Citizens' Right to Access Beaches, C.R.A.B. Beach Access, Everyone's Right....Beach Stewardship, Everyone's Responsibility

OUR STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS:

OUR DUNE PLANTING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN PUT ON HOLD AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT THEY WILL RESUME IN THE NEAR FUTURE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF CURRENT LITIGATION BLOCKING DUNE BUILDING AND REPLENISHMENT PROJECTS IN THE POINT PLEASANT BEACH AREA

OUR 2011 DUNE PLANTING PROJECT SATURDAY NOV. 12 AT 11AM ON THE MARYLAND AVE BEACH

Students from Point Pleasant Beach High School and volunteers from C.R.A.B restoring a portion of the dune at Maryland Ave. Beach, Sat. Nov. 12, 2011

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CAME OUT TO HELP!

*SADLY THE DUNE PICTURED IN THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS DESTROYED BY SUPER STORM SANDY, WE ARE HOPING TO REINSTATE OUR DUNE BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.*SADLY THE DUNE PICTURED IN THE PHOTO ABOVE WAS DESTROYED BY SUPER STORM SANDY, WE ARE HOPING TO REINSTATE OUR DUNE BUILDING PROJECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE

CLICK HERE FOR 2011 PROJECT INFORMATION

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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR 2008 MARYLAND AVE. BEACH DUNE PLANTING PROJECT

Our YouTube Video on Planting American Dune Grass

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C.R.A.B. HAS INITIATED AND SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND TO ENCOURAGE PROPER STEWARDSHIP OF OUR BEACHES AND COASTAL WATERS.

C.R.A.B. applied for and received a New Jersey Conservation Foundation Matching Funds Grant for our Dune Preservation and Education Project at the Maryland Ave. Beach in Point Pleasant Beach.

Click here for "The Ocean Star" article on the project.

CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATING GROUPS
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THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO LEND A HAND IN THE PROJECT. IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE SO MANY POINT PLEASANT BOROUGH AND POINT PLEASANT BEACH STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND COMMUNITY MINDED CITIZENS WORKING TOGETHER (AND SO HARD) TO TRANSFORM THE DUNE. ON BEHALF OF THE PPB ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO MOVED ON TO LOUGHRAN PT. TO CONTINUE THE PLANTING.

SPECIAL NOTE: We forgot to get the names and contact information of some of the participants. We would like to formally thank each one of you and present you with a complimentary C.R.A.B. membership. Please email your contact information to crabnj@yahoo.com.

CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION AND PARTICIPATING GROUPS

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FISHING LINE RECYCLE PROGRAM

As part of it's Stewardship Program C.R.A.B. volunteers have installed and maintain Monofilament Fishing Line Recycling Stations, provided by the NJDEP at the Mantoloking Bridge Fishing Pier in Brick and at Gull Island Park in Point Pleasant Beach. The Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department is implementing improvements to these valuable waterfront areas.

THE MONOFILAMENT RECOVERY STATION AT THE MANTOLOKING BRIDGE HAS BEEN INSTALLED. C.R.A.B. HAS PARTNERED WITH
PELL'S FISH AND SPORT to maintain the site

THE GULL ISLAND RECYCLE SITE IS NOW UP AND RUNNING!
The Gull Island site is co-sponsored by CO SIGN SIGNS

FOR INFORMATION ON HOW YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION CAN CO-SPONSOR A FISHING LINE RECYCLE SITE CONTACT US AT CRABNJ@YAHOO.COM

POLLUTION ISSUES

A RECENT DISCHARGE ONTO THE SAND FROM THE SEA AVE. OUTFALL STANCHION

We worked with CLEAN OCEAN ACTION , municipal officials, and companies like ABTECH ATLANTIC to formulate solutions to the discharge onto the sand at the Sea Ave. Outfall Stanchion. We are taking a multi-faceted approach to remediation of the outfall

Public Awareness and education as to the effects of litter, use of pesticides and fertilizers, animal waste, and other polutants have on storm water drainage systems.
Working with municipal, county, and state officials on initiating and monitoring
an effective storm water management plan
Demanding regularly scheduled testing of the Outfall discharge and the SAND adjacent to the outfall stanchion
Working with the private sector to investigate technologies available to help remediate the system
Investigating federal and state funding sources available for the remediation program

On April 4, 2006, C.R.A.B. was invited to attend a Point Pleasant Beach Council Caucus session to hear a presentation from the County Engineer's office on the Outfall Stanchion. At our request , Jennifer Sampson, Former Principal Scientist for Clean Ocean Action also attended the meeting.

CLICK HERE TO READ HER LETTER TO THE MAYOR

NOTE: TEN YEARS LATER, THE OUTFALL CONTINUES TO DISCHARGE ONTO THE SAND AND INTO THE OCEAN DESPITE OUR REMEDIATION EFFORTS

IN MEMORY OF NICK "JAWS" JAWOROVICH

THIS PAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF NICK "JAWS" JAWOROVICH, ONE OF C.R.A.B.'S FOUNDING MEMBERS AND C.R.A.B VICE PRESIDENT UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY PASSING

NICK'S PASSION FOR DOING THE "RIGHT THING", HIS LOVE OF THE BEACH,AND HIS FRIENDSHIP AND HUMOR THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES OF OUR FORMATIVE YEARS SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO ALL WHO HAD THE HONOR AND PLEASURE OF KNOWING HIM

"NICK JAWS....FOREVER AT THE BEACH....FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS"

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