Moriches Artificial Reef

Moriches Artificial Reef (historical)

Depth: 70 - 75 ft
2.4 nautical miles south of Moriches Inlet

Moriches Artificial Reef (now)

Moriches Reef was originally very small, but has been expanded greatly. The pink region is the historical area, and the blue region is the new deployment zone, while the full permitted size of the reef is roughly a square that encloses the deployment zone.

Moriches Artificial Reef

This reef is so tiny, some of these spots are probably within sight of each other underwater !

side-scan sonar image of Moriches Reef (old)
M-60 tanks sunk on Moriches Reef off Long Island
video by Dan Berg




M60 tanks reef
M60 tanks undergo a thorough cleaning before use as reefs

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.


190 ft barge
Type:
artificial reef, barges
Depth:
70 - 75 ft
Name Description Sunk GPS
Jean
Elizabeth
190 ft steel 1995 40°43.500'
-72°46.482'
60 ft steel 1995
40°43.558'
-72°46.340'
#335 80 ft steel Friday
Nov 12, 1999
40°43.514'
-72°46.309'
CFD 100 ft steel Thursday
Feb 8, 2001
40°43.476'
-72°46.343'
"Pump Boat" 25 ft steel Sunday
Oct 14, 2018
40°43.464'
-72°46.601'
Self-Propelled
Scow #56
50 ft steel Sunday
Oct 14, 2018
40°43.453'
-72°46.612'


fish anatomy

Well, that's all just great, but what do I do with it now? Many people have no idea how to clean a fish. Here are some basic instructions:

It is helpful first to understand what you are trying to do when cleaning a fish. The object is to cleanly separate the edible meat from the inedible bones, skin, and guts. Most of the undesirable fishy taste of fish resides in the skin and guts, so it is important to clean fish as soon as possible before that strong fishy taste soaks into the meat. This is especially important with Blackfish, less so for Sea Bass and other types.

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