New Jersey Coastal Management Program: Assessment and Enhancement Strategy FY 2006-2010

This document is the 2006 assessment and enhancement strategy for New Jersey's Coastal Management Program. New Jersey is required by the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act to assess its Coastal Management Program every five years and provide a strategy for program enhancements in nine areas. The required assessment areas are aquaculture, coastal hazards, coastal wetlands, cumulative and secondary impacts, energy and government facility siting, marine debris, ocean resources, public access and special area management planning. The Coastal Management Program has provided a full Assessment and developed a five-year strategy (2006 to 2010) to guide efforts to enhance management in the areas ranked as either high or medium priority.Prepared in accordance with Section 309 of the Coastal Zone Management Ac