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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).
RGV Reef, a 1,650-acre artificial reef created in 2017 in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas, is being studied to assess its potential for carbon capture. [37] Another study area is located off Juehua Island in the Bohai Sea .
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.
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 ...
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Sustainable reef net fishing is a salmon harvesting technique created and used by Lummi and Coast Salish Indigenous people over 1,000 years. In WA’s northern waters, Lummi keep sustainable ...
A fleet oiler run aground on Maro Reef. USS S-28 United States Navy: 4 July 1944 An S-class submarine that sunk off Oahu. USS Saginaw United States Navy: 29 October 1870 A sloop-of-war that ran aground off Kure Atoll. San Pedro: 1996 Sunk by Atlantis Submarines Hawaii as an artificial reef. USS Stickleback United States Navy: 29 May 1958
The NJ Fish & Wildlife Artificial Reef Program was begun in 1984 now has built 17 reefs off the coast and one in Delaware Bay. The program uses decommissioned rail cars, old tug boats, former ...