Oceanside considers building artificial reef to restore eroding beach

The City of Oceanside is considering a plan to build an artificial reef that would naturally pull sand back to shore, restoring the city's eroding beach.
Treasure Coast Newspapers

Cocaine-smuggling freighter will be sunk off Treasure Coast for Boo McCulley Reef

Martin County will scuttle a vessel, once used to smuggle cocaine, off Stuart Nov. 18. The reef project will be called Boo McCulley Reef, after John “Boo” McCulley. The 227-foot-long freighter will be ...
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Artificial reefs deployed in Escambia County bringing marine life new habitats

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Escambia County has expanded its network of artificial reefs with the deployment of 43 new ...
BGR

What Is An Artificial Reef?

Pollution and rising sea surface temperatures are decimating the world's coral reef populations. According to a 2020 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network report, the world's oceans lost roughly 14% of ...
Treasure Coast Newspapers

8 ships sunk for artificial reefs off Treasure Coast attract anglers, divers, snorkelers

Martin County will sink former smuggling vessel as artificial reef on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Artificial reefs provide 39,000 jobs for Floridians and generates $3.1 billion of economic activity annually.
KPLC

Raising Cane’s helps build artificial reef on Vermillion Bay

ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KPLC) - An artificial reef has been installed in Vermillion Bay as part of a partnership with an iconic Louisiana-based restaurant chain. The Eugene Island 74 artificial reef is ...