An artificial reef (AR) is a human-created freshwater or marine benthic structure. Typically built in areas with a generally featureless bottom to promote...

reefs such as the coral reefs of tropical waters are formed by biotic (living) processes, dominated by corals and coralline algae. Artificial reefs,...

Artificial reefs are used to increase sustainable fishing activities on the coastline of Japan, which depends heavily on the sea for food. Since the Middle...

previous year's fish move on to high-relief reefs with room for more individuals. Around artificial reefs such as oil platforms, smaller fish spend time...

Osborne Reef is an artificial reef off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida at 26°06′27″N 80°03′54″W / 26.10748°N 80.06493°W / 26.10748; -80.06493...

also examples of human-made reefs specifically designed and made for surfing. Some artificial harbours also create new reef break waves. Examples include...

36.121178; -5.355542 The Gibraltar Artificial Reef, or simply the Gibraltar Reef, is the ongoing artificial reef project for the Mediterranean waters...

Half Ironman triathlon. New Zealand's first artificial reef was installed at the Mount. Construction of the reef was hampered by lack of funds and ironically...

environmental non-governmental organization. The foundation uses reef ball artificial reef technology, combined with coral propagation, transplant technology...

2011. Retrieved March 7, 2009. Orkin Emmanuel, Lisa (May 12, 2008). "Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, and more". Associated Press. Retrieved March...

was being done. In 2004, the Navy decided to sink her to create an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in the Gulf of Mexico. After much environmental...

waves. An artificial reef known as Chevron Reef was constructed in El Segundo, California in hopes of creating a new surfing area. However, the reef failed...

scuttled to form artificial reef". Cyprus Mail. 28 February 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2018. "Vessel Scuttled in Ayia Napa to Form Artificial Reef". goldnews...

existing islets, constructing on existing reefs, or amalgamating several islets together. Although constructing artificial islands is not a modern phenomenon...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...

of a groyne and instead constructed an artificial reef to stabilise the foreshore at Narrow Neck. So far the reef has worked well as a coastal control point...

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,300 kilometres...

vessel to create artificial reef". goodwordnews.com. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023. "MANTA: Okaloosa deploys 180ft artificial reef off Destin-Fort...

restrict navigation through a channel or within a harbor; to provide an artificial reef for divers and marine life; or to alter the flow of rivers. The Skuldelev...

codification for the construction, habitat settings, and monitoring of artificial reefs in the United States maritime boundary. The Act of Congress declares...

Grenada in the Caribbean Shark River Reef – Artificial reef off New Jersey Gibraltar Artificial Reef – Artificial reef project off Gibraltar Sinking ships...

The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) is a registered non-profit society based in Vancouver, British Columbia (BC), and has been a registered...

Anti-trawling devices are a specific kind of artificial reef. Trawling is a controversial fishing practice which has attracted environmental, legal, and...

Bay, Western Australia to raise abalone. The ranch is based on an artificial reef made up of 5000 (as of April 2016[update]) separate concrete units...

sunk as an artificial reef on 30 October 2012. NRP Afonso Cerqueira was decommissioned on 13 February 2015 and later sunk as an artificial reef off Madeira...

1998 before going through a protracted legal battle for use as an artificial reef. She was finally scuttled as such in 2015 off the coast of British...

construction debris. Other artificial reefs are purpose-built (e.g. the reef balls) from PVC or concrete. Shipwrecks may become artificial reefs when preserved on...

struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1993, she was to be sunk as an artificial reef originally intended for the spring of 2008, but instead was placed...

Redbird Reef is an artificial reef located in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Slaughter Beach, Delaware, 16 miles (25.7 km) east of the Indian River...

west coast. She was decommissioned in 1993 and sold for use as an artificial reef and sunk as such at Sunken Harbor off San Diego, California in 2000...