Sunken subway cars have been made into artificial coral reefs thriving with life. What are the downsides that make it so ...
The state of Louisiana is set to expand an artificial reef created in 2022 with the help of marine resources conservation ...
LDWF’s Artificial Reef Program is expanding, adding 465 more recycled concrete structures to the Gulf project.
In the 1970s, a well-intentioned initiative to bolster declining reef ecosystems and support fishing industries in Florida ...
COCODRIE, La. — The Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana (CCA Louisiana) has successfully installed the Ship Shoal 33 Artificial Reef, located south of Morgan City, adding nearly 8,000 square ...
In June 2024, a team of divers sank a curious assortment of 24 sculptures off the northern coast of Bali. The sculptures look like works of art—and in many ways they are. But they are also memorial ...
The SS United States, once a luxury ocean liner, is being prepared to become an artificial reef off the Florida coast. After failing to repurpose the ship, the SS United States Conservancy sold it to ...
A group that is pioneering underwater sculpture parks as a way to establish human-made coral reefs has deployed its first ...
As of this writing, about 600 oil rigs in the Gulf of America have been fully converted into artificial reefs. Yet, only 1,100 of 7,000 original platforms remain. Sadly, only 20% of rigs currently ...
McCulley Marine Services, a key artificial reef deployment company in Florida, closed in 2023 due to rising costs. Florida governments and nonprofits are shifting focus to smaller, nearshore ...