Construction of the Jacksonville River Reef has begun this week. Barges of recycled concrete material are being transported to the Coastal Conservation Association River Reef permitted site. Once within the permit boundaries the barge is carefully anchored into position and material is deployed. The 45...
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River Reef Project Intended Placement Map
This is a reference page for internal use for reef placement planning. The map shown below may not be exact and is being used for placement planning purposes....
Read MoreJacksonville River Reef Project To Commence
The Jacksonville River Reef Project construction is about to start. Check out this brief video promo describing the project!
Read MoreSunken Coast Guard Tender Spike 5 Years Later
In the summer of 2009 the retired United States Coast Guard Vessel Spike was sunk off the coast of Jacksonville to create marine habitat. This summer makes 5 years since the deployment. TISIRI divers made several visits over the summer months to observe the current condition of the reef. Today the vessel has already become a flourishing reef. The brief video story below shows the dramatic difference between when the vessel was underwater on day one and now.
Read MoreMandarin High School Reef Balls
In the summer of 2009 several reef balls created by the students and faculty of Mandarin High School were placed 12 miles offshore Ponte Vedra Florida (Grant FWC-08259). This past Sunday the reef balls were visited to examine their progress as reef structures and below is brief compilation of video clips of the now thriving habitat.
Read MoreNational Geographic Features TISIRI Reef Cleaning Efforts
Earlier this month TISIRI divers headed offshore Jacksonville Florida to clean-up marine reef habitats. Popular reef sites were targeted assuming they would have accumulated the most waste material over time. National Geographic published a brief video story of the day's reef cleaning efforts (watch it...
Read MoreTISIRI and Visit Jacksonville Official Scuba Diving Promo
Visit Jacksonville and TISIRI teamed up to produce a video promoting the scuba diving opportunities in Jacksonville Florida.TISIRI's Joe Kistel, Larry Davis, and Ed Kalakauskis visited a dive site known as the Monahan Tug. It was a beautiful day and the underwater conditions were perfect. Kistel...
Read MoreMischeivous Octopus Dismantles Underwater Camera Housing
Earlier today TISIRI underwater cameraman Joe Kistel stumbled across the same Octopus encountered last week (when it took a great interest in diver Kim Fair). Kistel hoped to make amends with the octopus from last weeks encounter and allowed it to investigate the camera housing. Everything...
Read MoreNortheast Florida Lionfish Blast Harvest Video Story
We recently published our video story of a lionfish control team that was sent offshore during the Northeast Florida Lionfish Blast Tournament. The divers on this trip collected over 200 lionfish with both spear and live capture techniques. Check out the story below: