What Are Artificial Reefs and Why do We Need Them

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What Are Artificial Reefs and Why do We Need Them?
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An artificial reef is anything from the size of a
beer can to something as large as a ship
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Most of my undersea world here on the Gulf Coast
is a flat sandy desert with no visible life, sort
of like the beaches used to look before Condos
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Put something here and within weeks things start
to grow
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A few months later small marine animals show up
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More and more marine life begin to make this home
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Then more neighbors move in and sometimes I have
them over for lunch. By now we have become a mini
self- sustaining ecosystem living off itself and
producing surplus marine animals to help resupply
our fishery
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02/13/03 STATUS REPORT FWC DIVISION OF MARINE
FISHERIES NORTHWEST FLORIDA ARTIFICIAL REEF
UNPUBLISHED REEF PROJECT
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I forgot to mention the biggest group of all, the
people that enjoy the product artificial reefs
produce
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Do Reefs Really Help?
FACT Alabamas recreational catch of Red Snapper
in 1986 was close to zero, today over 40 of all
the recreational Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico
are caught in Alabama. Not bad, considering
Alabama only has 1.5 of the coastline. This is
all due Alabamas artificial reef program that
started in 1986.
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But, all reefs are not the same, the old days of
this are over, keep your junk at home and send us
quality material, durable, well made reef units
that hold up to storms events and dont sink
into the sand.
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So call the largest artificial reef deployer in
the U.S. and get started doing your part to save
our fishery
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ECOSYSTEMS
FLORIDA SPECIAL
FLORIDA LIMESTONE
Walter Marine/Reefmaker P O Box 998 22605 Andrews
Lane Orange Beach, AL 36561 251-979-2200 251-967-2
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