                                   |
| Stellwagen Bank National Marine   |                                   |
| Sanctuary off Massachusetts and   |                                   |
| Thunder Bay National Marine       |                                   |
| Sanctuary in Michigan. The        |                                   |
| Northeast Division has a vast     |                                   |
| assortment of missions to enforce |                                   |
| laws across 84,000 miles of open  |                                   |
| water in the EEZ that are home to |                                   |
| multiple endangered species       |                                   |
| including the critically          |                                   |
| endangered Northern Right Whale.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://ww                       |                                   |
| w.nmfs.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast. |                                   |
| html]{.underline}](http://www.nmf |                                   |
| s.noaa.gov/ole/ne_northeast.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NJ- 6***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Highlands***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Fisheries Science     |                                   |
| Center**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **James J. Howard Laboratory**    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The James J. Howard Marine        |                                   |
| Sciences Laboratory, located on   |                                   |
| the New Jersey shore at Sandy     |                                   |
| Hook, is a state-of-the-art       |                                   |
| marine research facility shared   |                                   |
| by NOAA and the State of New      |                                   |
| Jersey. Scientists here study the |                                   |
| effects of environmental factors  |                                   |
| on fishery resources. Emphasis is |                                   |
| on studies of reproductive        |                                   |
| activity and early life stages of |                                   |
| marine animals, since these are   |                                   |
| generally the most vulnerable to  |                                   |
| environmental variation.          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[                                |                                   |
| http://sh.nefsc.noaa.gov/]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://sh.nefsc.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Marine Fisheries       |                                   |
| Service (NMFS)**                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Northeast Region**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Habitat Conservation Division   |                                   |
| Sandy Hook Field Office**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Housed with the Sandy Hook        |                                   |
| Laboratory, this office provides  |                                   |
| local support for NMFS' habitat   |                                   |
| conservation efforts. It provides |                                   |
| consultative services for Federal |                                   |
| activities and Federally          |                                   |
| permitted activities that could   |                                   |
| affect living marine resources or |                                   |
| the habitats upon which they      |                                   |
| depend.                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www                      |                                   |
| .nero.noaa.gov/nero/]{.underline} |                                   |
| ](http://www.nero.noaa.gov/nero/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Response and          |                                   |
| Restoration (OR&R)**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Regional Resource Coordinator** |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| OR&R's Regional Resource          |                                   |
| Coordinator (RRC) based in Sandy  |                                   |
| Hook provides scientific and      |                                   |
| technical expertise and timely    |                                   |
| response to oil spills or         |                                   |
| hazardous materials releases to   |                                   |
| collect information, samples, and |                                   |
| evidence that are time dependent  |                                   |
| and critical to support natural   |                                   |
| resource damage assessments       |                                   |
| throughout the coastal US.        |                                   |
| Specifically, RRCs work on        |                                   |
| multi-disciplinary scientific,    |                                   |
| economic, and legal teams and are |                                   |
| responsible for determining and   |                                   |
| quantifying injuries to NOAA      |                                   |
| trust natural resources through   |                                   |
| determination of injuries and     |                                   |
| pathway, and demonstration of     |                                   |
| causal mechanisms. RRCs document  |                                   |
| the severity, geographic extent,  |                                   |
| and likely duration of the        |                                   |
| injury. The goal of the RRCs      |                                   |
| efforts is to determine the       |                                   |
| appropriate amount and type of    |                                   |
| restoration required to restore   |                                   |
| injured NOAA trust resources and  |                                   |
| compensate the public for their   |                                   |
| lost use.                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://response.restora         |                                   |
| tion.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http: |                                   |
| //response.restoration.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Mullica River-Great Bay***     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Jacques Cousteau National       |                                   |
| Estuarine Research Reserve**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Jacques Cousteau Reserve at   |                                   |
