The multifacted, partner-driven Conservation Opportunities Advancing Sustainable Technologies for Aquaculture Leases’ (COASTAL)  project, which supports local aquaculture producers, is officially underway.

The Ocean County Soil Conservation District and its diverse group of partners were awarded $961,227 in funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for this Regional Conservation Partnership Program, with 70% of the funding directed to shellfish…