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Spaghetti Pile

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spaghetti pile
Type:
artificial reef, steel communications cable
Sunk:
2000 - 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°14.150' -74°13.100'
GPS:
39°14.038' -74°13.150'

Most of the material is heavy 3" diameter armored trans-Atlantic telephone cable; some is lighter 3/4 " cable. Each site contains over 100 miles. The heavy cable eventually sinks into the bottom but makes excellent fish habitat until it does. Such cable has also been used with great success in Maryland but has been effectively outlawed in New Jersey by Clean Ocean Action.

Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
Fish swarm over tangles of heavy cable
A blackfish shelters in a knot of cable
A blackfish shelters in a knot of cable
Diver swims over recently-deposited thin cable
A diver swims over recently-deposited thin cable, 5/31/05

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Contamination Risks of Artificial Reefs and Shipwrecks

USS Algol

by Michael C. Barnette

PCBs

Poly-chlorinated biphenols (PCBs) and heavy metals ( Pb, Cu, Ni, Cd, Zn, Ag, and Hg ) have become an issue of concern with artificial reef development, as popular reef building materials ( e.g., ex-Navy vessels ) may contain quantities of these toxic materials that may potentially be transferred through the food chain. This transference, or bioaccumulation, may have unforseen effects on the marine environment and, ultimately, human health through consumption of contaminated finfish and shellfish harvested from these reefs. However, thousands of ships have met their demise without the environmental cleansing and preparation that artificial reefs require, perhaps posing a potentially greater health risk to consumers and divers.

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