Artificial Reefs History (5/7)

1999

red Oak reef
WLM-689 Red Oak
Date Name Size Location
Jan 15 Delilah tugboat 90' DE Reef #11
Mar 12 St George trawler 97' NY Moriches
Sep 9 barge 110' NY Fire Island
Sep 13 Red Oak 157' NJ Cape May
Sep 28 barge 60' NY McAllister
Nov 12 #335 barge 80' NY Moriches
Dec 3 "Waldorf" barge 110' NJ Little Egg
Dec 7 Charade 35' NY Yellowbar
Alec N trawler 45' NY Fire Island
Marlu trawler 72' NY Shinnecock

1998

DVD barge reef
"DVD / King / Banana"
Date Name Size Location
Jul 10 "Rothenbach II" barge 165' NJ Great Egg
Jul 16 "Mako Mania" tanker 165' NJ Shark River
Jul 27 Courtesan 34' NY Fire Island
Aug 7 "OWD IV" tanker bow 85' NJ Sea Girt
Sep 14 "DVD/King/Banana" barge 140' NJ Sea Girt
Sep 20 Lucisaura trawler 78' NY Hempstead
Oct 16 Mandy Ray trawler 126' NY Shinnecock
Nov 6 Captain Sam trawler 76' NY Moriches
Nov 6 Niagara Falls trawler 90' NY Moriches

1997

Jessie C reef
Jessie C
Date Name Size Location
Feb 12 Jessie C 65' NJ Little Egg
Jun 11 "Rothenbach I" barge 165' NJ Cape May
Jun 12 Libra barge 195' NJ Ocean City
Jun 23 "Kathy & Maria" barge 32' NJ Ocean City
Jul 27 Billy D tugboat 80' NJ Shark River
Aug 7 "Fisherman" barge 242' NJ Sea Girt
Sep 15 Jerry tugboat 41' NJ Garden State N
Oct 8 "Ed Schmidiger" barge 174' NJ Axel Carlson
Oct 8 "OWD III" barge 174' NJ Axel Carlson
Dec 19 Golden Eagle trawler 80' NJ Sea Girt
Dec 19 Restorer tugboat 62' NJ Sea Girt

1996

GA Venturo reef
Matt Turecamo with nearby M113 "tanks"
Date Name Size Location
Feb 27 "Michael DePalma" barge 70' NJ Wildwood
Apr 19 Antares 41' NJ Barnegat Light
Aug 3 Colleen tugboat 92' NJ Axel Carlson
Aug 20 "John Dobilas" tanker 165' NJ Garden State N
Oct 17 Matt Turecamo tugboat 99' NJ Sea Girt

1995

towboat reef
#9
Date Name Size Location
May 16 "VHFC" 44' NJ Garden State S
Jun 9 Big Mama tugboat 103' NJ Atlantic City
Jun 21 Coleman II barge 60' NJ Garden State N
Jun 21 Weeks 218 barge 106' NJ Garden State N
Jul 11 "OWD I" 44' NJ Garden State S
Jul 31 Towboat #9 40' NJ Barnegat Light
Sep 29 Jean Elizabeth barge 195' NY Moriches
barge 60' NY Moriches

1994

Boston lightship reef
WLV-189 Boston
Date Name Size Location
Jan 28 Boston 128' NJ Atlantic City
Apr 23 Sea Mist 55' NY Shinnecock
May 11 Starcraft barge 150' NJ Garden State S
Jun 10 Blue Crown freighter 205' NJ Atlantic City
Jul 6 "Captain Etzel" barge 110' NJ Sea Girt
Sep Lockwood 40' NJ Sandy Hook
Sep 29 Wagner's Point tugboat 97' NJ Garden State N
Oct 25 Holgate I trawler 65' NJ Garden State S

1993

Onondaga reef
Onondaga
Date Name Size Location
Jan 8 Brenton Light NY Shinnecock
Apr 9 VCF-17 Salt Barge barge 150' NJ Cape May
Jul 19 Onondaga barge 205' NJ Cape May
Aug 5 Ronde Joyce II tugboat 62' NJ Sea Girt
Aug 16 Cecilia J Brown tugboat 85' NJ Cape May
Sep 9 Cape Straight 95' NJ Cape May
Sep 9 "Johnny Buoy" 46' NJ Cape May
"Navy" barge 110' NY Hempstead

1992

Beach Haven reef
Beach Haven
Date Name Size Location
May 31 Reliable tugboat 74' NY Shinnecock
Aug 6 Beach Haven trawler 125' NJ Atlantic City
Aug 21 Sea Transporter trawler 135' NJ Cape May
Oct 28 Mayflower trawler 50' NY Shinnecock

1991

USS Algol reef
USS Algol - the biggest NJ artificial reef
Date Name Size Location
Apr 7 Choctaw tugboat 90' NJ Garden State N
Jul 25 Becky Lee trawler 60' NJ Cape May
Oct 11 Ada Adelia trawler 65' NJ Atlantic City
Oct 28 Mayflower trawler 50' NY Shinnecock
Nov 22 USS Algol freighter 459' NJ Shark River
Dec 7 Wyoming trawler 100' NJ Cape May

1990

Caddell
Date Name Size Location
Apr 27 Troy tugboat 90' NJ Atlantic City
May 6 Captain Henry 56' NJ Cape May
Jul 17 Carol Moran tugboat 110' NJ Atlantic City
Aug 8 Lisa Michelle barge 110' NJ Cape May
Sep 11 Lieutenant trawler 51' NY Shinnecock
Sep 12 Caddell drydock 178' NY Shinnecock
Oct 30 Mary C barge 240' NJ Garden State N
Oct 30 Margaret Nancy trawler 75' NJ Atlantic City
drydock 100' NY Hempstead
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Northern Puffer
Northern Puffer - Sphoeroides maculatus to 14", usually much smaller

Puffers are highly intelligent, traveling in schools, and hunting cooperatively. They prey on anything they can dismember with their powerful parrot-like beaks, including other fishes and crabs. The body is short, fat, and stiff, with a disproportionately large head.

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