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Here’s how to avoid man-eating sharks this summer

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REMEMBER GRAYDON POOL IS SHARK FREE 

By Women’s Health

June 16, 2015 | 11:13am

If you go to the beach, it’s probably crossed your mind at least once: Shark attacks can happen.

It’s hard not to think about it since they’re in the news every summer. The latest terrifying story is of two teens who were attacked by sharks on Sunday in two separate incidents along the same stretch of beach in North Carolina.

According to the Associated Press, a 12-year-old girl lost part of her arm and suffered a leg injury, and a 16-year-old boy lost his left arm a little more than an hour later. Even scarier, both were in waist-deep water.

The most recent attacks weren’t the only ones the area has seen. A shark bit a 13-year-old girl’s foot a few days before, about 15 miles away.

There were 52 reported shark attacks in the U.S. last year, none of which were fatal, says Andrew Nosal, Ph.D., a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas are where they happen the most often, he says.

While that number seems low when you think about everyone who hops in the ocean each year, any shark attack is one too many. Should we be worried?

Probably not, says John Carlson, Ph.D., National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries shark expert. “While we can’t downplay the tragedies that occurred with these teenagers, we have to emphasize that shark attacks are an extremely rare event,” he says.

Carlson also points out that sharks don’t usually seek out humans and only attack when they confuse us for their natural prey.

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NJ TRANSIT’S SUMMER SHORE EXPRESS SERVICE RETURNS JUNE 21

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Enhanced North Jersey Coast Line express weekend service to beach towns launches Sunday, June 21

June 15, 2015NEWARK, NJ — NJ TRANSIT is making it convenient and affordable to get to summer shore destinations with the return of express weekend rail service from Penn Station New York and northern New Jersey cities to shore communities along the North Jersey Coast Line this Sunday, June 21.

Enhanced Saturday, Sunday and holiday rail service on the North Jersey Coast Line will operate from June 21 through September 12 and utilize the agency’s dual-powered locomotives to provide a one-seat ride.

“This one-seat ride rail service from New York is a sound investment that not only gives visitors and residents easier access to some of our most popular beaches and boardwalks, it also helps take cars off the roadway and boosts tourism and the economy in our shore communities,” said Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Chairman Jamie Fox.

“Our Shore service provides a safe and reliable way to get people where they need to be to enjoy time in the sun and expands transit options for travelers along the state’s costal region,” said NJ TRANSIT Executive Director Veronique “Ronnie” Hakim.  “NJ TRANSIT is grateful for the continued support of the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) without whom funding for this service would not be possible.”

Four round-trip express trains will operate between Penn Station New York and Bay Head.  This service also features hourly train service between Bay Head and Long Branch from approximately 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.  Two of the round-trips will be geared to beach travelers, with an additional two round-trips providing service during the early morning and late night timeframes.

The express service will serve Penn Station New York, Secaucus Junction, Newark Penn Station, Elizabeth, Rahway, Aberdeen-Matawan, Red Bank, Long Branch, Asbury Park, and then all station stops to Bay Head, without the need of a transfer in Long Branch.  A travel time savings of approximately 25 minutes is expected from the normal travel time between New York and trains such as Belmar, Manasquan and Point Pleasant.

Seating will be limited aboard the express service.  Customers are strongly encouraged to purchase round-trip tickets or discounted beach packages to Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Bradley Beach and Belmar (a savings of $6.50) prior to the start of their trip.  NJ TRANSIT beach packages are available at some ticket windows and ticket vending machines.  More information on beach packages is available on njtransit.com/summer.

Customers can also purchase NJ TRANSIT tickets using MyTix mobile ticketing.

Express trains will supplement NJ TRANSIT’s regular hourly rail shuttle service between Long Branch and Bay Head, and will operate using the statewide transportation agency’s new ALP-45 dual-powered locomotives.   These specialized trains will operate in electric mode between New York and Long Branch and will switch to diesel operation for travel between Long Branch and Bay Head – allowing for the one-seat ride.

