Start Date
4-1973 8:00 AM
Description
Fishes congregate around coral reefs, rock outcrops and other areas with irregular, hard bottom. These areas provide shelter, food, orientation, and spawning grounds for fishes and are vital to the existance of encrusting organisms. However, much of the continental shelf area off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States is relatively barren.
Studies by National Marine Fisheries Service biologists from the Atlantic Estuarine Fisheries Center, Beaufort, North Carolina, on reefs off New Jersey, South Carolina and Florida have demonstrated that artificial reefs effectively provide additional food and cover for fishes . Artificial reefs have a great potential as a management tool that States and the Federal Government can use to conserve and develop recreational and commercial fishery resources.
Artificial Reefs and Coastal Fishery Resources
Fishes congregate around coral reefs, rock outcrops and other areas with irregular, hard bottom. These areas provide shelter, food, orientation, and spawning grounds for fishes and are vital to the existance of encrusting organisms. However, much of the continental shelf area off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States is relatively barren.
Studies by National Marine Fisheries Service biologists from the Atlantic Estuarine Fisheries Center, Beaufort, North Carolina, on reefs off New Jersey, South Carolina and Florida have demonstrated that artificial reefs effectively provide additional food and cover for fishes . Artificial reefs have a great potential as a management tool that States and the Federal Government can use to conserve and develop recreational and commercial fishery resources.
Comments
Ocean Sciences And Applications
Session Chairman: Hon. Randolph Hodges , Executive Director, Florida Department of Natural Resources, Tallahassee
Session Organizer: Raymond L. Norman, Unmanned Launch Operations, NASA, KSC
Special Advisor: Dr. Kerry B. Clark, Assistant Professor, Florida Institute of Technology
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