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.
Tag: marine habitat
Coverage of marine habitat from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Bayou La Batre
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Limestone Barges Head South to Rebuild the Oyster Reefs of Lower Mobile Bay
Barges loaded with limestone are traveling hundreds of miles down Alabama’s rivers to Cedar Point in southern Mobile County, where the rock will be spread across the bay bottom to give young oysters a place to grow.
Baldwin County
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1,600 Tons of Rubble Became a New Fishing Reef in Mobile Bay
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 Day weekend.