Georgia

New fish habitat off Little Cumberland Island

July 20, 2010
jacksonville.com

A new habitat has been created with surplus concrete donated by several local businesses and fishing clubs about seven nautical miles off Little Cumberland Island by Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

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3 reefs will close to protect fish species

Bo Petersen
January 20, 2009
thecharlestonangler.com

Two existing reefs and a planned artificial reef offshore have been closed to bottom fishing, while federal regulators consider closing far larger areas.

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Take out the tree

Rob Pavey
January 3, 2009
augustachronicle.com

Hundreds of Christmas trees will be ground into mulch today during Columbia County's annual recycling event. Also, the Army Corps of Engineers plans to gather its own stockpile for use as fish and wildlife attractors at Thurmond Lake.

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News List

Maritime Administration ahead of schedule in scrapping Suisun Bay mothball fleet 10/15/2012 Aged and crumbling ships may be leaving the Suisun Bay "mothball" Reserve Fleet at a steady pace, but some of their value is being left behind. Vallejo's California Maritime Academy, one of six state maritime schools nationwide, soon will see a nearly $400,000 funding influx, proceeds from the sale of the obsolete vessels. The new funding, $2.2 million overall, is due to a federal mandate requiring federal reinvestment into maritime schools. State delays horseshoe crab sculpture sinking for two weeks 7/26/2012 Artist Chris Wojcik and his Art as Reef team will have to wait at least another two weeks before they can see their 47-foot, life-like horseshoe crab sculpture reach its final destination, the Axel Carlson Reef. Artificial Reef Project Moves Forward Despite Controversy 7/26/2012 Roughly five weeks ago, with the hope of jump-starting a plan to install a fish ​— ​and fishermen ​— ​friendly artificial reef offshore of Santa Barbara, Chris Goldblatt and some colleagues dropped two 1,300-pound hollow concrete igloos into the ocean offshore of Hendry’s Beach. STRI Board of Directors 8/25/2009 Steven M. Barsky Joel Geldin Dick Long Eleanore Rewerts Robert Watts