If anyone has any contacts inside DNR or whomever is needed to discuss materials for an artificial reef, please pass them along. I have an idea…
Let me know if you don’t get any info. I have a couple of folks I work with at times at DNR that should know who to get in touch with.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”, but really, who cares?
Oh come on… what’s the idea?
That would be Bob Martore at 843-953-9303
I’ve spoken to those guys in depth about it. Give me a call later on and I can give you a good bit of info.
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Originally posted by Surf or FishOh come on… what’s the idea?
Have some material that we don’t want to scrap, but don’t want to give away, and don’t have a use for. Just so happens the structures are perfect shape and all for reef structure. Only issue is some of it is galvanized steel…not sure of if it’s okay for that, just don’t want to let it go to waste.
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
The zinc in galvanized metals is not good for marine organisms.
Olde Man Charters
843-478-1538
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286 Seafox/Twin 300’s
I don’t think procuring material has really ever been the bottleneck for SCDNR. I believe it’s the deployment that’s expensive.
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Originally posted by sulcatamanThe zinc in galvanized metals is not good for marine organisms.
Olde Man Charters
843-478-1538
Oldemancharters@gmail.com
286 Seafox/Twin 300’s
And that answers my question!
(**(), hate to see all of this stuff go to waste, it really would be perfect habitat.
Oh well, thanks fellas!
Wadmalaw native
16’ Bentz-Craft Flats Boat
Just curious, anyone have ball park $ figures on what it costs to build and deploy artificial reef material. I would imagine the largest expense would be buying the barge to weld everything onto (assuming you could get a lot of material donated) and then the expense of actually towing it offshore?
2016 Boston Whaler 230 Vantage w/300 Merc Verado
quote:I think that DNR contracted Stephens Towing to do a lot of the deployment. Last I heard (my information is probably 5-10 years old) was that individual deployments were in the range of $30-$50K depending on range offshore, complexity, etc.
Originally posted by bonecrusherJust curious, anyone have ball park $ figures on what it costs to build and deploy artificial reef material. I would imagine the largest expense would be buying the barge to weld everything onto (assuming you could get a lot of material donated) and then the expense of actually towing it offshore?
2016 Boston Whaler 230 Vantage w/300 Merc Verado
I don’t know what the current budget is, but it used to be around $300K, and most of the deployment was going to existing reef sites.
There have been a few special circumstances. For example, when the old cooper river bridge was deployed, I’m pretty sure that they got something like $1M in grant\assistance money to do that and were able to do many more deployments that year.
They are starting the ground work to replace the Harbor River bridge near Fripp island. I have made several inquires to DNR about the old bridge, all to no avail. I will keep my eye on this post. That old bridge would make a mighty fine near shore reef.
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