| Mullica River-Great Bay (114,665  |                                   |
| acres), is regarded as one of the |                                   |
| least disturbed estuaries in the  |                                   |
| densely populated urban corridor  |                                   |
| of the Northeastern United        |                                   |
| States. It was established in     |                                   |
| 1997 and is managed by Rutgers    |                                   |
| University Institute of Marine    |                                   |
| and Coastal Sciences. The Reserve |                                   |
| incorporates a variety of         |                                   |
| brackish marsh, lowland forests,  |                                   |
| open water, and barrier islands.  |                                   |
| The northern border includes      |                                   |
| submerged aquatic vegetation      |                                   |
| habitats or beds of eelgrass      |                                   |
| (Zostera *marina*). The most      |                                   |
| extensive cover of pitch pine     |                                   |
| (Pinlis regida) in North America  |                                   |
| dominates the upland buffer       |                                   |
| areas. Key species include the    |                                   |
| piping plover, bald eagle,        |                                   |
| peregrine falcon and timber       |                                   |
| rattlesnake.                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://nerrs.noaa.gov/Jacq      |                                   |
| uesCousteau/]{.underline}](http:/ |                                   |
| /nerrs.noaa.gov/JacquesCousteau/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***New Brunswick***               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean Exploration and |                                   |
| Research**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for the Mid-Atlantic     |                                   |
| Bight**                           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Office of Ocean           |                                   |
| Exploration and Research focuses  |                                   |
| on exploration, advanced undersea |                                   |
| technology development, research  |                                   |
| of extreme and unique             |                                   |
| environments, continental shelf   |                                   |
| ecosystems, new ocean resources,  |                                   |
| and ocean dynamics, and the       |                                   |
| communication of results to       |                                   |
| various audiences through         |                                   |
| education and outreach. NOAA\'s   |                                   |
| Undersea Research Center for the  |                                   |
| Mid-Atlantic Bight region,        |                                   |
| located at the Institute of       |                                   |
| Marine and Coastal Sciences at    |                                   |
| Rutgers University, is one of six |                                   |
| undersea centers established by   |                                   |
| NOAA\'s Undersea Research Program |                                   |
| (NURP) to provide the research    |                                   |
| community access to advanced      |                                   |
| underwater technologies. The      |                                   |
| center\'s major goal is to        |                                   |
| improve knowledge of the          |                                   |
| processes governing change and    |                                   |
| stability in the Mid-Atlantic     |                                   |
| Bight (New York to Virginia).     |                                   |
| Since its creation in 1992, the   |                                   |
| Center has focused on             |                                   |
| establishing Long-Term Ecosystem  |                                   |
| Observations. Future initiatives  |                                   |
| include developing advanced in    |                                   |
| situ undersea platforms that will |                                   |
| service as bases for remotely     |                                   |
| operated vehicles (ROV\'s),       |                                   |
| autonomous undersea vehicles      |                                   |
| (AUV\'s) and various sensors.     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.nurp.noaa.gov and    |                                   |
| http://www.oceane                 |                                   |
| xplorer.noaa.gov]{.underline}](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NJ-12***                       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Princeton***                   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute**         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Cooperative Institute for       |                                   |
| Climate Science (CICS), Princeton |                                   |
| University**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| CICS was established at Princeton |                                   |
| University in October 2003. CICS  |                                   |
| brings together the strengths of  |                                   |
| Princeton University in           |                                   |
| biogeochemistry, physical         |                                   |
| oceanography, paleoclimate,       |                                   |
| hydrology, ecosystem ecology,     |                                   |
| climate change mitigation         |                                   |
| technology, economics, and        |                                   |
| policy; and those of the          |                                   |
| Geophysical Fluid Dynamics        |                                   |
| Laboratory (GFDL) in modeling the |                                   |
| atmosphere, oceans, weather and   |                                   |
| climate. CICS is an outgrowth of  |                                   |
| a highly successful forty-year    |                                   |
| collaboration between Princeton   |                                   |
| University scientists and GFDL    |                                   |
| under Princeton University's      |                                   |
| Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences  |                                   |
