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Transcript of MC Artificial Reefs History
Martin County, Florida
Artificial Reef Program
Past to Present
Martin County, Florida
The Past to The Present of our Artificial Reef
Program
1970’s Martin County Artificial Reef Map
Martin County 1986 Map 1986 Martin County Artificial Reef Map
Lady Stuart Fund Raiser Fishing Trip
“Lady Stuart”Fundraising
October 1986
Lady Stuart Cartoon October 1986Lady Stuart Cartoon October 1986
Total of 61 Reefs
NEW 2009 Map
Reef Areas Named for the Original Past “Reeftirees”
Donaldson Bill Donaldson, mayor and postmaster of Pontiac Michigan from 1954-72, retired to Stuart and helped lead campaigns to build artificial reefs in the Atlantic near his southern Florida community for 13 years.
Sirotkin Al Sirotkin, Capt. Al Sirotkin
Ernst Dr. Edgar Ernst (Dentist), In I97I, the Stuart Sailfish Club sponsored the Dr. Edgar Ernst Artificial Tire Reef consisting of 75,000 concrete-weighted auto and truck tires, 3 steel barges & 2 school bus bodies
Donaldson’s Tires & Toilets ReefOctober 1977
Auto & Truck Tires&
Old Hotel Plumbing
Bill Donaldson called it "Martin' County‘swelcome mat" for migrating sport fish. "
June 1987
USS Rankin Evinrude Memorial Reef
St. Lucie & Martin Countiesworking together
Awards Commissioners & Volunteers
29 Reefs Deployed 2000 to 200729 Reefs Deployed 2000 to 200729 Reefs Deployed 29 Reefs Deployed 2000 to 20072000 to 2007
Martin County’s Artificial Reef Program
&MCAC Reef Fund, Inc.
“Our Underwater Desert”
The Ocean Floor
FISH HOTELS IN THE DESERT
OUR GOAL
OBTAIN SUITABLE VESSELS OR MATERIALS
TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL REEFS IN THE DEEP WATERS OF MARTIN COUNTY
TO IMPROVE RECREATIONAL FISHING,
THE OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENT AND TOURISM.
MCAC Members include:
John Burke, President
Dave Powell, VP - Stuart Sailfish Club
Karl Wickstrom, Florida Sportsman Magazine
Joe Lehner, Fisherman Extraordinaire
Curt Croteau, Martin County Anglers Club
Kerry Dillon, Professional Diver
29 Reefs Deployed 2000 to 200729 Reefs Deployed 2000 to 2007Reef Name Materials Site Deployment Dates
Mitigation Site A bridge pieces Nearshore July-Sept. 2000
Mitigation Site B bridge pieces Nearshore July-Sept. 2000
Mitigation Site C bridge pieces Nearshore July-Sept. 2000
Evans Crary Bridge bridge pieces Ernst Summer 2000
Tetrahedron Stack Reef concrete tetrahedrons Sirotkin April 4 and April 25, 2001
Tetrahedron Patches concrete tetrahedrons Sirotkin March 28 & June 28, 2002
Tree Barge 140’ barge Sirotkin April 19, 2002
Wickstrom Ship 168’ cargo ship Sirotkin January 21, 2003
Railroad Tie Stack concrete RR ties SirotkinMar 13, May 9, and June 23,
2003
High Queen and Zeppo tug & 120’ barge Sirotkin August 7, 2003
Five Peaks RRtie Patches concrete RR ties Sirotkin June 2 & 28-29, 2004
Tension Barge 140’ barge Sirotkin July 17, 2004
ReefMaker Triangle Reef concrete & steel units Donaldson May 18, 2005
ReefMaker Texas Reef concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005
ReefMaker Cement Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005
ReefMaker Traffic Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005
ReefMaker Upside Down Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005
ReefMaker Inlet Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005
ReefMaker Patch N concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005
ReefMaker Patch C concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005
ReefMaker Patch S concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005
ReefMaker Tree Barge concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005
Clifton Perry Memorial bridge pieces Donaldson Jan to May 2005
Frances Langford Memorial bridge pieces Sirotkin Feb to Aug 2005
PCL Deep Site bridge pieces Sirotkin October 2006
PCL Shallow Site bridge pieces Donaldson Nov.– Dec. 2006
PCL River Reef bridge pieces IR Lagoon Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2007
KD Select Reef concrete pieces Sirotkin
3 New Reefs in Ernst Site concrete pieces Ernst
FUND RAISINGMCAC ARTIFICIAL REEF FUND
♦ ANNUAL FISHING TOURNAMENT
EVERY YEAR IN JULY ♦ SELLING THE NAMING RIGHTS
TO FUTURE OR EXISTING ARTIFICAL REEFS
♦ DONATIONS
ALL FUNDS ARE FOR ARTIFICIAL REEF ACTIVITIES
Community Involvement
Contributors Sponsors Advertising
Donating time, materials, fresh ideas . . . .
