Monthly Archives: August 2013

North Florida Lionfish Rodeo Underwater Pictures

This past Saturday a Lionfish rodeo tournament took place offshore Jacksonville Florida. The goal of the event was to remove as many invasive lionfish as possible from the reefs offshore Jacksonville. TISIRI participated in the event and captured some photos of the marine life encountered at the reefs we are trying to protect. The Reefs visited were the Casablanca Reef and the BR Freighter. See a few of the marine life pictures captured during the dives below.
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Fred Morrow Reef Placement Report

An artificial reef was created using over 700 tons of clean recycled concrete material off the Coast of Jacksonville Florida on August 2nd, 2013. The reef material was placed within the Floyds Folly permitted boundaries (Permit SAJ-2007-261) at an average depth of 73 feet.TISIRI located, surveyed, and mapped the reef material on 8-2-13 (less than one hour after the reef deployment). Divers that participated made general observations and swam prescribed radial headings sketching material layout along their path.Reef material was found dispersed in a random and sporadic fashion with both densely clustered congregations as well as isolated pieces. Some fish species were observed as well as a few mobile invertebrates. The reef was placed well within the permitted boundaries and the maximum vertical relief from the seafloor was below 50 feet from the surface. The reef deployment appears to meet regulatory requirements and should evolve into productive marine habitat.
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2013 Reef Creation Video Story and Pictures

Last Friday the Fred Morrow Reef was created offshore the coast of northeast Florida. The entire project was a significant amount of work but all very worthwhile. Please see the brief video story we created explaining the project from the start of acquiring the reef materials to the first underwater look of the reef. Pictures of the event are also included under the video. A big thanks to Larry Davis for capturing much of the footage featured within this video.
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Jacksonville Fred Morrow Reef Created Offshore Ponte Vedra Florida

8-2-13Today,approximately 800 tons of recycled concrete material was placed offshore northeast Florida 12 miles East of Ponte Vedra Beach. Project contractor Salonen Marine had the fully loaded barge onsite and anchored by 9:30 am. In a little under three hours time the entire reef material contents...
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