- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1975 - Master Marine, Inc., Bayou La Bâtre AL USA
- Specs:
- ( 80 ft ) 147 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Friday July 12, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.512' -72°46.598'
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Artificial Reefs (2/26)
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- 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'
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- Type:
- shipwreck, barge, barracks craft - personnel housing
- Built:
- September 30, 1944; Everett, WA. USA
- Specs:
- ( 261 x 49 ft ) 2,580 tons
- Sponsor:
- The Meyer Family
- Dedication:
- Jack Meyer
- Sunk:
- Monday July 23, 2001 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°06.600' -73°41.500'
- Depth:
- 125 ft
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- 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
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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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- Type:
- artificial reef, purse seiner, formerly Navy patrol craft
- Built:
- 1943, Albina Enine & 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
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler
- Built:
- 1956 Tampa FL USA
- Specs:
- ( 65 ft ) 79 GT
- Dedication:
- John Grady III
- Sunk:
- Wednesday Sept 21, 2016 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 40°02.900' -73°59.000'
- Depth:
- 80 ft
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- Type:
- artificial reef, trawler, USA
- Built:
- 1947 Bath Maine USA
- Specs:
- ( 144x27 ft ) 393 tons
- Sunk:
- Wednesday April 17, 2002 - Moriches Artificial Reef
- Depth:
- GPS:
- 40°43.402' -72°46.659
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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, barge, etc
- Specs:
- ( 140 ft )
- Sunk:
- Thursday January 14, 2021 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
- GPS:
- 39°28.340' -74°11.083'
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A different sort of hunting is "bring 'em home alive". An aquarium can be a fascinating way to observe and photograph marine life, especially when the weather or season is not conducive to diving. Freshwater aquariums are easier to set up and maintain, especially for the novice, and a number of the local species of Sunfish are as attractive as anything you can buy in a store.
Marine aquariums are more difficult but offer many more possibilities in what you can keep - the marine environment contains many types of invertebrates and fishes that are simply not present in freshwater, such as horseshoe crabs, starfish, anemones, urchins, and many more. Many of these creatures can simply be picked up at low tide. When collecting stinging creatures such as anemones, keep them in strict solitary confinement during transport, or they will sting everything else to death, including each other. Once established in an aquarium, they are not usually a problem, as the other critters quickly learn to stay away.
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