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A Marine Resources dive team confirmed the damage on the artificial reef sunk in July. Officials say the vessel is still upright at depth — and that the collapse may…
An artificial reef built at Walter Marine in Orange Beach to honor Charlie Kirk is set to be sunk off the coast of Destin, Florida, on Wednesday, roughly ten months…
The Mobile Bay National Estuary Program has deployed six new 3D-printed reef structures made from dredged sediment, building on a successful six-month pilot project.
The 408-foot Argosy VI, prepped in Bayou La Batre, was sunk 23 miles south of Orange Beach in 120 feet of water, completing a trio of large ship reefs alongside…
The SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built, has docked at the Port of Mobile to be prepared for sinking off the Florida coast as the world's largest…
Alabama officials are preparing to pour $22.5 million into new fish habitat across inshore, nearshore and offshore waters, though one of the most eye-catching pieces of the plan – adding…
It took two tries, a broken-down pump and a runaway anchor, but Alabama’s newest artificial reef is finally where it belongs: on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. “No,…
Alabama’s artificial reef zone, already the largest in the country according to the state’s conservation department, is about to get another boost from a big boat. “It’s something that we’re…
Congress passed a bill shifting red snapper management authority toward Gulf states, a change welcomed by Alabama fishing officials and coastal lawmakers.
The Alabama Wildlife Federation built the Upper Wreck Reef between Mullet Point and the mouth of Weeks Bay, a 1.25-acre underwater structure of recycled rubble finished in time for Memorial…