MANATEE OFF JERSEY COAST

[Admin]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- A Coast Guard boatcrew assisted a local non-profit organization in locating a manatee in the waters off the New Jersey coast this afternoon.
The staff of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center contacted the crew of Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, N.J., at about 2:30 p.m. and requested assistance in locating and photographing a manatee sighted in the Long Beach Island area.

U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Fireman Luis Oropeza, Station Barnegat Light

The specific location is being withheld for the sake of the animal's safety. However, if a mariner sights the manatee, they are advised to stay clear and contact the Marine Mammal Stranding Center immediately at (609) 266-0538.
To learn more about the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, please visit their website at http://www.marinemammalstrandingcenter.org/main.htm.

[WAHOONBOX]

JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU WANT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT MARINE LIFE

THE COAST GUARD DOESN'T GIVE LOCATIONS....BUT I DO ...


I SEEN A MANATEE THREE SEPERATE OCCASSIONS IN MHC NEAR THE FISH CLEANING STATION AT MHCYB.....WHY THERE I ASKED? SOMEONE TOLD ME: THEY ARE DRINKING THE FRESH WATER THAT COMES FROM THE CLEANING TABLE HOSE......HMMM MAKES SENSE TO ME

A FEW YEARS AGO 4 ADULT MANATEES AND THREE PUPS WERE FOUND AT THE MAIN MARINA IN NEW BERN NC AT THE HIGH RISE BRIDGE......IN DECEMBER OF ALL MONTHS

I'VE EVEN SEEN A SEAL ON ATLANTIC BEACH WHICH IS UNHEARD OF ...PLUS A BEAR ON THE EAST END OF EMERALD ISLE,NC.....ON THE BEACH ITSELF.....WITH GAME WARDENS CHASING IT TRYING TO DART IT

[Squidnation]

Box - Manatees love fresh water. Jen held a hose to a manatee for 5 minutes one time down in Fl and the damn thing wanted more and more. Cool animals.

[WAHOONBOX]

I WONDER IF THE NEW JERSEY WHALE WATCHING BOATS HAVE MADE UP NEW SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS FOR THIS?

[brandon558]

I WONDER IF THE NEW JERSEY WHALE WATCHING BOATS HAVE MADE UP NEW SIGNS AND BILLBOARDS FOR THIS?

Im sure you will see them soon. Thats something they would do for sure!

[Deep C]

Speed Bumps...

[Logan9581]

Dont' let the save the manatee people ruin your boating like they have in South West Florida. We now have HOURS of No Wake zones because someone has seen a manatee in the area.

[loliver]

At my house in SW Florida, I can call them to my dock by running a water hose for 10 minutes. Here where I live and some other parts of FL, The "Save the Manatees" club has been very successful in getting the Army Corp place a moratorium on building docks on private property. The thinking is no docks= no boats to harm the manatee. Of course there is no scientific data that supports this. The majority of manatee deaths here are caused by Red Tide outbreaks, this IS supported by fact through autopsy.

[74Formula233]

Couple weeks ago, we had a Manatee hanging out by a stormwater outflow in Greenwich Bay up here in RI, and it made its way back down the bay, as it was sighted in Wickford Harbor (my hometown) and then further south afterward.

That's still within the "range" of Manatees, so not that weird, but definitely not common.