The New Jersey Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring is involved in many aspects of the State's coastal water quality. It's roles include monitoring for compliance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program, coordination of coastal bathing beach monitoring, removal of trash from coastal beaches, evaluation of the ecological health of the coastal waters, and monitoring to identify and track pollution sources impacting the State's coastal waters.

New Jersey has a very promising trend with regard to coastal water quality as reflected in the percent of its coastal waters from which shellfish can be harvested. With the most recent changes to the State's regulations on June 2, 2008 almost 90 percent of New Jersey's coastal waters are harvestable for shellfish (see the chart).

For more information on the Bureau and its programs, select from an area of interest below:

NJ Bathing Beach Quality	Health of NJ's Bay and Ocean Waters
Recent test results of NJ ocean beaches Cooperative Coastal Monitoring Program (Beach Program) Clean Shores	NJ's Coastal Monitoring Network National Coastal Assessment (NCA) Real-time Water Quality (Sensors) Remote Sensing for Algal Blooms
Seafood Safety - National Shellfish Sanitation Program	Finding Pollution Sources
Water Classification Maps Applications for Special Harvesting Permits Shellfish Sanitation Reports Phytoplankton Monitoring	Nonpoint Source Pollution Monitoring New Tools to Identify Pollution Sources Report Pollution and Spills to the NJDEP 24-hour Hotline at: 1-877-WARN-DEP (1-877-927-6337)