SDE.Artifical_reefs

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Theme: Artificial Reefs
Theme: Saltwater Recreational Fishing, Saltwater Diving
Place: South Carolina, SC Coast
Place: Southeast

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Abstract
Locations Artificial reef development in South Carolina's coastal and offshore waters is managed through the
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division (MRD). The state's Marine
Artificial Reef Program, first established in 1973, is a part of the MRD's Office of Fisheries Management
(OFM).

Purpose
To enhance recreational fishing and sport diving opportunities in coastal waters, and to increase the amount of productive hard-bottom habitat available overall, man can participate (with significant help from nature) in the creation of
additional man-made, or "artificial" reefs. This is accomplished by placing suitable long-lived, stable and environmentally safe materials (usually steel or concrete) on a selected area of ocean bottom. Once the material is in place it acts in the same way that naturally occurring rock outcroppings do in providing hard substrate necessary in the basic formation of a live-bottom reef community.

Supplementary Information
http://saltwaterfishing.sc.gov/artificialreef.html

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