DURING A CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY AT A LATER DATE, THE ORLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSION IS STEPPING UP TO HELP BUILD AN ARTIFICIAL REEF OFF THE BREVARD COUNTY COAST. LUCY’S DONATING 160 SECTIONS OF ...

The USS Mohawk was scuttled off the coast of Sanibel Island in 2012 to create the first Veterans Memorial Reef. This 165-foot World War II vessel was environmentally cleaned before being sunk in 90 ...

Lee County has the distinction of being the home of the first Veterans Memorial Reef dedicated to all U.S. veterans using a military ship. On July 2, 2012, the USS Mohawk was towed from Fort Myers ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Friday the successful sinking of a 227-foot abandoned boat off the coast of St. Lucie, to become an artificial coral reef. FWC ...

Martin County sank the former smuggling vessel to become an artificial reef on Nov. 18. Artificial reefs provide 39,000 jobs for Floridians and generates $3.1 billion of economic activity annually.

A 227-foot-long freighter, once used to smuggle cocaine, was sunk Nov. 18 in about 200 feet of water nine miles off the St. Lucie Inlet in Stuart to create the Boo McCulley artificial reef. The ship ...

Martin County will sink a 227-foot-long freighter in about 200 feet of water nine miles off the St. Lucie Inlet in Stuart on Nov. 18 to create the Boo McCulley Reef. It will be at least the ninth ship ...

Pollution and rising sea surface temperatures are decimating the world's coral reef populations. According to a 2020 Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network report, the world's oceans lost roughly 14% of ...

The SS United States, once the world's fastest ocean liner, is being turned into an artificial reef off the Florida Panhandle. Florida has one of the most active artificial reef programs in the nation ...

North Carolina's coastal waters lack natural hard-bottom habitats, impacting marine life and the recreational fishing industry. Artificial reefs, constructed from various materials, create thriving ...

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 ...

McCulley Marine Services deployed artificial reefs from Brevard to Miami-Dade counties for over two decades, but now there's no one left to do that work since the Fort Pierce business closed in 2023.