The announcement follows the May 11, 2015 endorsement of the service by the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA), which authorized a $273,000 allocation through the federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) to fund the new service.

Detailed schedules are available on njtransit.com.

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Joey Harrison’s Surf Club is No More

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We are very sad to see the loss of a Jersey Shore icon , Surf Cub .

I saw this picture on Jersey Joel’s post last night & it struck me for a reason. I spent every summer working & playing there from the time I was 9 years old. I vividly remember walking on that beach for the 1st time after my Dad bought the place. I have all kinds of memories there, great, good, & bad. That’s Life. I personally would love to see the place rebuilt, but that decision is not up to me. My family has been moved by the all the pictures shared by people we know & don’t know. We miss summers there terribly and I personally made my livelihood there, working with some very creative people to do some really cool entertainment events like SurfStock, The Flying Mueller Bros, Saturday Night Disco & Sunday Jam Parties. My fondest memories are from the Teen Nights when my sons were old enough to run them and work on the themes with me. We were all so proud of the place and my Father for creating such a loving & wonderful work place to be in. I use to laugh to myself when people would say you should remodel and make the place more like this place or that place. They didn’t get it. It wasn’t about what the place looked like, it was about the 3 generations of families and beach/club goers who came there. So I guess we’ll see what happens from here. God Bless.Joey Jr.

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Just when you thought is was safe to go back in the water a 3,400 Pound Great White Shark is Recorded in Wildwood

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Here are Mary Lee’s recordings since 2012. Every time her dorsal fin rises above the water’s surface, OCEARCH receives a “ping”.

May 26,2014
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Ridgewood NJ, Thinking of going to the beach this summer , meet the newest member of the New Jersey shore community , no its not Snooki 2, her name is Mary Lee, and she is 3,456 pound great white shark .

Mary Lee was originally tagged off of the coast of Cape May back in 2012.  Well this summer Mary Lee is back  and the great white’s tracker was recorded around 8am only 10 miles off of Wildwood. Then at 1:04 p.m., Mary Lee pinged again about 12 miles off the coast a little further north, right on the border of Avalon and Sea Isle City. (https://1057thehawk.com/3400-pound-great-white-shark-recorded-in-wildwood-today/?trackback=fbshare_top )

Looks like I am sticking to golf this summer .

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Sunny days ahead? Optimism is high as Jersey Shore season starts

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MAY 23, 2015, 4:48 PM    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015, 11:41 PM
BY KATHLEEN LYNN AND KIM LUEDDEKE
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD

Despite a decidedly unsummer-like chill, visitors flocked to the Jersey Shore on Saturday, strolling along its boardwalks and filling restaurants and shops in celebration of the long Memorial Day weekend.

“Today’s been nice. Good crowd,” said Nicky Kaslov, owner of the Beach boyz clothing store on the Seaside Heights boardwalk. “I’m hoping to have a good year.”

As the Memorial Day weekend kicks off the traditional summer tourism season, business owners and analysts say that lower gas prices, an improving economy and a craving for sunshine after a tough winter are likely to bring more visitors to the Shore this year.

Experts at Stockton University in Galloway predict a 4 to 5 percent increase in tourism at most Jersey Shore communities this summer — assuming the weather’s bright.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/sunny-days-ahead-optimism-is-high-as-jersey-shore-season-starts-1.1341582

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One giant leap: Whale sightings off Jersey Shore up dramatically

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One giant leap: Whale sightings off Jersey Shore up dramatically

AUGUST 29, 2014, 7:26 PM    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2014, 10:34 PM
BY SCOTT FALLON
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

While it hasn’t become Cape Cod just yet, the number of whale sightings around New Jersey has increased substantially this year, suggesting that the state’s coastal waters are now clean enough to sustain humpbacks, finbacks and other species during their feeding season.

Since April, dozens of whales have been spotted from Sandy Hook to Cape May chasing down schools of small fish sometimes within a mile of New Jersey’s shoreline.

