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2. Artificial reef - Wikipedia

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   An artificial reef (AR) is a human-created freshwater or marine benthic structure. [1] Typically built in areas with a generally featureless bottom to promote marine life, it may be intended to control erosion, protect coastal areas, block ship passage, block the use of trawling nets, [2] support reef restoration, improve aquaculture, or enhance scuba diving and surfing. [3]

3. Rigs-to-Reefs - Wikipedia

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   Rigs-to-reef locations in the Gulf of Mexico (Dauterive, 2000) Rigs-to-Reefs (RTR) is the practice of converting decommissioned offshore oil and petroleum rigs into artificial reefs. [1] Such biotic reefs have been created from oil rigs in the United States, Brunei and Malaysia. [2] In the United States, where the practice started and is most ...

4. Reef Ball Foundation - Wikipedia

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   Reef Ball Foundation, Inc. is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization that functions as an international environmental non-governmental organization. The foundation uses reef ball artificial reef technology, combined with coral propagation, transplant technology, public education, and community training to build, restore and protect coral reefs.

5. National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 - Wikipedia

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   Signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on November 8, 1984. National Fishing Enhancement Act of 1984 is a federal statute delineating codification for the construction, habitat settings, and monitoring of artificial reefs in the United States maritime boundary. The Act of Congress declares degradation of fishery habitats and overfishing ...

6. Atlanta’s subway cars are now home to endangered sea ... - AOL

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   The reef was first created in 1976 and is part of a network of 32 offshore reefs, according to MARTA. But the practice of dumping manmade materials into the ocean to create artificial reefs dates ...

7. Coral reef restoration - Wikipedia

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   Coral reef restoration strategies use natural and anthropogenic processes to restore damaged coral reefs. [1] Reefs suffer damage from a number of natural and man-made causes, and efforts are being made to rectify the damage and restore the reefs. This involves the fragmentation of mature corals, the placing of the living fragments on lines or ...

8. File:Decommissioned M60 Tanks Being Placed in Gulf of Mexico ...

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   English: On June 1, 1994, the M60 tank shown is one of the first six tanks to be placed in the Gulf of Mexico. A site 12 miles south of Dauphin Island, Ala. is dedicated to Lawrence Sims by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division.

9. Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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   The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS) is a United States National Marine Sanctuary located 100 nautical miles (190 km) offshore of Galveston, Texas, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. It contains the northernmost coral reefs in the United States. Underlying salt domes forced the seafloor upward in various areas of the Gulf ...