- Type:
- artificial reef, sailboat
- Specs:
- ( 41 x 8 ft )
- Sponsor:
- John Deckert
- Sunk:
- Friday April 19, 1996 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°45.067' -74°01.892'
More: Antares ...
Artificial Reef Sites (2/27)
- Type:
- shipwreck, barge, barracks craft - personnel housing
- Built:
- 1944, Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding, Everett, WA. USA
- Specs:
- ( 261 x 49 ft ) 2,580 tons
- Sponsor:
- The Meyer Family
- Sunk:
- Monday July 23, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.600' -73°41.500'
- Depth:
- 125 ft
More: APL-31 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge, water
- Built:
- 1913, ? Camden NJ USA
- Specs:
- ( 110 x 30 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Eklof Marine Co., Marine Trades Assn. of NJ, Fisherman Magazine
- Sunk:
- Saturday November 7, 1987 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°37.474' -74°01.217'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
More: Aqua II ...
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.
More: Army Tanks ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, sailboat, USA
- Specs:
- ( 60 ft )
- Sunk:
- 2025 - Shinnecock Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°47.969' -72°28.608'
More: Asylum ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, purse seiner, formerly Navy patrol craft
- Built:
- 1943, Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR USA
- Specs:
- ( 185 x 33 ft ) 850 tons
- Sunk:
- Saturday, Jan 16, 2010 - DelJerseyLand Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 38°31.063' -74°30.271'
- Depth:
- 100 ft
More: Atlantic Mist PCE-880 ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1956, Tampa Marine, Tampa FL USA
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft ) 79 GT
- Sponsor:
- Grady family, Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association, Ocean Reef Foundation of New Jersey
- Sunk:
- Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°02.900' -73°59.000'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
More: Austin ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1947, Bath Iron Works, Bath Maine USA
- Specs:
- ( 144x27 ft ) 393 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday April 17, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.402' -72°46.659
More: Bad Bob's Big Boat ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 75 x 28 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Capt Steve Nagiewicz
- Sunk:
- Friday June 27, 2003 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°03.560' -73°59.300'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
More: Barbara Ann ...
- Type:
- artificial reef, barge
- Specs:
- ( 180 ft )
- Sponsor:
- Beach Haven Charter Boat Association, Junior Mates Program, Sport Fishing Fund
- Sunk:
- Monday July 14, 2025 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°28.307’ 74°11.546'
More: Barge 199 ...
Scallops are not nearly so easy to get as Mussels but are well worth it. I have never seen a scallop in less than 90 ft of water, most often in 110 ft and below. Sadly, the commercial scallop boats have quite efficiently decimated the scallop population, and they are fairly rare, especially in any kind of useful quantity.
When you do get into a field of scallops though, life is good. Scallops live on the surface of the sand ( rarely on the deck of a wreck ) where each one will excavate a shallow pit. The pits are usually 2-3 ft apart, and a good field of scallops will stretch as far as you can see. Fortunately, good fields like this are usually in the vicinity of wrecks or snags, where the scallop boats will not go with their expensive bottom gear.
More: Collecting Scallops ...