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New Jersey Artificial Reefs (9/18)

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Houston & Mesday

Type:: artificial reef, barge (2)
Specs:: ( 40 ft )
Sponsor:: Kevin Coleman, Coleman Construction Co.
Sunk:: Tuesday Nov 28, 2006 - Barnegat Light Artificial Reef
GPS: Joe Houston: 39°45.078' -74°01.146'
GPS: John Mesday: 39°45.079' -74°01.445'

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Howard Bahnsen

Type:: artificial reef, barge (2)
Specs:: ( 90 x 28 ft )
Sunk:: Saturday June 12, 2010 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°06.543' -74°36.249'

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Jerry

Type:: artificial reef, tugboat
Built:: 1952 Port Arthur TX USA
Specs:: ( 42 x 15 ft ) 27 tons
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Association
Sunk:: Monday September 15, 1997 - Garden State North Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°37.757' -74°00.828'
Depth:: 80 ft

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Jessie C

Type:: artificial reef, crew boat
Specs:: ( 65 ft )
Sponsor:: Caldwell's Diving Company
Sunk:: Wednesday February 12, 1997 - Little Egg Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°28.501' -74°11.631'

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Jet Trader YO-167

Type:: artificial reef, tanker
Built:: 1944 Brooklyn NY (Bushey Yard)
Specs:: ( 156 x 30 ft ) 440 tons
Sponsor:: Cleanwater of New York
Sunk:: Friday September 2 2005 - Atlantic City Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°13.850' -74°12.510'

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Jill Adventure

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Built:: 1980 - Master Boat Builders, Coden AL USA, as Tar Heel Tide
Specs:: ( 71 ft ) 112 gross tons
Sponsor:: Friends of Donna, Atlantic Capes Fisheries
Sunk:: Tuesday December 20, 2005 - Townsends Inlet Artificial Reef
GPS:: 39°06.360' -74°36.300'
Depth:: 60 ft

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Jim Lynch E-13

Type:: artificial reef, barge, tank
Specs:: ( 178 x 38 ft )
Sponsor:: GPPCBA, Clean Water of New York
Sunk:: Tuesday October 30, 2001 - Axel Carlson Artificial Reef
GPS:: 40°03.840' -73°59.580'

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Johnny Buoy BUSL

Tethered to the *Cape Straight* for sinking

Type:: artificial reef, buoy tender
Built:: 1969
Specs:: ( 46' x 16' )
Sponsor:: USCG, New Jersey State Police
Sunk:: Thursday September 9, 1993 - Cape May Artificial Reef
GPS:: 38°51.106' -74°42.170'

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Kathy & Maria

Type:: artificial reef, barge, canal ( cut in two )
Specs:: ( 32 x 13 ft each piece )
Sponsor:: Ocean City Marlin & Tuna Club, Cape May County Party & Charter Boat Association
Sunk:: Wednesday/Thursday June 22/23, 1997 - Ocean City Artificial Reef
GPS:: Kathy: 39°10.719' -74°33.259'
GPS:: Maria: 39°10.814' -74°33.044'

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Kiley B

Type:: artificial reef, trawler
Specs:: ( 75 ft )
Sunk:: June 1983 - Sea Girt Artificial Reef
Sponsor:: Artificial Reef Committee
GPS:: 40°06.540' -73°56.827'
Depth:: 70 ft

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New Jersey Artificial Reefs

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Shortfin Mako Shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Size:
to 12 ft

Habitat:
open ocean, coastal

Notes: dangerous

A smaller cousin of the Great White, Mako sharks are renowned for their speed, and their powerful and aerobatic fight when hooked. They are also thought by some researchers to possess greater intelligence than other species. As a result of over-exploitation by long-liners and sport fishermen, the local population has collapsed, and large trophy-sized individuals have not been caught off New Jersey for many years, although small ones are still common.

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