Tag: Artificial Reef

Target New Jersey’s Artificial Reefs This Spring

8/16/2025 - By Dave Migdal. New Jersey’s artificial reef fishing is getting better with age. At first glance, the coast of New Jersey looks like every other on the Eastern Seaboard, give or take some sand dunes, cliffs and lighthouses. But just off the coast and below the ocean’s surface, it’s a… SEE MORE

Coral Reefs are Emerging from Shipwrecks and Sunken Objects

1/23/2024 - By theconversation.com Not all underwater reefs are made of coral − the US has created artificial reefs from sunken ships, radio towers, boxcars and even voting machines! When people hear about underwater reefs, they usually picture colorful gardens created from coral. But some reefs are anchored to much more unusual foundations.… SEE MORE

DNREC Sinks Ex-Navy Freighter onto Delaware’s Artificial Reef System

8/14/2020 - DNREC continued to broaden the recreational allure of Delaware’s renowned artificial reef system today by sinking the Reedville, originally a World War II and Korean Conflict-era coastal freighter and supply ship at a reef site 16 miles offshore and with readings of *38 40.423’N 74* 44.295’ W at a depth… SEE MORE

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