Down the Shore Archive

Eligible businesses include commercial and recreational fisheries, aquaculture businesses, processors, dealers, and bait and tackle shops.

A rocket launch will likely dazzle sky-gazers throughout the New Jersey region early Friday evening.

The oil industry will not pursue seismic airgun blasting to investigate offshore petroleum locations in Atlantic Ocean because permits cannot be reviewed in time.

A Pennsylvania woman vacationing with her family at the New Jersey shore drowned while trying to rescue her three children from rough waters, authorities said.

Police are warning Long Beach Island residents to be vigilant after the theft of a high-end vehicle and subsequent pursuits early Thursday.

Beach replenishment projects continue at the Jersey Shore, with another round set to begin soon in northern Monmouth County.

Two construction workers were injured when a house they were working on suffered a partial collapse, authorities said. 

A man has died after first responders rescued him from the ocean in New Jersey late Wednesday morning, authorities announced. 

The 2020 census revealed 941 seabeach amaranth plants — a sharp decline from the 7,195 plants counted in 2019.

Large swells up to eight feet high — generated by the distant Hurricane Teddy — are creating dangerous conditions and rip currents, according to the National Weather Service.

Legislation that comprehensively bans single-use plastic and paper bags along with foam products and plastic straws advanced in the New Jersey Assembly Thursday. 

For the second time in the history, the National Hurricane Center is using the Greek alphabet to name new cyclones during this year's record-breaking hurricane season. 

Another round of dredging around a stretch of the Intracoastal Waterway through New Jersey is underway. 

A 60-year-old man drowned in rough seas off Ocean County Monday, authorities said. 

Volunteer firefighters from the northern Ocean County barrier island responded to at least six water rescue calls in dangerous ocean conditions Monday.