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New Jersey Artificial Reef Sites (19/19)

New Jersey Artificial Reefs

Dutch Springs
New Reef
NJDEP Nacote Creek Research Station
SRYC

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YTM-544 / TD-24 Yatanocas

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat, US Navy
Built:: 1945, Consolidated Shipbuilding, Bronx, NY
Specs:: ( 101 x 28 ft ) 260 DT
Sponsor:: Abyss Dive Club
Sunk:: Thursday Sept 25, 2003 - Deepwater Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°57.984' -74°10.771'
Depth:

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YW-??? "John Dobilas"

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Specs:: ( 174 x 33 ft ) 1390 displacement tons (full)
Sponsor:: Friends of John Dobilas & the McGraw Hill Foundation
Sunk:: Tuesday August 20, 1996 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.564' -74°01.341'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Lionfish

Pterois volitans

Size: to 17", usually smaller

Habitat: turning up all along the East Coast

Notes: venomous spines

This Indo-Pacific scorpionfish has been sighted in the wild in Florida and the Caribbean since the 1990s. In 2000 it began appearing off North Carolina. Two juveniles were found off Long Island in 2002, and in 2003 a two-inch yearling was collected in the Shark River. Of course, this popular pet is sighted daily in public and private aquariums all over the world.

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