Artificial Reefs History (6/6)

1970s

drydock reef
Drydock
Date Name Type Size Location
Feb 1979 Drydock barge 100' NJ Sea Girt *
1977 Railroad barge 200' NJ Sea Girt *
Jun 1973 Carlson II trawler 70' NJ Sea Girt *
Fran S tugboat 84' NY Atlantic Beach

* Predates current Artificial Reef Program

1960s

Date Name Type Size Location
1965 barge 85' NY Kismet
1965 barge 100' NY Kismet
1960 Bonito charter boat 48' NJ

These are the earliest reefs for which records exist

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Squilla empusa is a species of mantis shrimp found in areas of the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico to Cape Cod, from the intertidal zone down to about 500 ft. It excavates and occupies a deep U-shaped burrow in soft sediment, from which it emerges, mainly at night, to feed on fish and invertebrate prey. They grow to a length of 12", although I have only ever seen small ones in the bellies of striped bass.