The new ecotours aboard the Miss Barnegat Light allow not only getting out onto the water, but also really getting into it. Close-up looks at its composition, its creatures, and its roles in the ecosystem are absorbing. The dates from July 23 through August are every Wednesday from the 2 p.m. departure to the 4:15 p.m. return at the boat basin, 18th Street and the bay in Barnegat Light.
Local Ecology and Oceanography Tours, as the venture is named, are led by Capt. Lou Van Bergen, who has been on the boat’s team for more than 20 summers, and who holds…
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