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Ocean Fun Days Coming to Island Beach State Park This Saturday
Event will feature fishing clinics, seining, exhibits, touch tanks and more
The New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium will host its annual "Ocean Fun Days" event this Saturday, May 17 at Island Beach State Park.
The event is organized by New Jersey Sea Grant in coordination with the state Department of Environmental Protection and features eco-tours of the island, a host of hands-on activities, educational displays, a variety of classes, and exhibits that "celebrate the wonders of the Jersey Shore," organizers said.
The day also features tips on how to preserve coastal resources.
Activities will include seining (net fishing), coastal crafts, an energy-saving scavenger hunt, youth fishing clinics, face painting, touch tanks, a student science fair competition and the NJSGC's "famous fiddler crab races."
There also will be a new clamming demonstration.
"Hands down, there is not a more perfect place than Island Beach State Park for the start of Ocean Fun Days weekend," said Claire Antonucci, Executive Director of New Jersey Sea Grant.
Ocean Fun Days will be held Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those interested in attending should go to Ocean Bathing Area 1, which is about four miles past the park's gatehouse.
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