Artificial Reefs

General Information

• Taylor County Reef Research Dive Team: Enrollment applications & contacts, meeting agendas, upcoming events, & more...
• Taylor County Artificial Reef Overview: provides background and goals.
• Economic Impact of Artificial Reefs: provides incredible statistics to support artificial reef construction in our area.

Steps to Establishing an Artificial Reef

• Reef Site Permitting: Learn what it takes to designate an area as an artificial reef site.
• Reef Site Selection: Criteria for selecting an area to permit.
• Reef Design: modules building productive fisheries.
• Reef Materials: Learn what materials are allowed.
• Reef Monitoring: It's required, so learn what's involved.
• Reef Site Surveying : Instructions & Forms

Taylor County ARTIFICIAL REEF pages

• Steinhatchee Fisheries Management Area Public Fishing Zone Artificial Reef (New): Currently in the funding process, check out the permitted site area of Taylor's newest artificial reef.
• Buckeye Reef Overview: Information about the Buckeye Reef.
• Buckeye Reef 2003 Enhancement: View/download a map and coordinates of 2003 reef developments.
• Steinhatchee Reef: View/download a map and coordinates of the Steinhatchee Reef.
• Steinhatchee Fisheries Management Area: 1,000 conservation reefs, public fishing zone, dive trail & more.
• Taylor County Near-shore Bird Rack Platforms : View locations & future plans.

 

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