NJDEP Marine Water Monitoring - Hurricane Sandy, Cape May County

Cape May County

Atlantic & Cape May Counties Re-Opening Map
Ocean County Stations

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4/11/13 Update: As of April 15, 2013, all of New Jersey’s shellfish beds that were once closed as a result of Superstorm Sandy will return to the classifications they had before Superstorm Sandy hit in October.

Partial Re-Opening Waters to Shellfish Harvest: Atlantic & Cape May Counties (11/14/2012 update)
Effective sunrise (6:42am) on November 15, 2012 all of the New Jersey state waters of the Atlantic and Cape May Counties from Little Egg Inlet to Cape May Point are open to their prior shellfish classification. The Department has determined through monitoring of water quality and shellfish tissue that these areas are now safe for the harvesting of shellfish in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:12 et seq. The data collected for Cape May County is in the below tables. To view the data collected in Atlantic County, click here. To view the Administrative Order, click here.

Shellfish Tissue Sample Area please refer to below map for locations	Shellfish Tissue Quality: Coliphage Analysis (PFU/100grams)
	11/13/12
Cape May County	16
Coliphage Criteria: < 50 PFU/100 grams

Sampling Stations please refer to below map for station locations	Water Quality: Fecal Coliform Analysis Fecal Coliform (CFU's/100mL)
	11/1/12	11/2	11/3	11/5	11/9	11/10	3/21/13
32	10	<10	<10	<10	NS	NS	3**
33	40	10	10	<10	60	<10	<3**
34	<10	<10	<10	<10	NS	NS	<3**
35	<10	50	10	<10	10	<10	3**
36	10	<10	10	<10	<10	<10	<3**
37	<10	10	<10	<10	NS	<10	3**
38	10	30	<10	20	NS	<10	NS
Notes: NS = No Sample Collected	Fecal Coliform Criteria: Approved < 14 CFU's/100mL Special Restricted < 88 CFU's/100mL **Enterococcus Result, Enterococcus Bathing Beach Standard 104 CFU's/100mL

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Last Updated: April 11, 2013