New Jersey Scuba Diving

Artificial Reefs History (6/7)

1989

Coleman reef — Coleman

Date	Name		Size	Location
Apr 23	Nils S	trawler	122'	NJ Atlantic City
Jun 3	Dorothy (scrap metal)	tugboat	65'	NJ Sandy Hook
Jun 3	V.L. Keegan (scrap metal)	tanker	110'	NJ Sandy Hook
Jun 27	Coleman	barge	45'	NJ Sandy Hook
Jul 12	Winthrop	trawler	120'	NJ Cape May
Oct 10	Miller	barge	90'	NJ Garden State S
Oct 11	A.C. Wescoat	barge	60'	NJ Atlantic City
Oct 30	Vicki-Pat	trawler	67'	NJ Atlantic City
Dec 23	Marie (scrap metal)	tugboat	95'	NJ Sea Girt
Dec 23	"Horseshoe" (scrap metal)	barge	70'	NJ Sea Girt
Dec 23	"Horseshoe" (scrap metal)	barge	80'	NJ Sea Girt
Dec 23	"Horseshoe" (scrap metal)	barge	140'	NJ Sea Girt

1988

Fatuk reef — Fatuk

Date	Name		Size	Location
Feb 10	car float #52	barge	270'	NJ Sea Girt
May 27	Rhino		50'	NJ Garden State S
Jun 6	Morania 180	barge	230'	NJ Sea Girt
Oct 27	Fatuk	freighter	160'	NJ Garden State N

1987

Coney Island reef — Coney Island

Date	Name		Size	Location
Aug 17	Molasses	barge	250'	NJ Garden State N
Sep 10	Alan Martin	tanker	160'	NJ Shark River
Sep 10	Coney Island	tanker	250'	NJ Shark River
Sep 10	Sam Berman	tanker	160'	NJ Shark River
Sep 16	Swenson II	barge	130'	NJ Sea Girt
Nov 7	Aqua II	barge	110'	NJ Garden State N
Nov 14	Peggy Diana		56'	NJ Cape May
	Maroca		50'	NY Shinnecock
		barge	60'	NY Shinnecock

1986

Spartan reef — Spartan

Date	Name		Size	Location
Jan 31	Spartan	tugboat	85'	NJ Sea Girt
Feb 14	Rockland County	tugboat	105'	NJ Sea Girt
Apr 12	Queen Mary		31'	NJ Garden State N
Apr 13	Francis S Bushey	tanker	247'	NJ Atlantic City
Jun 10	A.H. Dumont	tanker	247'	NJ Garden State N
Jul 25	Swenson I	barge	130'	NJ Sea Girt
Oct 16	Laita	trawler	120'	NJ Cape May
Nov 29	"Ocean Prince"	drydock	200'	NY Fire Island

1985

Pauline Marie reef — Pauline Marie

Date	Name		Size	Location
Mar 29	Pauline Marie	freighter	165'	NJ Atlantic City
May 9	Shirley Ann	barge	80'	NJ Garden State N
May 10	Zeeliner	ferry	63'	NY Fire Island
Jun 3	American		125'	NJ Atlantic City
Jul 3	First Lady	trawler	95'	NJ Atlantic City
Nov 17	Rascal		41'	NY (independent)
Nov 18	Morania Abaco	tanker	264'	NJ Atlantic City

1984

Good Times reef — Good Times

Date	Name		Size	Location
Aug 15	Good Times		52'	NJ Garden State N
		barge	340'	NY Smithtown *
		barge	80'	NY Smithtown *

1983

Dykes

Date	Name		Size	Location
Mar 15	Cinderella	trawler	70'	NJ Sea Girt *
Jun	Kiley B	trawler	75'	NJ Sea Girt *
Jul	Dykes	schooner barge	306'	NJ Sea Girt *

* Predates current NJ Artificial Reef Program

1982

ferry Cranford reef — Cranford

Date	Name		Size	Location
Mar 30	Cranford	ferry	191'	NJ Sea Girt *
		barge	270'	NY Smithtown *

* Predates current NJ Artificial Reef Program

1981

Date	Name		Size	Location
		barge	350'	NY Smithtown *

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Sea Basses & Porgies

Black Sea Bass

Although they are both called basses, Stripers and Black Sea Bass are not closely related. Striped Bass are more closely related to ocean perches, while Black Sea Bass are related to tropical basslets and groupers. The Striped Bass is the largest member of the sea bass family, often called "temperate" or "true" bass to distinguish it from species such as largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass which are actually members of the sunfish family Centrarchidae. Porgies are much more highly compressed ( side-to-side ) than basses, and are not closely related.

Striped Bass

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