The fish appeared to be a sturgeon, a rare fish that is federally protected.

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. -- The tragic drowning of a 15-year-old boy at Sandy Hook Beach is putting a spotlight on water safety. The teen died, and five other people had to be helped out of the water Sunday.

A 15-year-old boy died over the weekend after entering the waters off Sandy Hook Beach in New Jersey. Gateway National Recreation Area's Daphne Yun told Fox News Digital in an email on Monday that six ...

Samantha Kreisler, the Communications Specialist for the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium, holds a Channeled Whelk shell at Fort Hancock Beach in Sandy Hook while looking for seashells on Wednesday ...

SANDY HOOK, New Jersey (WABC) -- A 15-year-old drowned Sunday at Sandy Hook Beach and at least four others were rushed to the hospital. A family is now in mourning, and those who witnessed the tragedy ...

Fishermen are catching large striped bass off the coast of Sandy Hook using live eels. Striped bass are also being caught from the beaches of Ocean County with clams. Fluke season has begun, with ...

A 4-year-old New Jersey boy was airlifted to a burn unit after stepping on hot coals illegally dumped on a Sandy Hook beach. Kelsey Gilgannon told the Patch news network her son’s injuries left him ...

A 15-year-old boy died and five others were being treated after being pulled from the ocean at an unguarded beach at Sandy Hook Sunday evening, officials said. The incident occurred at Beach B at ...

SANDY HOOK, N.J. − A 15-year-old boy died Sunday and five others were rescued from the surf at the Gateway National Recreation Area in New Jersey, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service said. The ...