Artificial Reefs (7/27)

Artificial Reefs

The pink and white areas are shipping lanes. 'Natural' shipwrecks are depicted with a wreck symbol.

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Caterina D reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Built:
1973 - Bishop Shipbuilding, Aransas Pass TX USA as America 200
Specs:
( 70 ft ) 137 gross tons
Sponsor:
Manasquan River Marlin & Tuna Club
Sunk:
Tuesday April 24, 2007 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:
40°01.650' -73°59.747'
Depth:
80 ft


Type:
artificial reef, pleasure boat
Specs:
( 36 ft )
Sunk:
Dec 7, 1999 - Yellowbar Artificial Reef
Depth:
35 ft
GPS:
40°38.014' -73°14.431'


Choctaw reef
Photo courtesy of McAllister Towing
Type:
artificial reef, tugboat
Name:
An Indian tribe of south and central Mississippi, later forcibly moved to the Oklahoma territory.
Built:
1966, Brooklyn NY USA (Bushey Yard)
Specs:
( 90 x 24 ft ) 84 gross tons
Sponsor:
Spentonbush Red Star Company, Beach Haven Marlin & Tuna Club, Fish America, Atlantic County Reef Society
Sunk:
Tuesday April 7, 1991 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:
39°37.894' -74°01.284'
Depth:
75 ft

Cinderella reef
Type:
artificial reef, trawler
Built:
1964, St. Augustine FL ?
Specs:
( 70 ft )
Sunk:
Tuesday March 15, 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
Sponsor:
Artificial Reef Committee
GPS:
40°06.777' -73°56.860'



Artificial Reefs

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Sea Cucumber

Sclerodactyla briareus

Size: to 6", larger offshore

The Sea Cucumber is not a worm, but an echinoderm, related to the starfish. If you look closely, the 5-way symmetry is still evident. Sea Cucumbers live buried in sandy or muddy bottoms less than 60 ft deep. Find them by the volcano-shaped mounds they make.

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