Editing Somers Point, New Jersey (section)

==Economy==
The largest employer in Somers Point is [[Shore Medical Center]], with 1,500&nbsp;employees, 370&nbsp;physicians, and 296&nbsp;beds.<ref name="sp"/><ref>[https://shoremedicalcenter.org/about About], [[Shore Medical Center]]. Accessed May 22, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Individual Hospital Statistics for New Jersey|publisher=American Hospital Directory|access-date=December 21, 2017|url=https://www.ahd.com/states/hospital_NJ.html}}</ref>

Somers Point is the home to the largest crabbing tournament in the United States, the Assault on Patcong Creek. Founded in 2010, the tournament takes place annually in June and attracts participants from over a dozen states.<ref>Marino, Suzanne. [http://www.shorenewstoday.com/egg_harbor_township/patcong-creek-foundation-crab-tourney-support-environmental-initiatives/article_7602cc6f-a33a-5373-8c72-438cde835165.html "Patcong Creek Foundation, crab tourney support environmental initiatives"], ''The Current of Egg Harbor Township'', January 25, 2017. Accessed May 22, 2017. "Harbormaster Ron Meischker organizes the annual Assault on Patcong Creek crabbing tournament here – the success of which spawned the Patcong Creek Foundation, a nonprofit organization that looks to help the local environment through education. The tournament, scheduled for Saturday, June 24, began in 2010 with a few friends getting together for a crabbing tournament on Patcong Creek, with the winner getting bragging rights and everyone enjoying a day on the water.... Today organizers are billing the Assault on Patcong Creek as the largest crabbing tournament in the country, with crabbers and their families coming from as far away as Texas."</ref>