{"id":4491,"date":"2025-09-22T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/?page_id=4491"},"modified":"2025-09-22T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T20:23:20","slug":"ocean-acidification-report","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/resilience\/ocean-acidification-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Acidification Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;4\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mt-3\">The NJDEP created an <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocean Acidification Action Plan<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i> to address ocean and coastal acidification. Left unchecked, this global issue will negatively impact the balance of the ecosystem as well as the state\u2019s fish and shellfish industries. Shellfish are particularly vulnerable through the impacts of acidification on shell formation.<\/p>\n<p>The New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan identifies steps that the NJDEP has already taken that can help mitigate ocean and coastal acidification and outlines the Department\u2019s next steps to better understand the current conditions and prepare for additional impacts of ocean and coastal acidification.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;5\/12&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4507&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; link=&#8221;https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"float-right list-group mt-4 mb-2\">\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Executive Summary <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Background <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocean Acidification Impact <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Jersey&#8217;s Ocean Economy <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What is at Stake for New Jersey <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goals and Priority Strategies <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<li class=\"list-group-item pl-0 pb-3 text-right border-0\"><a class=\"text-dark\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/oceanacidification_actionplan_high-res.pdf#page=36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conclusion <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i><\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;4\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan The NJDEP created an Ocean Acidification Action Plan to address ocean and coastal acidification. Left unchecked, this global issue will negatively impact the balance of the ecosystem as well as the state\u2019s fish and shellfish industries. Shellfish are particularly vulnerable through the impacts of acidification on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"parent":313,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4491","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4491"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4518,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4491\/revisions\/4518"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/climatechange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}