The non-native species, which was first confirmed in New Jersey in 2016, delivers a powerful sting, and the presence of the jellyfish has been monitored since then by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and by scientists at Montclair State U. (NJ Department of Environmental Protection
NEW JERSEY Asbruy Park Patch.— As beachgoers begin packing the Jersey Shore and wading in the river mouths and lagoons of the Barnegat Bay, they may not see the tiny stinging jellyfish that make their home there — but they sure will feel it if they get stung.