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Artificial Reef Deployments

 

The Sinking of the Tamaroa-Artificial Reefs with Peter Clarke - (DEP Podcast, 5/12/17)

Vessel being deployed on artificial reef New Jersey's Artificial Reef Program provides a network of 15 artificial reefs in the ocean waters along the New Jersey coast. These reefs provide a hard substrate for fish, shellfish and crustaceans, fishing grounds for anglers, and underwater structures for scuba divers. The reefs are strategically located along the coast so that 1 site is within easy boat range of 12 New Jersey ocean inlets.

Artificial reefs are constructed by intentionally placing dense materials, such as old ships and barges, concrete and steel demolition debris and dredge rock on the sea floor within designated reef sites. Every deployment of these materials increases the complexity and productivity of a reef.

The links below are to information about upcoming and past deployments. For locations of reefs see the reef location page; for specific coordinates of a deployment please contact the Bureau of Marine Fisheries at 609-748-2022.

Planned Deployment(s)

None scheduled at this time.

Previous Deployments

  2022
arrow Artificial Reef Ball Deployment On Manasquan Inlet Reef
 
  2021
arrow Granite Monuments Added to the Barnegat Light Reef Site
arrow F/V CARTERS CREEK Deployed on the Manasquan Inlet Reef
arrow Vessel Deployments at Little Egg and Manasquan Inlet Reefs
 
  2020
arrow Maher Terminals Reef On the Manasquan Inlet Reef Site
arrow Memorial Reef Deplayoment On Atlantic City Reef (Cape May County Herald)
arrow Tugboat Memorial Deployed On Sandy Hook Reef
arrow Caisson Gate Deployed On Deepwater Reef
 
  2019
arrow Second Caisson Gate Deployed - Cape May Reef
arrow Caisson Gate Deployed on Atlantic City Reef
 
  2017
arrow New Delaware Bay Reef Deployments To Begin
arrow Vessel Deployment Scheduled for New Manasquan Inlet Reef
arrow Deployment Scheduled for New Manasquan Inlet Reef
arrowWatch: Crews Build New Artificial Reef off Point Pleasant (June, 2017 Shorebeat.com video)
arrow Famed Zuni/Tamaroa Deployed On Reef Comprised of Former Military Ships (DEP News Release, 5/10/17)
 
  2016
arrow Vessel Deployment Rescheduled for Wildwood Reef
arrow Another Vessel Deployment Scheduled for Axel Carlson Reef
arrowNew "Shady Reef" site to be created (app.com)
arrow Sea Girt and Axel Carlson Reefs to Receive Final Loads of Concrete Rubble
arrow Vessel Deployment Scheduled for Axel Carlson Reef
arrow Vessel Deployments Scheduled for Atlantic City and Ocean City Reefs
 
  2015
arrow Sea Girt and Axel Carlson Reefs to Receive 10,000 Tons of Concrete Rubble
arrow Vessel Deployments Scheduled In July For the Barnegat Light Reef
arrowBarnegat Light Reef Deployment Video (July, 2015 Facebook post)
 
  2014
arrow Dredge Rock Deployed at Shark River Reef Site
 
  2012
arrow Horseshoe Crab Sculpture Deployment Rescheduled for August 30
 
  2011
arrow Retired Navy Destroyer Radford Now Part of Artificial Reef
 
  2010
arrow Four Hundred Reef Balls Slated for Deployment on the Cape May Reef
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for Barnegat Light Reef
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for the Townsends Inlet Reef Site
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for the Axel Carlson Reef Site
 
  2009
arrow Deployments for Garden State North and Garden State South Reef Sites
 
  2008
arrow 500 Reef Balls Slated for Deployment on the Great Egg and Little Egg Reefs
arrow Subway Cars to Hit Bottom on Cape May Reef in August and September
arrow Vessel Deployment Planned for Early August
arrowEd Bogaert Memorial Reef Video (2008, Sinking of Smoke II)
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for When Conditions Permit
arrow Subway Cars Hit Bottom on Atlantic City Reef - April 22, 2008
 
    2007
arrow Reef Ball Additions on the Ocean City and Wildwood Reefs in 2007
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for the Sea Girt Reef Site October 12, 2007
arrow 250 Reef Balls Slated For Deployment on the Wildwood Reef on Sept. 7, 2007
arrow Four Vessel Deployments Slated for August, 2007 (NOTE - Three deployments were postponed)
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for the Ocean City Reef Site May 25, 2007
arrow Vessel Deployment Slated for the Axel Carlson Reef April 24, 2007
arrow Axel Carlson Reef to Receive 100 Tons of Buoy Sinkers in January and February, 2007
arrow Axel Carlson Reef to Receive 800 Tons of Concrete Pier Pedestals - February 23, 2007
 
  2006
arrow Ocean City Reef to Receive 8000 Tons of Concrete - October 24, 2006
arrow 34,000 Cubic Yards of Dredge Rock to be Deployed on the Shark River Reef - September 16 - October 15, 2006
arrow 5,000 Tons of Jetty Rock to be Deployed at the Sea Girt Reef August 28 – September 18, 2006
arrow 700 Reef Balls Slated For Deployment on the Townsends Inlet Reef - August 23, 2006
arrow Vessel Deployment for Ocean City Reef Site - July 26, 2006
arrow Vessel Deployment for Townsends Inlet Reef Site - July 18, 2006
arrow 1,300 Tons of Concrete Castings for Barnegat Light Reef - June 13, 2006
arrow Sea Girt Reef to Receive 7000 Tons of Concrete - May 17, 2006

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