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artificial reefs · 2018-02-21
Man-made reefs similar to this will be deployed off Escambia County between now and June, 2019. CREDIT ESCAMBIA COUNTY MARINE RESOURCES More than 700 new artificial reefs are going into the waters off Pensacola in the next few months, in phase two of a program funded by the BP settlement of the 2010 oil spill. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conse…
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artificial reefs · 2012-09-20
ARTIFICIAL reefs are to be built in local waters to boost fish supplies which have been depleted by over-fishing, pollution, dredging and dumping. The Agriculture and Fisheries Department yesterday announced it was investigating sites for the reefs and had received $1.6 million from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club to start the project. Reefs provide nursing …
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-06-19
Johnny Langenheim explains how an innovative method is sustaining corals and why on World Oceans Day we need to pledge for more such projects Biorock project at Ibu Karang, Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia. Photograph: T.Goreau/Biorock Coral reefs are the rainforests of the world's oceans . Like their terrestrial counterparts, they occur in tropical and sub tropic…
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artificial reefs · 2012-05-02
Gulf Council begins process to properly recognize value of artificial reefs CORPUS CHRISTI, TX - A request to have the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council begin the process of classifying rigs and other vital artificial reefs as Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) was unanimously approved by the Council at its April meeting in Corpus Christi, Texas. Dr. Bob S…
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usa · 2012-03-18
The concept of including fisheries management in strategies for water quality improvement is not new, but floating islands give the notion a boost. The simple concept is, add lots and lots of substrate and the fish will come! Catch plenty of fish and you will sequester the unwanted nutrients in a more appropriate part of the eco-system – lunch! See the dozen…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-03-05
First Coast may need to help bolster key industry - fishing First Coast anglers see fishing spots disappearing so quickly they say it’s time to create new fishing grounds to bolster an industry that the state says brings half a billion dollars into the local economy every year. Scott Shine, a member of the Jacksonville Waterways Commission, said he is lookin…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-03-05
Transition from old Twin Spans to Slidell Fishing Pier almost done Slidell, LA St. Tammany leaders are now targeting late April for the opening of the Slidell Fishing Pier. The wooden bridge leading to the old Twin Span bridge is done, and the early reviews are good. "I think it came out a lot better than I expected even," St. Tammany Parish Councilman Richi…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-02-27
Florida Today reports that Cape Canaveral officials are seeking federal approval to add more material including segments of NASA and military rocket launch towers to an existing 4-square-mile area called the Brevard County Artificial Reef Site 2. Brevard plans to add parts of bridges, vessels, boulders and other materials to the existing artificial reef. Cou…
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artificial reefs · 2012-02-15
Article of the Week 2 – Artificial Reefs Posted by laymanc Coastal ecosystems may be the most anthropogenically-altered on the planet. Habitat loss, over-fishing, nutrient loading, and many other impacts have fundamentally changed the structure and function of these systems. Many of these impacts operate over rather large spatial scales (think global warming…
Read field note →artificial reefs · 2012-02-15
Anglers have high hopes for debate over value of artificial structure A motion made at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting last week in Mobile, Alabama, could be the first step to protecting what has been regarded as the largest man-made reef in the world – the vast forest of energy-related structures in the offshore waters of the Gulf of M…
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