Delaware Artificial Reef Sites (2/4)

Delaware Artificial Reefs (and a few New Jersey reefs)

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Type:
shipwreck, steamer, USA
Built:
1872, Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE
Specs:
( 249 x 33 ft ) 1564 gross tons
Sunk:
Monday October 11, 1917
foundered in a storm, 1 casualty
GPS:
38°36.93' -74°55.82' (DNREC)
Depth:
60 ft

Delaware Artificial Reef Sites

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Summer Flounder

Paralichthys dentatus

to 37 " and 20 lbs.
usually much smaller

Profile by
Paul G. Scarlett
Principal Fisheries Biologist
Bureau of Marine Fisheries

Range:
Estuarine and coastal waters from Nova Scotia to Florida. Most abundant between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Fear, North Carolina.