{"id":63161,"date":"2025-11-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?p=63161"},"modified":"2025-11-25T12:29:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:29:54","slug":"news-2025-11-26-give-seals-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/news-2025-11-26-give-seals-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Seals Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image text-wrap-pic half\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-scaled.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1735\" src=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-scaled.png 2560w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-1024x694.png 1024w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-768x521.png 768w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-1536x1041.png 1536w, https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/njfw\/give-seals-space-graphic-noaa-fisheries-2048x1388.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: NOAA Fisheries<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Seals are hauling out on New Jersey beaches \u2014 and that\u2019s totally normal! <\/strong>They come ashore to <strong>rest and warm up<\/strong>, so if you spot one, give it plenty of space and let it relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how you can help:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep your distance:<\/strong> Stay at least <strong>150 feet away<\/strong> (about 3 bus lengths).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leash your pets:<\/strong> Keep dogs<strong> far from seals<\/strong> to keep both safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See a seal that looks sick or injured?<\/strong> Call the <strong>Marine Mammal Stranding Center\u2019s 24-hour hotline:<\/strong> <i class=\"fa-solid fa-phone\" title=\"Phone Number\"><\/i> <strong><a href=\"tel:609-266-0538\">609-266-0538<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s keep New Jersey\u2019s wildlife safe and stress-free this season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wildlife\/marine-mammals\/\">https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wildlife\/marine-mammals\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seals are hauling out on New Jersey beaches \u2014 and that\u2019s totally normal! They come ashore to rest and warm up, so if you spot one, give it plenty of space and let it relax. Here\u2019s how you can help: Keep your distance: Stay at least 150 feet away (about 3 bus lengths). Leash your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":254,"featured_media":63163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,56,48,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing","category-saltwater-commercial","category-saltwater-recreational","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63161","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=63161"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63166,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63161\/revisions\/63166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}