“They seem to be staying in the same area all season long, which is something we haven’t really seen before,” said Amy Bergeron, a marine biologist with the Cape May Whale Watch and Research Center, which runs tours along New Jersey’s southern coast. “Some are not even a mile out. We know they come here for the food, and you’re seeing huge batches of bait fish close to the shore.”

As of last week, the Cape May center had 37 whale sightings, compared with 15 through October last year. And Gotham Whale Watch, a group of “citizen scientists” who catalog marine mammals in New York and as far south as Monmouth County, has reported 57 whale sightings so far up from 43 in 2013.

The news has drawn thousands onto whale-watching boats hoping to see the majestic mammals gliding through the ocean and perhaps even glimpse a humpback leaping out of the water. It has also prompted authorities to issue alerts to boaters fearing whales are coming too close to shore.

Academics are treating the reports cautiously, since most of the sightings come from groups associated with local whale-watching boats. But some environmental officials and marine biologists say the reports should be taken seriously.

“It’s tough to definitively say there are more whales in an area without more baseline information,” said Jackie Toth Sullivan, a marine mammal scientist and adjunct professor at Richard Stockton College. “That being said, an increase certainly seems plausible given the amount of anecdotal reports coming in from boaters, whale-watching boats and beachgoers alike this season.”

Beginning in April, thousands of humpback whales usually pass New Jersey dozens of miles off the coast during their annual migration up the East Coast from their winter mating and birthing grounds in the West Indies. Many congregate around Cape Cod to feed on the abundant sea life near a large underwater plateau in Massachusetts Bay or head farther into the North Atlantic for food.

Cleaner waters affect the bottom of the food chain allowing plankton to flourish closer to shore. That in turn provides a food source for small bait fish like menhaden. And whales like nothing more than to scoop a school of menhaden into their mouths for lunch.

Even though an estimated 23 billion gallons of raw sewage spills from hundreds of outfall pipes into New Jersey’s rivers and bays each year, the state’s coastal waters are considered the cleanest they have been in decades.

New Jersey ranked third in best water quality out of 30 states last year with 3 percent of water samples exceeding pollution standards, according to a report by the National Resource Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group.

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Summer on hold for North Jerseyans struggling to rebuild their Shore homes

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Summer on hold for North Jerseyans struggling to rebuild their Shore homes

JULY 5, 2014, 11:52 PM    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, JULY 5, 2014, 11:57 PM
BY KATHLEEN LYNN
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

Almost two years after 2½ feet of stormwater surged into Michael Prezioso’s Ortley Beach vacation home, the place is still gutted and unusable. His flood insurance policy, Prezioso estimates, would cover only about 60 percent of the cost of repairing the house and replacing its contents.

In any case, he doesn’t want to spend anything on repairs until he can elevate the house — an expense, he says, he can’t afford.

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Clifton resident Michael Prezioso’s second home is at Ortley Beach. “It would cost me $200,000 to bring it back,” he said.

“I really don’t know what I’m doing,” said Prezioso, who lives in Clifton. “It would cost me $200,000 to bring it back. I’m in limbo right now.”

Like Prezioso, many North Jerseyans who own beach homes have had a difficult time since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the shoreline in the fall of 2012. Some have spent tens of thousands to repair their homes; others have been unable to afford repairs, and their homes are still out of use.

Owners of second homes understand that their losses don’t compare to the destruction or devastation of a primary home, which so many suffered in New Jersey. But many vacation-home owners have deep family ties to the Shore. They tell stories of childhoods spent crammed into their grandparents’ or parents’ bungalows and remember afternoons at the beach and evenings of miniature golf with their own children. They mourn the loss of those beach experiences and wonder when they’ll be able to return to their homes.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/summer-on-hold-for-north-jerseyans-struggling-to-rebuild-their-shore-homes-1.1046803#sthash.iPTfz54f.dpuf