Builders constructed the artificial oyster reef near the Carolina Beach State Park to help grow oyster numbers and benefit the entire ecosystem. The oyster population in North Carolina has ...

Floating about 500 feet offshore of Illinois Beach State Park, Hillary Glandon tightened her scuba goggles, grabbed a small masonite plate from a nearby kayak and dove beneath the Lake Michigan ...

For decades, old boats, concrete piping, reef balls and natural materials have been used to attract marine life to the NC coast. Here's why.

05-22-2025 PREMIUM This artificial reef is made of pet ashes. Human ashes are next Resting Reef turns ashes into underwater memorials. In just one year, it has already attracted 46 new marine species.

Goose Point Reef is the latest in a chain of seven artificial reefs in Lake Pontchartrain, spanning from Frenier’s Landing to the St. Tammany fishing pier in Slidell. The project, part of the REEF ...

McCulley Marine Services, a key artificial reef deployment company in Florida, closed in 2023 due to rising costs. Florida governments and nonprofits are shifting focus to smaller, nearshore ...

A historic ocean liner will become the world’s largest artificial reef once it reaches its final resting place off Florida’s Gulf Coast. Competing diving businesses are vying for the massive ...

In less than a week, a new artificial reef will be in place off the coast of St. Tammany thanks to 4,000 tons of recycled concrete from Interstate 12. On Tuesday morning, at a lakefront pavilion ...

The 5 acres of artificial reef in the shallow waters of the Cape Fear River will provide new oyster habitat and offer enhanced shoreline protection for Carolina Beach State Park ...

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - An artificial oyster and recreational fishing reef project is underway at the Lower Cape Fear River. The project will add 4 acres of shallow reef habitat in the North ...

Team members at Illinois Natural History Survey’s Lake Michigan biologist station collect samples from the artificial reef off the coast of Illinois Beach State Park in Zion on Tuesday ...