| Program that contributed to the   |                                   |
| development of oceanic and        |                                   |
| atmospheric models, performed     |                                   |
| research on climate and           |                                   |
| biogeochemical cycling, and       |                                   |
| educated several generations of   |                                   |
| graduate students. CICS conducts  |                                   |
| research under four research      |                                   |
| themes: (1) earth system studies  |                                   |
| and climate research; (2)         |                                   |
| biogeochemistry; (3) coastal      |                                   |
| processes; and (4) paleoclimate.  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://web.princeton.           |                                   |
| edu/sites/cics.]{.underline}](htt |                                   |
| p://web.princeton.edu/sites/cics) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geophysical Fluid Dynamics      |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Community Climate Model         |                                   |
| Development, Construction and     |                                   |
| Comparison**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics    |                                   |
| Laboratory (GFDL) has been        |                                   |
| involved in extensive             |                                   |
| collaboration with the National   |                                   |
| Center for Atmospheric Research   |                                   |
| in the development, construction  |                                   |
| and testing of the Community      |                                   |
| Climate System Model (CCSM).      |                                   |
| Sponsored by the National Science |                                   |
| Foundation and the Department of  |                                   |
| Energy, the CCSM is a numerical,  |                                   |
| global climate modeling system    |                                   |
| that provides state-of-the-art    |                                   |
| computer simulations of the       |                                   |
| Earth\'s past, present, and       |                                   |
| future climate states.            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geophysical Fluid Dynamics      |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Hurricane Modeling, Prediction  |                                   |
| and Development**                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics    |                                   |
| Laboratory (GFDL) has been        |                                   |
| involved in extensive             |                                   |
| collaboration with the National   |                                   |
| Weather Service National          |                                   |
| Hurricane Center, located in      |                                   |
| Miami. GFDL has supplied the      |                                   |
| hurricane forecasting center with |                                   |
| a state-of-the-art hurricane      |                                   |
| prediction model, which has       |                                   |
| proven to be very successful in   |                                   |
| forecasting both storm track and  |                                   |
| intensity.                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Oceanic and           |                                   |
| Atmospheric Research (OAR)**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geophysical Fluid Dynamics      |                                   |
| Laboratory**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **NOAA Laboratory**               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geophysical Fluid Dynamics    |                                   |
| Laboratory (GFDL) conducts        |                                   |
| research directed toward          |                                   |
| understanding weather on large    |                                   |
| and small scales; climate on      |                                   |
| global and regional scales; the   |                                   |
| earth\'s atmospheric general      |                                   |
| circulation; the spatial and      |                                   |
| temporal dynamics of the oceans;  |                                   |
| the interactions of the           |                                   |
| atmosphere and oceans; and the    |                                   |
| interactions of various trace     |                                   |
| constituents with the atmosphere  |                                   |
| and oceans. GFDL develops models  |                                   |
| of the atmosphere and oceans to   |                                   |
| study their behavior and          |                                   |
| properties. The Laboratory        |                                   |
| pioneered the use of general      |                                   |
| circulation models of the         |                                   |
| atmosphere and contributes to the |                                   |
| nation\'s programs for improved   |                                   |
| understanding of climate and      |                                   |
| global change and improved        |                                   |
| meteorological forecasting.       |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[                                |                                   |
| http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/]{.under |                                   |
| line}](http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***Trenton***                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Geodetic Survey**      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Geodetic Advisor**              |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor is a jointly |                                   |
| funded NOS employee that resides  |                                   |
| in the state to provide liaison   |                                   |
| between NOS and the host state.   |                                   |
| The Geodetic Advisor guides and   |                                   |
| assists the state\'s charting,    |                                   |
| geodetic and surveying programs   |                                   |
| through technical expertise. This |                                   |
| program also provides assistance  |                                   |
