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Artificial Reefs: From Shipwrecks to Reef Balls

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5218
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Abstract:
One of the nation's premier state-managed artificial reef programs is found in the waters off North Carolina's coastline. State involvement in the program began in the mid-1980s, and today the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries manages thirty-nine ocean sites and seven estuarine sites. Only three of the ocean reefs are over twenty miles offshore. Artificial reefs are used to increase fish habitats and areas for sports fishing.
Source:
Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , Spring 2002, p6-11, il
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