Artificial Reefs

[paolov]

may i have your views, suggestions and objections to the topic of setting up artificial reefs?

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paolov

 

[archman]

This could get ugly... I'm not even going to try and start this one up.

 

[100days-a-year]

A great idea in areas where the natural reef system is under pressure.Artificials also have been shown to increase populations of fish in areas devoid of great amounts of bottom structure.Proper siting and material selection is important.www.jaxrrt.com has some info about our local reefbuilding program.

 

[paolov]

A great idea in areas where the natural reef system is under pressure.Artificials also have been shown to increase populations of fish in areas devoid of great amounts of bottom structure.Proper siting and material selection is important.www.jaxrrt.com has some info about our local reefbuilding program.

the link gives a "The requested URL could not be retrieved" error

 

[100days-a-year]

My bad,it's www.jaxrrt.org sorry.Also try www.reefbase.org

 

[archman]

I am so VERY disappointed in this thread. There's such a big pile of scientific, social, and economic controversy regarding artificial reefs (especially in Florida), and so many divers have opinions on them, that I thought there'd be some serious mud-slinging.

I guess I'll have to get my blood pumping by visiting the DIR or banning threads... dang.

 

[paolov]

i guess peopel are not interested in it, maybe apathy has set in.

or maybe we need to publicize this thread even more hehehheheh

 

[cdiver2]

i guess peopel are not interested in it, maybe apathy has set in.

or maybe we need to publicize this thread even more hehehheheh

Dont be supprised, quiet often what people say v do are very different. Its called LIP SERVICE where I come from.

 

[FredT]

Dont be supprised, quiet often what people say v do are very different. Its called LIP SERVICE where I come from.

The reefs I've seen ALL were effective, wheither they were "cleaned" before sinking or not. In areas with a good supply of lipid/hydrocarbon munching bacteria cleaning the wreck may even be counterproductive.

Drop anything you can on sand or mud. The fishing and biomass will improve.

My only problem with the "artificail reef" programs in the states is the clueless ecofreaks that require needless expense and efforts polishing bulkheads and tank interiors, thus slowing down the sinking processes. Drain fuel tanks, cut holes both top and bottom in voids and place a few shape charges in the bilge, then tow them out and drop 'em. EOD should be able to handle 3 or 4 a week.

FT

 

[OCdiving Deb]

I have an opinion on artifical reefs....

When they are nautical in nature, like a boat wreck or intentionally sunken vessel, etc., I like them for their contribution to the marine seascape and especially as habitat for marine critters.

I DO NOT like tire reefs or other land based stuff that is dumped in the ocean. I have seen a tire reef here off California that was done in the 80s and it looks terrible, even after almost 20 years. I could easily still see the letters of the tire companies on the tires. They also had set pipes in various configurations on the sandy sea floor. This group did their "research project" without permission from state agencies and IMO just created a dump out there off Newport Beach. When I saw it, it was full of trash (large and small) that got trapped in the apparatus.

Let's not turn our ocean into the dump that so much of our land has become. Protect our oceans!