Wednesday, July 21, 2010

New artificial reef established off Little Cumberland Island.

http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2010-07-20/story/new-fish-habitat-little-cumberland-island

I wonder what the green eco-weenie take on this is?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

http://www.newsweek.com/2008/06/19/are-artificial-reefs-good-for-the-environment.html

http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/59/suppl/S250.pdf

The jury is still out on the environmental merits versus the environmental damage. As with many endeavors, this is an issue that is being directed more by commercial impetus than strong science.

Jay Moreno said...

What environmental damage would clean, inert concrete do, do you suppose?

Anonymous said...

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V4F-4RXJYYT-1&_user=10&_coverDate=06%2F30%2F2008&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1408525684&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=331a491175636344b6c2e0144e1a524b