October 3, 2008

Reef-building off South Carolina’s coast

Ever wonder where military vehicles windup once they retire ?SC's National Guard & SCDNR team up to create artificial reefs

Well, the National Guard has teamed up with SCDNR to create underwater habitats for sea creatures and fish – a sure shot haven for offshore fisherman no doubt.

SCDNR’s site has an image of the current reef sites, structures and GPS coordinates, used by the $16M/year offshore fishing industry off SC.
a mantis shrimp from off the SC coast

Here’s a short video of 45 artificial reefs, including ‘concrete cones’, off our coast:

*UPDATE 12/14/10: Artificial reef-building wastes money

deep coral Southeastern deep sea coral mushroom coral

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