The Organization for Artificial Reefs is excited to announce the deployment of a new artificial reef off of Franklin County.
The new reef material will be deployed as an addition to the Carrabelle 10 Mile Reef System southeast of Dog Island, within easy striking distance of local marinas and boat ramps.
On July 25th over 336 tons of material are scheduled to be deployed in 50 feet of water near Robby’s Reef.
The deployment will consist of 46 prefabricated reef modules split between 5 “Super Reefs” that are 15 feet tall and forty-one 8-foot tall “Florida Special” reef modules.
The modules will be distributed among five separate patch reefs in the permitted area known as the CCA Dr. Bart Carey Memorial Reef.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission provided a grant of $123,000 using federal funds from the US Fish and Wildlife Sportfish Restoration Program and Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Early Restoration funds.
The Coastal Conservation Association will pay the required $15,000 cash match on behalf of the City of Carrabelle, and for an additional super reef module that will feature a plaque honoring Dr. Carey.
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