Artificial Reefs
Jan Culbertson, TPWD Coastal Fisheries
Artificial Reefs (Real Media)
34 reef sites offshore of Texas
Hard bottom habitat is limiting
Petroleum platforms are complex structures.
Explosive platform removal
Partial platform mechanical removal
Liberty ships
Natural rocks
Reef balls
Setting up the molds
Inflating large and small balls
Pouring concrete
Releasing pins from the mold
Releasing molds from hardened structure
Deflating and removing balls
Deploying reef balls offshore
Tubular Sponges on steel leg of rig
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