SEA BRIGHT, N.J. (AP / WCBS 880) -- Authorities will step up enforcement of a 50-yard exclusion zone around a family of 15 bottlenose dolphins that have taken up residence in a river near the Jersey shore in Sea Bright.
With Thursday night's massive fireworks display in nearby Red Bank due to bring 150,000 spectators on land, and even more by boat, officials say they will take a hard line in keeping boaters away from the dolphins.
Violators can be fined as much as $10,000. Authorities recently scrapped plans to try to coax the dolphins back out to sea, deciding instead to keep people away from them.
