Category Archives: media

CNN News Piece: TISIRI Reunites Besal With Wreckage

9-29-12CNN broadcast story of TISIRI's aircraft wreckage investigation.TISIRI encountered wreckage several weeks ago, and after several dive surveys and some research determined the wreck as an A7 military jet that crashed in 1974. Pilot Robert Besal survived the incident and recently revisited the wreck site the TISIRI...
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Aircraft Wreck Investigation CNN News Story

CNN News publishes a story in regards to TISIRI's aircraft wreckage investigation. The article describes the story of pilot Stewart Dunbar who went missing after a flight 16 years ago. Dunbar's family has been searching for him ever since and immediately contacted TISIRI after hearing of the recent aircraft wreckage discovery. Read the story by clicking on the image of Ed Kalakauskis and Joe Kistel surveying the wreck site below.
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First Coast News Plane Discovery Story

7-24-12Jessica Clark of Jacksonvilles' First Coast News interviews TISIRI's Joe Kistel regarding the recent aircraft wreckage discovery. Read More

USS Mohawk Sinking News Segment

First Coast News interviews TISIRI's Joe Kistel in regards to the recent USS Mohawk artifiical reef deployment offshore Lee County Florida. Kistel describes the explosive ship sinking event and the significance of such a project in the county in which it resides. He also mentions TISIRI has a 200 foot vessel project in the works for northeast Florida. See the news clip below.
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News Stations Report the Gulf America Wreck

Broadcast networks WTEV and WJXT report the current condition of the S.S. Gulf America Wreck with TISIRI's Joe Kistel. The news stations reference video and pictures of the wreckage captured by Kistel only two weeks ago. TISIRI and the JRRT investigated the Gulf America Reef to observe its current condition and collect visual media of the site.
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First Coast News Lionfish Story

Mike Prangley of Jacksonville's First Coast News discusses recent lionfish sightings with TISIRI's Joe Kistel. Lionfish are not new to the waters of north east Florida but this is the first reported TISIRI sighting in the area since 2009. Lionfish sightings are a concern because lionfish are not known to have natural predators in non-native Atlantic waters,they are aggressive eaters, and reproduce at early ages. The fear is these animals will severally deplete populations of other native fish and invertebrate species.
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TISIRI's Reefs Revealed featured in Coastal Angler

TISIRI's Reefs Revealed project is featured in the March 2012 Coastal Angler Magazine. The article describes how the Reefs Revealed project is providing detailed imagery and data of North East Florida's Reefs. See the article by Joe Kistel by clicking on the image below and search for page 36.
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TISIRI Featured in Coastal Angler Magazine

TISIRI has an article featured in the September 2011 editon of Coastal Angler Magazine of North East Florida. TISIRI's Kistel explains two recent artificial reef projects off the Coast of Duval and Flagler Counties.
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