Artificial Reefs
Creating Artificial Reefs (Real Media)
What's an Artificial Reef Like? (Real Media)
34 Reef sites off the shores of Texas
Petroleum Platforms Are Complex Structures
Explosive Removal
Partial Mechanical Removal
Liberty Ships
Natural Rocks
Deployment of Reef Balls Offshore
Tubular Sponges on Steel Leg of Rig
Shark
Sea turtle
Reef Butterflyfish
Townsend Blue Angelfish
Juvenile Red Snapper and Sheepshead
Rock Hind Grouper
Juvenile French Angel
Spanish Hogfish
Barracuda
Barnacle covered with Sponges
Sponges
Tubastrea- Soft Coral
Cup Corals- Hard Corals
Spiny Urchin
Aggressive Tunicate
Donations to the
Artificial Reefs Program
45 oil and gas structures
12 Liberty Ships
1 U.S. Navy YR-26 barge
4 barges
1 tugboat
44 concrete culverts
300 fly-ash blocks
132 reef balls
50 quarry rocks
1 welded pipe structure