Rhode Island

Bill introduced to establish RI Artificial Reef Program

Feb 2, 2011
www.rilin.state.ri.us

Sen. John J. Tassoni Jr. (D-Dist. 22, Smithfield, North Smithfield) has introduced legislation to create the Rhode Island Artificial Reef Program, an effort, he says, that can help keep the Ocean State's waters teeming with aquatic life.

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Navy: Forrestal to be scrapped or sunk

June 29, 2009
www.navytimes.com

The famous aircraft carrier Forrestal will be cut up for scrap or sunk as an artificial reef, the Navy has determined. “Right now, the two disposal options being considered are partial dismantling and recycling or full dismantling and recycling,” said Katie Roberts, a spokeswoman at Naval Sea System Command. A partial dismantling would result in the hulk of the ship sunk as an artificial reef, as the carrier Oriskany was in 2006.

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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