{"id":61703,"date":"2025-08-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=61703"},"modified":"2025-08-06T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:22:50","slug":"news-2025-08-06-barge-deployment-on-the-little-egg-inlet-reef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2025-08-06-barge-deployment-on-the-little-egg-inlet-reef\/","title":{"rendered":"Barge Deployment on the Little Egg Inlet Reef"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"61793\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-rotated.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"61797\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/view-from-boat-of-barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-rotated.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"61796\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/barge-deployment-capsizing-in-sea-water-under-partly-cloudy-blue-sky-at-little-egg-inlet-reef-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In July, the NJDEP Fish &amp; Wildlife\u2019s Artificial Reef Program staff deployed a new addition to the Little Egg Inlet Reef (N 39\u00b028.307\u2019 W 074\u00b011.546\u2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 200-foot barge, No. 199, was sponsored by the Beach Haven Charter Boat Association and their Junior Mates Program and further supported by the Sport Fishing Fund, NJDEP\u2019s partner 501c3 organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This deployment\u00a0will\u00a0become home to more than 150 marine organisms including black sea bass, tautog, summer flounder, lobsters, crabs and mussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/fishing\/marine\/artificial-reef-program\/\">New Jersey&#8217;s Artificial Reef Program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u200b<\/strong>\u200b<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesportfishingfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sportfishing Fund<\/a> <i class=\"fa-regular fa-arrow-up-right-from-square text-primary\" title=\"External Link\"><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In July, the NJDEP Fish &amp; Wildlife\u2019s Artificial Reef Program staff deployed a new addition to the Little Egg Inlet Reef (N 39\u00b028.307\u2019 W 074\u00b011.546\u2019). The 200-foot barge, No. 199, was sponsored by the Beach Haven Charter Boat Association and their Junior Mates Program and further supported by the Sport Fishing Fund, NJDEP\u2019s partner 501c3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":61793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,56,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-commercial","category-saltwater-recreational"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/254"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61703"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61798,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61703\/revisions\/61798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}