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Rockaway Artificial Reef

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DS-109

Depth: 32 - 40 ft

Rockaway Artificial Reef

Not Shown:

  • 60 steel buoys
  • 2,000 tire units
side-scan sonar image of Rockaway Reef, click to enlarge

Rock & Rubble

rock reef
A hopper barge full of rock

All manner of concrete, steel, and stone rubble from dredging, demolition projects, and other construction is used as artificial reef materials. This material is generally available at very low cost or free from construction companies who are more than happy to get rid of it. Transportation costs determine where this material is used by the Reef Program.

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barges - Rockaway Artificial Reef

Many holes cut in sides.
It must cost a fortune to rent this giant derrick.
Type:
artificial reef, barges
Depth:
32 - 40 ft
Name Description Sunk GPS
Dump Scow
DS-109		 100 ft steel Tuesday
Oct 9, 2018		 40°32.614'
-73°50.098'

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Bull Shark

Bull Shark

Carcharhinus leucas

Size:
to 12 ft, perhaps larger

Habitat:
coastal waters, bays, rivers, into freshwater

Notes:
dangerous

Bull Shark

The Bull Shark can be recognized by a combination of characters including a stout body, short blunt snout, triangular serrated teeth in the upper jaw, and no fin markings as an adult. This species has a second dorsal fin about one-third the height of the first, a small eye, and no skin ridge between the two dorsal fins. It is gray above and pale below, sometimes with a pale stripe on the flank.

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