Official Site of The State of New Jersey

The current ex-officio are as follows:
• New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture, who shall serve as chair
• Commissioner Shawn LaTourette- Commissioner of Environmental Protection
(Mr. Joseph Cimino Administrator, Marine Resource Administration serving as designee)
• Secretary Tahesha Way- Secretary of State; (Ms. Melanie Willoughby, Executive Director, NJ Business Action Center, serving as Designee)
seat to fill “Chairman of the Commerce and Economic Growth Commission”
• Acting Commissioner Jeffrey A. Brown - Commissioner of Health
(Mr. Loel Muetter, Director, Consumer, Environmental and Occupational Health Service serving as designee)
• Dr. Dave Bushek, Director of Rutgers Haskin Shellfish Research Laboratory
seat to fill “Director of the Aquaculture Technology Transfer Center”
• Dr. Douglas Zemeckis, County Agent, Rutgers Cooperative Extension
seat to fill “Director of the Aquaculture Training and Information Center”
• Dean Laura Lawson, Executive Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station (Mr. Mike DeLuca JCNERR Reserve Manager serving as designee)
• Mr. Richard Herb, chairman of Marine Fisheries Council (non-voting), Mr. Robert Rush (permanent proxy)
• Mr. Frank Virgilio, chairman of Fish and Game Council (non-voting), Mr. Steve Fleetwood (permanent proxy)

The public members of the Council are as follows (six total members):
• Ms. Lisa Calvo- President of Senate Appointee; representative of an aquaculture organization or operator of an aquaculture farm
• Mr. Barney Hollinger- President of Senate Appointee; representative of the seafood industry
• Mr. Matt Gregg- Speaker of the Assembly Appointee; representative of an aquaculture organization or operator of an aquaculture farm

New Jersey Aquaculture Development Plan (printable)

New Jersey Aquaculture Development Plan 

Friday, July 25th, 2025 - HYBRID MEETING - in person at the JC NERR Education Center, 130 Great Bay Blvd, Tuckerton. Meeting will begin at 10:00am for both in person and remote.  

January 17, 2025 at 10 a.m., at the NJDA Office at 200 Riverview Plaza, Trenton, NJ, 08611. # 

Friday, April 11, 10 a.m. - Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Cape May County, 355 Court House – South Dennis Road.

Friday, July 25, 10 a.m. - JC NERR, 130 Great Bay Blvd, Tuckerton

Friday, October 24, 10 a.m. - Rutgers Cooperative Extension, Ocean County, 1623 Whitesville Road, Toms River