Florida Keys Weekly Newspapers

MORE ARTIFICIAL REEF PROJECTS GEARING UP FOR DEPLOYMENT OFF FLORIDA KEYS

Monroe County’s Artificial Reefs Program is making significant progress as new reef projects move forward, permits are ...
Fast Company

Sunken ships, voting machines, and oil rigs—how artificial reefs are changing the ocean

When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a century, people have ...
Key West Citizen

Artificial reef program making progress in Keys

Monroe County’s Artificial Reefs Program is making significant progress as new reef projects move forward, permits are secured, and recently deployed sites flourish with marine life, according to ...
Chicago Tribune

Can artificial reefs in Lake Michigan slow erosion and boost fish population? Researchers aim to find out.

Floating about 500 feet offshore of Illinois Beach State Park, Hillary Glandon tightened her scuba goggles, grabbed a small masonite plate from a nearby kayak and dove beneath the Lake Michigan ...
KRQE Blogs

Not all underwater reefs are made of coral − the US has created artificial reefs from sunken ships, radio towers, boxcars and even voting machines

(THE CONVERSATION) — When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations. For more than a ...
Yahoo

Florida artificial reef projects have halted since one business shut down: What to know

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. McCulley Marine Services deployed artificial reefs from Brevard to Miami-Dade counties for over two decades, but now there's no ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

8 ships sunk for artificial reefs off Treasure Coast attract anglers, divers, snorkelers

Martin County will sink former smuggling vessel as artificial reef on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Artificial reefs provide 39,000 jobs for Floridians and generates $3.1 billion of economic activity annually.
Science Daily

Artificial reefs help preserve coral reefs by shifting divers away from the natural ones, according to new long-term study of one in Eilat

Divers are essentially tourists who love coral reefs and invest a lot of time and effort to watch them. Unfortunately, divers also cause damage to corals, often unintentionally, through disturbing and ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

New artificial reef draws amberjack, kingfish, cobia to Treasure Coast

Martin County sank the former smuggling vessel to become an artificial reef on Nov. 18. Artificial reefs provide 39,000 jobs for Floridians and generates $3.1 billion of economic activity annually.
WTSP

Sarasota Bay installs artificial reefs to support commercially essential fish species

SARASOTA, Fla. — The Sarasota Bay Estuary Program will provide essential fish pupils a chance to grow healthy with their latest installation of artificial coral reefs. Just in time for Earth Day, 24 ...
KXAN

Ship sinking and Texas railroads; artificial reefs see expansion in the gulf

TEXAS (KXAN) — The construction of the world’s largest artificial reef has been delayed again. The SS United States was scheduled for transport from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Mobile, Alabama over ...