Even though fishermen everywhere in the world have used these gas and oil arrangements for reefing a long time ago, information on this topic is always being found. There are two countries in the world that have a long history when it comes to artificial reefing, The United States of America, and Japan. “As for the United States, the main mission has been to make these artificial reefs in hope of improving the catch for fisherman. Some items used for these artificial reefs in the United States are old cars, waste products, tires to automobiles, and oil and gas platforms. The products the United States have used, have brought up environmental concerns and thus, resulting in a shift toward the construction of artificial reefs with concrete”
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The ship sinking was a buildup of two years of effort from a bunch of different groups, scientists, and researchers. The ship sinking gained a lot of attention from around the world and was all over the national news and even had a documentary film made after the incident. “The purpose of the new artificial reef was going to be to provide many of the same ecosystem services supplied by a natural reef, including increased fish and sea life habitat, improve fish stocks and angling quality and new recreational diving opportunities” (Huth 1). If this reef is successful in providing these services, it is hoped the Oriskany will take in more fish and become a bigger home to a wide variety of species, thus making other artificial reefs less packed with fish.
Despite the recent growth in the number and popularity of dive sites around artificial reefs, there have been a few amount of studies that focus specifically on artificial reef recreational diving use. Roughly half of previous artificial reef studies and reports focus on economic impacts such as local output, employment, tourism, and labor income instead of on non-market recreational uses. This paper was very interesting to me because I learned a lot on artificial reefs and what purposes they served. I am very interested in the use of different materials to harbor fish in the ocean that don’t have any natural
The ship sinking was a buildup of two years of effort from a bunch of different groups, scientists, and researchers. The ship sinking gained a lot of attention from around the world and was all over the national news and even had a documentary film made after the incident. “The purpose of the new artificial reef was going to be to provide many of the same ecosystem services supplied by a natural reef, including increased fish and sea life habitat, improve fish stocks and angling quality and new recreational diving opportunities” (Huth 1). If this reef is successful in providing these services, it is hoped the Oriskany will take in more fish and become a bigger home to a wide variety of species, thus making other artificial reefs less packed with fish.
Despite the recent growth in the number and popularity of dive sites around artificial reefs, there have been a few amount of studies that focus specifically on artificial reef recreational diving use. Roughly half of previous artificial reef studies and reports focus on economic impacts such as local output, employment, tourism, and labor income instead of on non-market recreational uses. This paper was very interesting to me because I learned a lot on artificial reefs and what purposes they served. I am very interested in the use of different materials to harbor fish in the ocean that don’t have any natural