| in planning and implementing      |                                   |
| Geographic/Land Information       |                                   |
| System (GIS/LIS) projects.        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://www.ngs.noaa.g           |                                   |
| ov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml]{ |                                   |
| .underline}](http://www.ngs.noaa. |                                   |
| gov/ADVISORS/AdvisorsIndex.shtml) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Office of Ocean and Coastal     |                                   |
| Resource Management**             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **New Jersey Coastal Management   |                                   |
| Program**/ **New Jersey           |                                   |
| Department of Environmental       |                                   |
| Protection**                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| The New Jersey Department of      |                                   |
| Environmental Protection in       |                                   |
| partnership with the New Jersey   |                                   |
| Meadowlands Commission            |                                   |
| administers the New Jersey        |                                   |
| Coastal Program. New Jersey\'s    |                                   |
| coastal zone boundary has four    |                                   |
| distinct regions. From the New    |                                   |
| York border to the Raritan Bay,   |                                   |
| the boundary extends landward     |                                   |
| from mean high water to the first |                                   |
| road or property line. From the   |                                   |
| Raritan Bay south along the       |                                   |
| Atlantic shoreline and up to the  |                                   |
| Delaware Memorial Bridge, the     |                                   |
| boundary extends from half a mile |                                   |
| to 24 miles inland (1,376 square  |                                   |
| miles of land area). From the     |                                   |
| Delaware Memorial Bridge          |                                   |
| northward up the Delaware River   |                                   |
| to Trenton, the boundary extends  |                                   |
| landward to the first road        |                                   |
| inclusive of all wetlands. The    |                                   |
| fourth boundary serves a 31-mile  |                                   |
| square area in the northeast      |                                   |
| corner of the state bordering the |                                   |
| Hudson river. The Coastal Program |                                   |
| faces several challenges due to   |                                   |
| its dense population, coastal     |                                   |
| hazards, polluted runoff, and     |                                   |
| impaired water quality. Major     |                                   |
| economic activities in this area  |                                   |
| include ports, tourism, fishing,  |                                   |
| and shellfishing. The state's     |                                   |
| coastal policies and procedures   |                                   |
| are administered through New      |                                   |
| Jersey's Rules on Coastal Zone    |                                   |
| Management, which are broken down |                                   |
| by location (wetlands, barrier    |                                   |
| island, open bay, etc.); use      |                                   |
| (industry, port, housing, etc.);  |                                   |
| and resource (shellfisheries,     |                                   |
| groundwater, vegetation, etc.).   |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [[http://coastalm                 |                                   |
| anagement.noaa.gov/mystate/nj.htm |                                   |
| l]{.underline}](http://coastalman |                                   |
| agement.noaa.gov/mystate/nj.html) |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| ***NJ-13***                       |                                   |
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| ***Jersey City***                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **National Ocean Service (NOS)**  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Center for Operational          |                                   |
| Oceanographic Products and        |                                   |
| Services**                        |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Port of New York / New Jersey   |                                   |
| PORTS®**                          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| A Physical Oceanographic          |                                   |
| Real-Time System (PORTS®) is      |                                   |
| operated cooperatively with the   |                                   |
| local maritime community in New   |                                   |
| York Harbor with real-time data   |                                   |
| quality-controlled and            |                                   |
| disseminated to local users for   |                                   |
| safe and efficient navigation.    |                                   |
| Real-time data are available for  |                                   |
| water levels from four stations,  |                                   |
| currents from three stations,     |                                   |
| meteorological data from four     |                                   |
| locations, conductivity at two    |                                   |
| locations and air gap at one      |                                   |
| location.                         |                                   |
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| [http://tides                     |                                   |
| andcurrents.noaa.gov]{.underline} |                                   |
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| **NOAA's Office of Legislative    |                                   |
| Affairs**                         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| **Tel: 202-482-4981               |                                   |
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| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov](ht |                                   |
| tp://www.legislative.noaa.gov/)** |                                   |
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