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On January 19, 2021, NOAA issued the Final Instruction for expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. This action protects 14 additional reefs and banks, slightly adjusts the boundaries of the sanctuary's original three banks and expands the sanctuary from 56 square miles (145 km 2) to a total of 160 square miles (415 km 2).
Georgia: Georgia's Offshore Artificial Reefs Program [12] Texas: Texas Artificial Reefs Interactive [13] Louisiana: Louisiana artificial reefs Program. [14] Virginia: Virginia Artificial Reef Program [15] California: California Artificial Reef Program [16] [17] (501(c)3 nonprofit organization) Massachusetts [18] New York [19] New Jersey: The ...
Falcon State Park is 572.6 acres (2.317 km 2) located between Falcon Heights, Texas, and Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and is the southern end of a 98,960-acre (400.5 km 2) International Falcon Reservoir. The park's main activities include camping, swimming, fishing, water skiing, and boating, with a self-guided nature trail.
A Balao-class submarine that was scuttled as an artificial reef off Ocean City, Maryland. USS Cherokee, (a.k.a. "The Gunboat") United States Navy: 26 February 1918 Built in New Jersey in 1891, and initially named Edgar F. Luckenbach. Cherokee spent a year in the service of the U.S. Navy.
Following service as a training ship, the Texas Clipper I was moored at the Beaumont Reserve Fleet from 1996–2006. [2] [3] In 2006, Texas Clipper was transferred to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Artificial Reef Program to be turned into an artificial reef. This transfer allowed the ship to not be scrapped.
Florida's coral reef — the world's third-largest — experienced an unprecedented and potentially deadly level of bleaching over the summer. Derek Manzello, coordinator of the National Oceanic ...
The contractor towed the ship to Corpus Christi, Texas, in January 2004 and completed the environmental preparation work in December 2004. [citation needed] Oriskany was the first United States warship slated to become an artificial reef, under authority granted by the fiscal 2004 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 108–136).
Rigs-to-Reef is now the core of both Louisiana and Texas' artificial reef programs. [21] Under the original guidelines, the Minerals Management Service would not release an operator from liability unless another entity accepts ongoing liability for the rig. [7] If the reef is in state waters, the state typically accepts liability.