Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
Depth: 65-80 ft
The Axel Carlson reef is situated in a trough next to an underwater hill known as the Manasquan Ridge. This is an area of silty mud bottom and usually has relatively poor visibility. Axel Carlson reef is sometimes referred to as the Mantoloking reef. It also contains a number of sunken army tanks ( not shown. ) Minimum clearance at mean low water is 40 feet.
The pink areas on the chart are the "Full Access Zones". These are the areas where commercial fishermen will continue to be allowed to set their traps and lines as of 2015. For the rest of us, those are more like "No Access Zones," but some sort of fair compromise needed to be reached with the commercial fishermen, some of whom could legitimately claim to have fished those spots for generations.
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 75 x 28 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Capt Steve Nagiewicz
- Dedication:
- Barbara Ann Nagiewicz
- Sunk:
- Friday June 27, 2003 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°03.560' -73°59.300'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, tugboat
- Built:
- 1951, Cohoes NY USA as Edward Matton
- Specs:
- ( 85 x 23 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Ocean Wreck Divers
- Dedication:
- Charles J. McGurr Jr
- Sunk:
- Tuesday September 12, 2000 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°02.473' -73°59.599'
- Depth:
- 80 ft, top at 60 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, crew boat
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Ann E. Clark Foundation / Sportfishing Fund
- Sunk:
- Monday Aug 9, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°03.788' -73°59.380'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 100 x 50 ft )
- Dedication:
- Sonta?
- Sunk:
- Thursday May 29, 2008 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°02.970' -73°59.370'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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The Artificial Reef Program used four types of obsolete Army armored vehicles as artificial reef materials off the New Jersey coast. These were cleaned at local military bases, loaded onto barges for transport, and pushed off at their final destination. Once the Army had disposed of its excess inventory, the program ceased, around 1999. The Artificial Reef Program has sunk almost 400 tanks altogether, far too many to list them here in this website.
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