The Shark River Cleanup Coalition was instrumental in advocating for the last round of dredging to take place in 2016, including participation in the “Shark River Environmental Roundtable” and related collaborative planning starting in 2015. The SRCC was presented with a joint legislative resolution from the State Senate and Assembly recognizing the SRCC’s efforts. However, only the first phase of proposed dredging plan was completed. Since then, sediment has again filled the navigation channels, and there is noticeable accumulation in musquash cove and the southwestern back bay area.

In 2025, the SRCC continues its leadership in advocacy on this issue by participating in renewed discussion of sediment management and the need for dredging - a revitalized “roundtable” to include key stakeholders and decisions-makers from the communities that border the inlet & bay’s shorelines.