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Florida Artificial Reef Creation and Restoration

Implementing Organization

State of Florida

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$11,463,587

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (NRDA)

Funding Program

Natural Resource Damage Assessment NRDA

Details

Project Category

Recreational Use

Project Actions

Engineering and/or Construction

Targeted Resources

Recreational Resources

Project Description

This project deployed artificial reefs in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, and Bay Counties. The project includes reef designs that were constructed at various depths in permitted areas within State waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The deep water "nearshore reefs" have five prefabricated modular types deployed within nine nautical miles of shore. Shallower "snorkeling reefs" are piling-mounted structures with disc-shaped concrete and limestone layers, deployed in less than 20 feet deep water and within 950 feet of shore. The work was completed in two Phases (Phase A and Phase B).

Contact

Keith Mille
(850) 617-9633
keith.mille@myfwc.com
Project Website
Project Partners

None

Affiliated Institutions

For official trustee information regarding the Deepwater Horizon NRDA, including information regarding the NRDA process and the status of projects, see https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/

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