Baratta MapThe MCAC Artificial Reef Fund
DEEP REEFS
THE WICKSTROMHeaded for the Sirotkin Reef Site
Deployed January 21, 2003
Wickstrom Wheelhouse
HBOI
SELLING THE NAMING RIGHTS PROVIDED THE FUNDS
FOR DEPLOYMENT
• Dr. Bob Baratta “SIGHT-SEA-ER”
• Debbie Schmidt
• American Custom Yachts
• Bausch American Towers
Group at HBOI with Towers
“BRAGGIN’ BASH” Auction WinnerDr. Baratta’s Artificial Reef
Towers ready on the barge for deployment
Underwater
Kerry Dillon, Diver Sea Rover Services
1st Place Kingfish Award The Conigiaro Family on “The Fuelish”
Other Reefs Deployed in 2008
six new reefs deployed offshore southern Martin County
located midway between St. Lucie and Jupiter Inlets
Depth 65 feet
Map of South County Deployments
these new reefs need new names
New South County Reefs
South County DeploymentNew South County Reefs
NEW NAME : FOGEL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT REEF AREA : SOUTH COUNTY
ORIGINAL NAME: MIDEAST REEF
LOCATION : Latitude N 27° 04.773’ Longitude W 80° 02.297’
DEPTH : 70 FEET
MCAC Artificial Reef Fund
CERTIFICATE OF NAMING RIGHTSCERTIFICATE OF NAMING RIGHTS
John J. Burke
President, MCAC Reef Fund
DATE Kathy Fitzpatrick, P.E.
Martin County Coastal Engineer
3 NEW REEFS FOR SALE• Newest Artificial Reefs in the Sirotkin Site built in Martin County - August 24, 2009• 1,500 TONS • THREE NEW REEFS • DEPTH: 187 feet
• 27° 13.040 80° 00.306 A (Alpha)• 27° 12.936 80° 00.280 B (Bravo)• 27° 12.814 80° 00.289 C (Charlie)
Here's a photo 14 hours later after the first
This is obviously after the deployments were
just about completed.
the post deployment dives and measurements of the
reefs footprint on the seafloor
Here's the first of several photos of the new reefs underwater.
This one is at site "Charlie", the peak at 174 ft. in 187 ft. of seawater.
This one we got lucky and two of the large concrete boxes landed on top of each other with a culvert sticking out of the top one.
This photos was taken on Saturday Aug. 29th 5 days after deployment on the 24th
Yes there are baitfish already on the new reefs. This is the Alpha site in the morning dive, 6 days after the reef was built on the
24th
Donated to MCAC Fundby
American Custom Yachts for our next project
TUG BOAT “BIG AL”
COMING SOONComing Soon – TUG BOAT “BIG AL”
69’ TUGBOAT “BIG AL”
ON THE FAR LEFT IS GEOFF BEISER THE ENGINEERING MANAGER FOR HARBOR BRANCH WHO ORGANIZES THE WORK AND THE DONATION TO OUR FUND. HE GREW UP IN THE BAHAMAS WHILE I WAS THERE FOR 14 YEARS AND I KNEW HIS FATHER WELL. WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON EACH OF THE 11 SIGNS THAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR US. THE YOUNG LADY IS THE DRAFTSPERSON WHO WORKS ON OUR SIGNS . THE OTHER 2 GUYS I DON'T HAVE NAMES FOR, BUT THEY ARE THE WELDER AND PAINTER. FOR HARBOR BRANCH.
Our Special Thanks to:FWC GrantsFlorida Sea GrantsHarbor Branch OceanographicMartin County Anglers ClubStuart Sailfish ClubSafari I Deep Sea FishingMarine IndustriesSea Rover ServicesMcCulley Marine