Duke Energy Florida is contributing $150,000 to Coastal Conservation Association Florida – the state’s leading organization dedicated to marine fisheries conservation, education and advocacy.
Approximately $100,000 will be used to help bring three new reef systems to the Gulf of Mexico, from Mexico Beach to Tampa Bay.
CCA Florida and the Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association plan to deploy a new artificial reef off of Mexico Beach in 2022.
The project would include installing three super reef structures, 10 grouper disc structures and five Florida limestone pyramid structures on a nearshore pre-permitted reef site.
All three reef structure types are easy for boaters to find and safer to navigate, making them attractive to fishermen.
The mixed array also provides greater habit structure diversity, which attracts more species of fish.
The Duke Energy Foundation also recently provided a $50,000 grant to CCA Florida to test new approaches to clean up fish kills after red tide.
The grant will help research the most cost-effective way to clean up fish kills from red tides, thereby improving our water quality and air quality within our coastal communities.
Duke Energy Florida is also collaborating with CCA Florida to release more than 100,000 redfish and spotted seatrout by the end of this year along Florida’s west coast to help provide abundant recreational fishing opportunities.
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