Sea Girt Reef Gets Additional Rubble

The Sea Girt Reef, located offshore of Monmouth County and part of the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife's Artificial Reef Program, will receive three additional loads of concrete rubble from a seawall project in New York City.

Approximately 926 cubic yards of material will be placed on the reef addition to 2,778 cubic yards which were recently deployed.

Once the concrete is deployed it will serve as an attachment surface for mussels, barnacles, hydroids, anemones, stony coral and other invertebrates.

Deployment locations for the Sea Girt Reef are:

    1) 40 06.700'    73 57.200'
    2) 40 07.250'    73 57.000'
    3) 40 06.800'    73 57.000'

The Sea Girt Reef is a popular fishing location for anglers coming out of Manasquan Inlet.

For more information, visit the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife Artificial Reef Deployments page.

source: NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife

North Carolina State Record Jack Crevalle

The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries has certified a new state record jack crevalle, also known as crevalle jack.

Frank Dalli of Wake Forest caught the 49-pound, 1.6-ounce fish April 2 at the Gulf Stream ledge, 65 miles off Wrightsville Beach. It measured 43 inches fork length and had a 30-inch girth.

Dalli’s catch tops the former state record of 47 pounds, caught in 1989 off Cape Hatteras. The world record jack crevalle weighed 66 pounds, 2 ounces, and was caught in 2010 in Angola.

Dalli was fishing on a boat captained by Michael Jackson of Live Line Charters, Wilmington.

source: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources