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Reef Balls In The News!

(Unlinked stories are being scanned by volunteers, we have them on file if you need a copy in the meantime). NEW: Articles are numbered for reference. 

 

 


2005     

  1. What's Up Atlanta Daybook

  2. Scotsman.com News - Features - Cold Comfort

  3. Winston-Salem Journal | Daydreams about big fish

  4. HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Outdoors- Numbers game puzzles bay fishermen

  5. Resting with the Fish -- Forever

  6. Times of Oman

    2004

  7. mandurah.yourguide

  8. Marco Island Sun Times

  9. The Star Online- Lifestyle

  10. The Globe and Mail- Preserving paradise

  11. AP Wire | 11-07-2004 | South Wire- Artificial reef as final resting place helps habitat

  12. TheWBALChannel.com - News - Reef Balls Lowered Into Choptank River

  13. Valley Morning Star Online Edition

  14. HometownAnnapolis.com, Top Stories - Environmental Center to serve as model for bay cleanup

  15. heraldtribune.com- Southwest Florida's Information Leader

  16. CNN.com - Relatives mix loved one's ashes with artificial reef - Nov 8, 2004

  17. Maryland DNR Press Release, Nov. 5, 2004, Governor Ehrlich Announces Establishment of Bay Restoration Demonstration Site

  18. Bradenton Herald | 10-24-2004 | ManaTEENS dive in to clean reef

  19. The Signal,  How to Really Make an Ash of Oneself 10/23/2004
    Diana Sevanian Signal Staff Writer

  20. TCPalm- Local News Reef project put on hold after hurricanes [But Not the Reef Balls!] October 27, 2004

  21. PRESS RELEASE- 5 Texans Buried in Reefs Nov. 8, 2004

  22. HoustonChronicle.com - New home for eternity- sea floor memorial, Oct 2, 2004

  23. Action For Nature - International Young Eco-Hero Awards - 2004 Winners: T.J. Tullo (aged 16) Staten Island, New York, USA Scientific Discovery: Improving Marine Life

  24. Maryland Environmental Service, Volunteers Needed for Reef Ball Events, Sept. 30, 2004

  25. Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs - September 30, 2004

  26. 'Reef balls' - Houstonian - USA & World Sept 28, 2004

  27. Citizen's Online, Company gives new way to remember loved ones Sept 27, 2004

  28. CBS News | The Odd Truth, Sept. 27, 2004 | September 28, 2004 13-41-02

  29. www.delawareonline.com - The News Journal - LOCAL - Loved ones' ashes can give back to nature Sept 27, 2004

  30. wnbc.com - News - 'Reef Balls' Enable Loved Ones' Remains To Sleep With The Fishes, Sept 27, 2004

  31. Star - Tribute to dearly departed finds concrete expression

  32. KIROTV.com - Weird Headlines - Human Remains Used In Artificial Reefs

  33. The Star, IOL- A Step Beyond Sept 27, 2004

  34. The News-Press- Lifestyles - Under the sea Sept 26, 2004

  35. Northwest Indiana News- nwitimes.com - News- 'Reef balls' enable loved ones' remains to sleep with the fishes Sept 26, 2004

  36. RedNova News- Human Remains Used in Artificial Ocean Reefs Sept. 26, 2004

  37. The Sun News | 09-26-2004 | Mixing ashes in concrete picks up as burial option

  38. CNN.com - Transcripts, Headline News Sept. 25, 2004 OR

    View Video (7 megs)

  39. Bangkok's Independent Newspaper AROUND THAILAND:Reef Ball at Koh Racha  Sep 25, 2004

  40. International Harold Tribune- Remains become part of sea Sept 25, 2004

  41. PennLive.com Sept. 25, 2004 Human remains used in artificial reefs

  42. Dive Operators Club Thailand - Phuket Chapter Sept. 25, 2004

  43. Newsday.com - AP Regional Sept 25, 2004

  44. News - Oddly Enough - Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs (AP) Sept. 25, 2004

  45. New Courier Online For some, ocean is eternal Sept 22, 2004

  46. ENN- Environmental News Network [Eternal Reefs Announces 2004 Memorial Reef Locations] Sept 20, 2004

  47. The Star Democrat Volunteers make reef balls at Bay environmental center 9/22/04

  48. TravelDailyNews Artificial coral reef in Thailand: Phuket hotel pours Bt2 million into artificial reef Monday, September 20, 2004

  49. CNN's "Global Challenges" Reef Ball Segment (Audio.mp3) Video broadcast Aug 29, 2004. Videos: Medium Resolution (7 Megs Windows Media)  Low Resolution (2 Megs Windows Media)

  50. ECOCLUB, International Ecotourism Monthly, Issue 62 Aug 2004, "Focus on Coral Reefs: Ecoclub Interview with Todd Barber, Chairman, Reef Ball Foundation"

  51. August 18, 2004 Human ashes in concrete become marine habitats, Courier Post Online (New Jersey)

  52. CNN.com - Transcripts August 15, 2004 (Global Challenges Reef Ball)

  53. EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Civic-Nonprofit Organization - 2nd Place August 13, 2004

  54. Press Release Reef Ball 7 Jun 04 Indonesia, Newmont Project

  55. Kansas City Star | 08-02-2004 | Nurturing nature, even in death

  56. EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Youth Education Category - 3rd Place- Press Release (July 30, 2004)

  57. July 20,2004, Guardian Of The Reef Sculpture Series & Reef Ball Project Press Release

  58. Okinawa Declaration on Conservation and Restoration of Endangered Coral Reefs of the World 17 July 2004

  59. Capital City Weekly, July 13, 2004, "Reef Balls Planned for Alaska"

  60. July 13, 2004, WECT TV6 & WECT.com - Wilmington, NC news and weather - A look under the sea

  61. CNN July 5th, Global Challenges, Kuwait Picture Links 1 2 3

  62. July 5th, Al Anba Kuwait (In Arabic)

  63. July 5th Arab Times: CNN Shots Reef Ball Project (In English)

  64. July 5th 2004, Kuwait Times, 

  65. The Reef Is Growing, Tidelines, July 2004 (Maryland Saltwater Sportsmen's Association Newsletter)

  66. July 8th, 2004 "Eco – Enhancing Marine Projects", by John Walch

  67. July 5th 2004, St. Maarten - The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten-St. Martin - Caribbean, "The (Reef Ball) Project at Maho Starts"

  68. The Star Online- June 27, 2004 "Surprise offer for quilts...to fund Reef Balls"

  69. Artificial reefs are on state tour, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - Jun 17, 2004
    ... Also, the reef ball program, which allows school children to make small reefs and deploy them in the river, has been successful, she said.

  70. Mas Protegidos, Empaca, Dominican Republic, (En Espanol / In Spanish) June 16, 2004

  71. June 14, 2004, Herald Tribune.com- Parrot Heads by the hundreds live to be Buffetted  
    Part II

  72. June 12, 2004 The News-Press- Local & State - "Lee bounces into Reef Ball project with sinking off Sanibel"

  73. June 12th, 2004, baltimoresun.com - Manufacturer of ocean reefs offers a grave in eternal sea

  74. TC Palm June 11, 2004, The Day In Pictures,

  75. June 11, 2004, STUFF - TRAVEL - IN NEW ZEALAND - STORY - New Zealand's leading news and information website,

  76. Miningindo.com - News Sectio,,Tuesday, June 08, 2004, PTNNT conserves coral reefs with 2000 reef ball

      

  77. May 28, 2004 Malaysia Today "Reef balls bring back marine life to our waters, says minister "

  78. May 27th 2004, TCPalm- Local News, "St. Lucie dropping artificial reef balls off Bear Point"

  79. Annandale High School, Virginia Freshman Biology Class Reef Ball Project May 27, 2004

  80. May 27, 2004, Artificial reef project hopes to forge a habitat in Indian River Lagoon- South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  81. The Sportsman's Guide May 26, 2004 The Outdoor News Hound -- Dearly Departed Create Fish Habitat

  82. May 19th, 2004, mandurah.yourguide, "Reef balls an Australian first"

  83. May 12th 2004 The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Florida

  84. May 12th, 2004 The Daytona Beach News-Journal- Florida

  85. May 8th 2004, TCPalm- Local News, "Artificial reef work to begin soon

  86. Strict enforcement needed to stop turtle-slaughter (Harga Daging Dan Ikan Tidak Dikawal) May 8th New Sabah Times

  87. May 2, 2004. TCPalm- Local News, "Martin County's 'green' schools to receive recognition"


  88. The Newsroom, Halifax, Canada, Tuesday, April 27, 2004 "Reef Balls in Harbor Tonic"

  89. April 27, 2004 "Company burying dead in manmade reefs off Fort Lauderdale beach"

  90. April 27, 2004, The Halifax Herald Limited, Reef Balls (Photo and Caption)

  91. April 25th, 2004, Costa Rica Insert Picture

  92. Nacion.com - Nacionales April 24, 2004, Costa Rica, "Para que no falten arrecifes" (En Espanol/ In Spanish)

  93. April 21th, nacion.com - Nacionales, "Para que no falten arrecifes" (En Espanol)


  94. Barbados Advocate, April 21, 2003, "Barbados Marine Trust implements project to protect South Coast"

  95. Bradenton Herald, April 18, 2004, "Class takes spirit into Gulf water"

  96. TCPalm- Outdoors-fishing, April 18, 2004, Jim Hardee, "The Reef Balls are Coming"

  97. April 9, 2004 Sea burial: Ashes to ashes, dust to reef, Houston Chronicle   

  98. Harlee Middle School, Sarasota, FL Wins Environmental Excellence Award from the Nature Conservancy and Busch Gardens for Reef Ball Project!, March 30, 2004

  99. March  30, 2004 "18 laid to rest within 'reef balls' off Lido Key" Sarasota, FL

  100. March 23, 2003 PADI Project in Holland (in German)

  101. March 21, 2004 Harlee Middle School Project

  102. Reef Fishes of the Red Sea -March 19 2004, Oman (Great coral growth reef shots)

  103. Ask Captain Paul, March 2004, Louisiana Sportsman Magazin, "Where are the Reef Balls in Lake Ponchartrain?

  104. March 19, 2004 TCPalm- Students form homes for fish


  105. March 19, 2004 Tampa Bay's 10 Tampa Bay Watch's Reef Ball Project at MacDill Air Force Base

  106. "Building Esteem" Sarasota Herald March 18, 2004 

  107. Tampa Tribune, FL - Mar 13, 2004
    ... HELPING HANDS: Also on Saturday, the Coastal Conservation Association and local neighborhood associations join to install more oyster Reef Balls reefs at Ballast Point

  108. March 10, 2004, Launching of Pahang Royal Reef

  109. The New Bern Sun Journal, "Eternal Reefs offers aquatic resting place"
    March 08,2004


  110. Feb 29, 2004 "Quilting Helps Save Marine Life" The Star Online- Lifestyle

  111. KRT Wire Feb-20-2004 Budget Cuts Force North Carolina Officials Seek New Ways to Ease Beach Erosion.

  112. Feb. 17, 2004, Anna Maria Island News, "Reefball seeding proceeding in Tampa, Sarasota bays"

  113. Feb 15, 2004 ENN News - Over 7,000 Red Mangroves used in Maiden Island Mangrove Restoration

  114. Stuart News events calendar: Sebastian Sun, FL - 6 Feb 2004
    ... Good Nature Series: Environmental Studies Center, John Wakeman, "Build A Reef Ball,"
    10:15-11:45 am and 12:15-1:45 pm, 2900 Indian River Drive, Jensen Beach


  115. Eternal Reefs Offers a New Resting Place, March 8, 2004

  116. Harlee (Middle School) Offers Many Opportunities

  117. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries 1/21/2004


    2003

  118. Dec 31st 2003 Dive News - Reef Balls Gaining Popularity Through Unique Applications

  119. Reefball Asia "BRATS at Mabul Build their own reef to commemorate their 10th Anniversary" 12/23/2003

  120. Teens launch new reef balls  Dec 13, 2003
    Marine biology and conservation are very good fields for young people to venture into as, unlike other fields, they are relatively new. ... (The Star, Malaysia)

  121. ENN News Dec 5, 2003 Maiden Island Restoration

  122. Maiden Island Antigua Total Reef Restoration Project Press Release, December 1, 2003. 2003 Winner in all Project of the Year categories of Reef Ball Foundation.  Project included Coral Propagation, Coral Rescue, Mangrove Planting, Live Rock Stabilization, Submerged Breakwater, Fish spawning Pinnacles, Snorkel and Diving trails, Sea Urchin transplanting, 'Layer Cake' Reef Balls, Engineered Anchoring, Local and International volunteers....and MUCH MUCH MORE.  This is a must see to believe click.

  123. Lake Pontchartrain reefs completed Thursday November 06, 2003 The Times-Picayune 

  124. AP Wire | 11-03-2003 | Cremated remains turned into living monument in artificial reefs

  125. DeeperBlue.net - Reef Ball Foundation Announces Largest Coral Transplant by Francesca Koe (October 10, 2003)

  126. Brudirect.com - News Updates Launching of Pahang Royal Reef Oct. 2, 2003 

  127. The Daily Herald Newspaper | St. Maarten-St. Martin - Caribbean Reef balls placed in Great Bay, coral transplant soon Oct. 1st, 2003

  128. Reef work aims to reel in fishers [600 Reef Balls to be deployed] (Lake Pontchartain, Louisiana) September 2, 2003

  129. The Star Democrat, MSSA Project September 2, 2003 Maryland (Dorchester group deep into reef building project)

  130. August 22, 2003, Pensacola NewsJournal. "Reefs turn into final resting place"

  131. August 15, 2003 "Dorchester group deep into reef building project"

  132. August 15, 2003 "Planting reefballs at Mataking by the Jaycees"

  133. August 11, 2003 "Up the Creek" Star Democrat "MSSA Project"

  134. Cement Reef Balls to be placed in Lake Pontchartrain August 3, 2003

  135. July 25th "Money earmarked for Treasure Coast water projects"

  136. Charleston.Net- Local News- 8 Reef Ball memorial reefs placed at sea 07-22-03

  137. July 8, 2003 Group authorized to develop reefs (Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana )

  138. June 26, 2003, "Delight at Cruise Line's Coral Reef Restoration Plans"

  139. June 26, 2003, The Tribune - Nassau, Bahamas article on Reef Ball Project - Coco Cay (Article Scan)

  140. June 20, 2003, Nachrichten,  "Royal Caribbean International Rebuilds Bahamas Coral" Reef

  141. June 20, 2003 "Royal Caribbean International Rebuilds the Reef"

  142. June 10, 2003 Editorial: Having a ball,  Stuart News, FL

  143. Ocean Surface Topography from Space-Education

  144. Pier Party-North Carolina Sportsman

  145. June 7, 2003, Kids rule at making reef balls Stuart News, FL

  146. Candus Thomson - - On the Outdoors Baltimore Sun, MD - Jun 1, 2003

  147. Helping Mother Nature South Florida Sun-Sentinel, FL - May 26, 2003

  148. Stuart News, FL - May 21, 2003 "Camps will compete to build best reef balls"

  149. Atlanta Group Programs - Sierra Club (Planned June 2003 Meetings)

  150. May 2003 "INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE CORAL-REEF GROWTH YIELD BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED RESULTS"-Oman Update

  151. May 16, 2003 "Florida finds innovative ways to meet the demand for new artificial reefs."

  152. Bradenton Herald | 05-14-2003 | Lending fish a helping hand

  153. May 13, 2003 "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs" By Andy Hahn

  154. NOAA Ocean Explorer Reef ball at Sebastian's Reef 600-800 feet deep! May 2, 2003

  155. New Jersey Artificial Reefs, Web of Life Graphic With Reef Balls May 2003 (and more from NJScuba.com)

  156. Environmental Protection Agency's  April 2003 - Issue 13.2 > Sarasota Bay NEP Restores Reef Habitat

  157. Fisherman's remains join's Bay's reef April 30, 2003

  158. Grayson Rogers' legacy lives on - Eastern Shore News - delmarvanow.com April 30, 2003

  159. AccessNorthGa.com - Your Online Local Newspaper April 30, 2003

  160. Tampa Bay Estuary Program - Give A Day For The Bay - Bayshore Boulevard Reef Installation

  161. ARTIFICIAL REEFS in Thai Diver Magazine, 3/11/2003

  162. The New Bern Sun Journal

  163. MSSA "Tidelines" March/April 2003 "Reef Ball Project"

  164. "A reef is born" Friday, March 21, 2003

  165. Underwater Rebuilding, Tampa Tribune, March 16, 2003

  166. Bayshore Made Beautiful Project of Tampa Bay Watch March 15, 2003

  167. MSSA "Tidelines" Jan/Feb 2003 "Reef Ball Project"

  168. Star Telegram | 02-09-2003 | UNDER The Sea

  169. HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Chesapeake notebook- Group wants live-reef project to flourish Feb 2003

  170. Ocean lovers' burials at sea yield environmental benefits  Jan 16, 2003

  171. January 16, 2003 Minahasa Reef Ball Project (PT Newmont)

  172. Reef Ball Asia, Malaysia, Port Dickson Rotary Club Reef  Ball Deployment Jan. 2003

  173. Sandefjord DykkerKlubb, Jan. 28 2003, Reef Balls

  174. Articles/MSSA Reef Ball Youth Involvement.pdf Jan 2003

  175. Leven Scuba Club Newsletter, Jan 2003

  176. Naples News, January 8, 2003 "State approves Bonita's plan to replace sea wall near Old 41 bridge"

  177. January 8, 2003, "Oyster Reef Ball Workshop", Burtonsville Elementary School, Burtonsville, MD. (4-6 pm) by Bill Huppert of the Maryland Saltwater Fisherman's Association

  178. Gulf Construction - Online Edition - Al Hilal Publishing & Marketing Group (Reef Balls in Bahrain) January 2003

    2002

     

  179. December 30, 2002, Ventura County Star National, "Departed can become home for fish"

  180. Reef Balls St. Marteen

  181. marine environment - footprint in the sand Malaysian Reef Balls in Pulau Dayang, off the coast of Johor in Malaysia.

  182. Dec 21, 2002 , New Zealand, Invitation to Reef Ball Deployment, OPAPE MARAE, Beach Road Opape

  183. Dec 2002, The Rotary Club of Brickfield's Reefball Project

  184. Dec 15, 2002, New Bern Sun Journal (North Carolina) "(Long Bay) Artificial reef association receives grant"

  185. Dec 13th, Press Release from Eternal Reefs, "Eternal Reefs To Appear on Discovery Channel"

  186. St. Petersburg Times, "Base seeks artificial reef to curb erosion", Dec 6, 2002

  187. Dec 8, 2003 The Brownsville Herald (Texas) Coastal waters soon to offer final resting place

  188. The Daily Herald News, St. Marteen, "Nature Foundation starts project for artificial reef" Dec 1, 2002

  189. The (Barbados) Advocate, Local organization proposes solution to reef problems   Wed Nov 27 2002

  190. Eastern Shore News, Nov 27, 2002, "Eastern Shore Personalities - Continuing a love of fishing Remains of popular angler Grayson Rogers will be used in unique bayside artificial reef"

  191. The Virginian-Pilot, Nov. 22, 2002 Man who loved bay memorialized in reef ball

  192. Fulfilling a Wish, Nov. 22, 2002

  193. Nov. 11, 2002. "NJ Environmental Dept using prison labor on fisheries project"

  194. UMCES Helps State to Fill Memorial Stadium with "Marylanders" Once More

  195. November 2002, Barbados Marine Trust "Reef Ball Molds Have Arrived"

  196. November, 2002, At The School, by Brianna Frederick, Photo by Steve Ruark "Perry Hall Pupils on the ball to help bay oysters"

  197. October 21, 2002, Waterfront news "Memorials to be placed off Ft. Lauderdale" PDF Format , Page 1, Page 2

  198. Oct. 10, 2002, "World's best responsible-ecotourism holidays Four Seasons Resort Maldives at Kuda Huraa", Responsible Travel

  199. October 10, 2002, Sportfishing Magazine, "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs"

  200. October 7, 2002, Künstliches Riff soll toten Uferstreifen beleben (In German and PDF Format) 

  201. The Rotary Club of Brickfield's Reef ball Project Oct 2, 2002, Malaysia

  202. Broward County News, "New Burial Options combines human remains with Reef Balls" Oct. 2002

  203. October, 7 2002, Natur übernimmt die Regie (In German and PDF Format)

  204. October 7, 2002, THUNERSEE-RIFF: ERFOLGREICHE WASSERUNG, Natur übernimmt die Regie (In German and PDF Format)

  205. October 7, 2002, Der Bund, "Künstliches Riff im Thunersee (In German and PDF Format)

  206. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Summer/Fall 2002

  207. October 6,  The Star Democrat, Outdoor Datebook

  208. October 4, 2002, The Star Democrat, "Up The Creek"

  209. "A day in pictures" Oct. 3rd 2002, Sunspot

  210.  ZEITUNG IM ESPACE MITTELLAND / MITTWOCH, 2. OKTOBER 2002, "Künstliches Riff im Thunersee" PDF Format (In German)

  211. "Coral blossoms with the secret of eternal life" By Geoffrey Lean, Environment Editor,  September 29 2002

  212.  Sept 26, 2002, Pelican Press, Lifestyle Section Page 11A "Praise for County Reefs"

  213. St. Augustine High School Pictorial

  214. Sept. 20 2002, The Gulf News (the voice of Bahrain), "Artificial reef balls new home for fish" By DALAL AL ALAWI

  215. Marco Island Sun Times, Sept. 19, 2002, "Reef Balls Deployed, A Memorial Made"

  216. September 1, 2002 Oyster Days Flyer (Maryland Environmental Service, PDF Format)

  217. Charlotte Harbor Reef Association, Summer/ Fall 2002

  218. Frost77, "Why are Reef Balls better than other artificial reefs?"

  219. September 2002, Dive Training Magazine, Pg.91-94 "Guppy Gulch, Pennsylvania" Reef Ball Photo

  220. SI News - Marine ecology meets webcam for postgraduate media study, "Reef Ball Wave Attenuation Study"

  221. Sept. 18, 2002, South Africa Star, "Concrete Solution to Lost Coral Reefs" (jpg)

  222. Sept 2002, Environmental Programme at Asta Beach Resort, Barbados

  223. September 2002, PADI Project Aware Italy, Progresso Update, Lake Como (In Italian)

  224. BREEF ongoing projects, Bahamas Environmental Foundation

  225. A Watered-Down Memorial Stadium Rubble to Become Oyster-Growing Reef in Bay By Anita Huslin, Washington Post Staff Writer,Monday, September 16, 2002; Page B01, The Washington Post.

  226. Key West Marine Park, Reef Relief, Snorkeling Trail with Reef Balls 2002

  227. Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Diamonds (Eternal Reefs), Wired Magazine, Sept. 2002

  228. Shell in the Middle East, "INITIATIVES TO PROMOTE CORAL-REEF GROWTH YIELD BETTER-THAN-EXPECTED RESULTS"l

  229. The Macon Telegraph | 08-05-2002 | Decatur business using cremated remains to repair, create coral reefs

  230. August 2002, "Kabbelaarsrif" 

  231. "Footprints #3, Snorkeling Trail at Playa Portomari"

  232. Mandarin High School Page

  233. September 2002, PT Newmont "Minahasa Marine Habitat Enhancement Program" report

  234. September 2002, Atlanta Reef Dwellers Newsletter, Reef Ball Foundation & Eternal Reefs Articles PDF Format

  235. PADI Project Aware in Italy (Italian)

  236. PADI Project Aware in Italy (Spanish)

  237. August 2002 Sea Explorer Project, St. Augustine, Florida monitoring photos

  238. August 21, 2002, The Minahasa Marine Habitat Enhancement Program (A Reef Ball Project by P.T. Newmount in Indonesia) is showcased in in conjunction with the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.

  239. August 17th, 2002, Diario Yucatan, "Playas Recuperadas Mediante ese sistema; Ha despertado mucho interes el proyecto construir un arrecife artificial en Progreso" (En Espanol)

  240. August 17th, 2002, Diario Yucatan, "Combate a la erosion e 'encubadora' pesquera; Tres arrecifes artificiales, con diferente objetive, se colocaran de manera experimental en la costa" (En Espanol)

  241. August 7th, 2002, Marco Island Eagle, Ashes interred on reef in Gulf off of Marco Island

  242. August 7th 2002, Naples Daily News, "Family members bid farewell to loved ones at artificial reef"

  243. Environmental News Service, August 2,2002, "Eternal Reef Offers Alternative to Cremation Urn"

  244. CDNN Scuba News - "Female Diver Becomes Artificial Reef", July 25, 2002

  245. July 24 2002, Naples Daily News, Angler's Outlook: Weather, bait lure more, bigger catches

  246. Marco Island Eagle, July 24, 2002, Volunteers sought to help with growth of artificial reef

  247. July 2002, Southern Boating, "Life Support for Ailing Reefs" by Jan Gerner

  248. July 7, 2002, Campeche State Project, Yucatan, Mexico (En Espanol)

  249. July 2, 2002 Letter to Reef Ball Foundation by The University of Georgia President.

  250. South Jersey Reefs Receive Reef Ball Habitats, from Jersey Coast Anglers Association July 2002 Newsletter

  251. June 23, 2002, National Geographic ," Sea Stories: Save The Wave" 
    Produced and Written by ERIC STANGE

  252. June 2002, Florida Scuba News, "Environmental News: Bay County Reef Report"

  253. 2002 Issue of Prism Magazine

  254. Wrightsville Beach, NC  King Mackerel Tournament and Artificial Reef Project 

  255. June 12, 2002 SOUTH JERSEY REEFS RECEIVE REEF BALL HABITATS, Press Release from New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife

  256. June 7, 2002, Reef Ball Asia Pulau Dayang in the state of Johore, Peninsular Malaysia and Planet Scuba Project.

  257. New Zealand Cement & Limestone, Case Study, Reef Balls.

  258. Unofficial Long Beach Pier Page, "The Pier with Balls"

  259. May 10th, 2002, Mass. Division of Marine Fisheries: Programs and Projects - ...Artificial Reef Project by Vincent Malkoski

  260. April 2, 2002, ÖKO-BEGRÄBNIS,"Tote ruhen im Riff", Eine US-Firma bietet eine extravagante Variante der Seebestattung an: Aus Beton und Leichenasche werden Kugeln geformt, die als Wohnung für Korallen dienen.

  261. April 2002, Demand for 'Eternally Environmental' Options on the Rise,  By George Frankel CEO, Eternal Reefs, Inc.

  262. Tide Magazine, the official bimonthly magazine of the Coastal Conservation Association, "Concrete Condos, May 2002

  263. The Sportfishing Report, by Tony Beers, "The Making of A Reef"

  264. A North American Practitioners Workshop for Marine Reef Research and Monitoring by Volunteer divers, 20 and 22nd of June, Sidney, British Columbia (PDF Format)

  265. Fortune Magazine, Monday,  May 13,  2002 by Susan Q. Stranahan May 2002, "Sleeping with the fishes"

  266. Barbados Marine Trust Project, May 2002 

  267. Growth and Survivorship of Stony Coral Meandrina meandrites and Montastrea cavernosa Transplants to an Artificial Reef Environment: A Work in Progress. (May 2002)  E.A. Glynn, T.P. Quinn, D.P. Fahy, R.E. Dodge, D.S. Gilliam, and R.E. Spieler National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center

  268. Repairing coral reef systems with eco-friendly concrete balls submitted by: Institute for Social Inventions

  269. Hypothesis-based Restoration Study For Mitigation of a Damaged SE Florida Coral Reef A Work in Progress (May 2002), T.P. Quinn1, E.A. Glynn1, R.E. Dodge1, K. Banks2, L. Fisher2, R.E. Spieler1National Coral Reef Institute, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center

  270. Hammerheads Dive Club, May 22, 2002, "Reef Balls have been deployed...", "Army of Corps of Engineers team up with Hammerheads for an Oyster Restoration Project using Reef Balls!"

  271. Popular Science, May, 2002, Pg. 35, "Leave Your Bones With Davy Jones, You pay, you die, and they'll do the rest"

  272. Experimental Oculina Marine Reserve

  273. RMC Group, "Environmental Products Design"

  274. Islander, April 24, 2002, "Oyster Bars Coming to a Seawall Near You"

  275. UGA Columns, April 8, 2002, "Life's a Beach Reef"

  276. FreeVibes, April, 2002, "Earth Day 2002: Let's Clean Up Our Act"

  277. Sunspot.net, April 19, 2002, Memorial Stadium & Reef Balls

  278. The Star (Malaysia), April 11, 2002, Sec 2, Page 2, "Heavenly niche burials"

  279. April 2002, Plantages Portomari, "Volunteers with a Passion", Interview with Marjo van den Bulck and Maryke Kolenousky.

  280. Lexington Herald  Tue, Apr. 02, 2002, "Alternative burial sites are gaining ground"

  281. Fishbelly, March 30, 2002, "Reef Ball Progress"

  282. Delaware Valley Divers Newsletter, March 2002 "Artificial Reef Presentation at Feb. Meeting" (PDF Format)

  283. Progetto Reef Balls, Lake Como (Italian), March 2002

  284. Islands Alive, Journal of students at the Island School, Bahamas, The Art of Rolling Reef Balls By Bailey Clear

  285. Martin County Florida Community Information, March 26, 2002, "Joint Application for Environmental Resource Permit Artificial Reef Habitat Adjacent to the Dock at Indian Riverside Park"

  286. St. Petersburg Times, March 29, 2002, "Step right up to the Oyster Bar"

  287. Sarasota Herald Tribune, March 23, 2002, "Retirees here have great impact, even when they're leaving for good". (Cover B Section)

  288. Ashes to ashes, but forget the dust  March 21, 2002

  289. The Salt Lake Tribune, March 21, 2002 -- For Burial at Sea You Need Not Be a Sailor

  290. Cover Story Eternal Reefs, Washington Post March 20, 2002 
    and Page 2 Story, My Green Heaven

  291. Delaware Divers Newsletter, March 2002, "Artificial Reef Presentation"

  292. Jan, 2002, Neubausiedlung am Meeresgrund New living-space under the sea  (German & English)

  293. Emagazine.com Jan/Feb 2002, IN BRIEF Green Burial at Sea?
    By Jason G. Daley

  294. Lamash Artificial Reef Project

  295. Spotlight on Virginia Beach

  296. Mundosurf.com (Portuguese)  

  297. January 2002, Experimental Oculina Project, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

  298. Jan. 2002 Deep Water Oculina Project

  299. January 2002 Newsletter: Maryland Environmental Service Oyster Project
    -Page 1 (PDF Format) -Page 2 (PDF Format)

  300. Marco Island Eagle (January 23, 2002)

  301. Marco Island Eagle (January 16, 2002)

  302. redjellyfish.com (Feburary 2002)

  303. Florida Gulf Coast University, Marine Ecosystems Subject Guide

  304. Collier County Naples

  305. Tauchsportservice Potsdam - Ein Projekt zum Bau künstlicher Korallenriffe im Oman (In German) Date of translation Unknown

    2001

     

  306. Gerco Online, 2001, Projeto Recifes Artificiais Marinhos Do Espirito Santo (Portuguse)

  307. Artificial Reef Research Project in Long Bay New Zealand, 2001.

  308. Scharendijke, 2001 (In Swiss or Dutch?

  309. Sport Fish Magazine, King of the Capes, Longbay N.C. Reef Balls

  310. Christopher Kri U (2001) Colonisation and growth of marine animals on artificial reefs at Batu Penyu, Talang-Satang National Park, Malaysia. Hornbill 5:nn-nn  

  311. HENK VAN NOORT ERE LID, "Kunstriffen maken het Grevelingenmeer mooier"

  312. November 18, 2001 Taucher_Net - Reef Balls in der Ostsee (In German)

  313. Het kroost van de zeedonderpad duiken de snotolf, "De Reefballs veranderen"

  314. The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, Volume 6, The Seas, page 111, "Artificial Reefs"

  315. Project PADI Aware, Italy, Pre-deployment Report for Progresso, Lake Como (In Italian)

  316. Otto Progett, e il Comune si fa verda (In Italian) 

  317. Florida Concrete, November 2001, "Concrete Preserves the Environment by Air, Land and Sea

  318. Kiplinger's Retirement Report - Smoothing the Road for Retiree Rollovers - October 2001

  319. Project Reef ball (Dutch?)

  320. Sept. 23, 2001 Eternal Reefs: Not Quite Reefs, Not Quite Eternal, But Maybe As Close As Any Of Us Will Come To Either In This…Lifetime?

  321. Waitomo's Naiper New Zealand Photos

  322. Aug/Sept 2001 Hammerhead Scrapbook

  323. Palmicus News, (In French) "Projet Récif artificiel Villeneuve- VD REEF BALL" Sept 1, 2001

  324. Canadian Residents Abroad Magazine, Fall, 2001, Farming Coral Striving to Revive the “Underwater Rainforest,  PDF Format (Jpeg)

  325. Förde Taucher (In German) "Das sind wir - die ..."  Sept. 2001

  326. Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 22, 2001, "Idea floated for memorial at sea, Atlanta firm proposes creating a man-made reef that would honor victims of terrorist attack"

  327. Atlanta Journal Constitution, October 22, 2001, "Idea floated for memorial at sea, Atlanta firm proposes creating a man-made reef that would honor victims of terrorist attack" with pictures

  328. The Oak Ridge, October 4, 2001, "Cremated remains become part of memorial reef created off Charleston"

  329. Kiplinger's Retirement Report -Estate Planning Off the Beaten Path, October, 2001

  330. Pasco County River Ridge Middle-High School Early Days of Reef Balls

  331. August 25, 2001 MBARA Kingfish Tournament, "Coastal Reef Builders, Inc. Please Support your Mexico Beach Artificial Reef Association!"

  332. Aug 22, 2001 / jacksonville.com:  "Reef balls restore marine life"

  333. Scuba Diving with Melissa Rodriguez , 7/12/01, "Redefine your limits, an interview with world champion free diver Tanya Streeter"

  334. July Environmental Magazine, "Specially engineered 'reef balls'"

  335. Mandarin High School Project Description

  336. The Herald, June 20, 2001, "Helping Marine Life"

  337. ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS, June 2001 Update

  338. June 16, 2001 / Kieler Nachrichten (German): "Neue Riffs sollen mehr Fische locken"

  339. June 16, 2001 / Kieler Nachrichten, (English) "Yesterday, the company "MariLim - Technik & Service" from Kiel has built its first artificial reef with Reef Balls at the former swimming baths in Holtenau"

  340. Starbanner.com "Under the Sea I'd Like to be", June 15, 2001

  341. AUT Navigator - The quarterly newsletter of the Auckland University of Technology June 2001

  342. Florida Scuba News, Vol. 18, No 6, June 2001, "Reef Ball Program Readies for Expansion"

  343. June 9, 2001 / Bass N Edge: "Lake Okeechobee gets blessed with Reef Balls"

  344. Manatee Herald-Tribune, Monday, June 4, 2001, "Going out with a Splash"

  345. Kunstrif herstelt orkaanschade (PortMari Project, in Dutch)

  346. "Ashes of dearly departed fine purpose in reefs" May 30 2001

  347. May 29, 2001 / Orlando Sentinel: "Ashes of dearly departed find purpose in reef"

  348. May 4, 2001 / Ancestry, Life, Legacy: "WZ-ard Realm Is Chosen Site Of The Day"

  349. Spheres of Influences! May 2001 (Reef Ball Project in New Zealand) (Project Kaimoana)

  350. Associated Press, "Wave of Future Habitats, Reef Balls..."

  351. May 4 & 5th Cape Eleuthera Island School Science Research Presentations

  352. Aviles, 11, March 2001, "Un "oasis" en la mar y frente a Penas" (A oasis in the sea and home for fish)

  353. "Sarawak's Reef Relief", Article courtesy of The Sarawak Tribune 

  354. Maritime Institute of Malaysia, "Role of Artificial Reef In Conservation" Feb 26, 2001

  355. St. Pete Times, Feb 12, 2001, "Manmade Oyster reefs help filter bay"

  356. Feb 12, 2001 / PADI Today: "Project AWARE Reef Ball Contest"

  357. Feb 11, 2001, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine, "Patent Place, Reef Ball Patent No US5836265"

  358. St. Petersburg Times, South Pinellas, Environmental group plants oyster reefs that filter bay by JON WILSON Feb 11, 2001

  359. NOVA Southwestern Reef Restoration Project of USS Memphis Grounding, Jan 2001

  360. Jan 4, 2001 / Cherokee Life: "Woodstock office helps save world's coral reefs" (PDF file - Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view)

  361. Jan 2001 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reefball Update: For Ecology Minded Mortals, New "Memorial Reefs" Are An Environmentally Nurturing Final Resting Place"

  362. Footprints, Jan 2001, "Reefballs, A first for Curaçao" 

    2000

     

  363. REEF RELIEF,Turks and Cacios Island Magazine Feature Story By: Marsha Pardee Woodring,Updated Story with additional Photos

  364. REEF RELIEF,Story By: Marsha Pardee Woodring, Issue: Winter 2000/2001

  365. The Funeral Directory - Octopus Garden

  366. Dec 8, 2000 / ABCNews.com:  "Replacing Reefs"

  367. Dec 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reefball Update:  Why Marine Reserves?"

  368. Dec 6, 2000 / New Brunswick News:  "Sea will get a hand from inland pupils"

  369. Dec 1 & 2, 2000 / Cape Eleuthera Island School: "Science Research Presentations"

  370. Sea World 2000 Environmental Project of the Year Award, Kirbo Memorial Reef Project

  371. United Nations Development Program, Slackchwe Habitat Enhancement Project

  372. November, 2000; Recycling News, Rubber Rock Gets Fishy Treatment

  373. Island News, Winter '00, "Artificial Reef Project Update"

  374. Dec 2000 / National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI):  "Hypothesis-based restoration study for mitigation of a S.E. Florida U.S.A. coral reef damaged by the grounding of a nuclear submarine"

  375. Nov 30, 2000 / Mandarin High School (letter)

  376. Nov 18, 2000 / The Herald: "Scientists hope 'reef balls' repair damage done by sub"

  377. Florida Scuba News (www.scubanews.com): "Turning your dearly departed into a Living Reef"

  378. Nov 26, 2000 / Tallahassee Democrat:  "Reef balls to restore 'ocean's rainforest'

  379. Nov 19, 2000 / New Brunswick News: "Sea will get a hand from inland pupils"

  380. Nov 18, 2000 / Sun Sentinel: "Nova University's Oceanographic Center aims to create nests for baby coral"

  381. Nov 18, 2000 / Miami Herald: "Scientists hope 'reef balls' repair damage done by submarine"

  382. Nov 8, 2000 / The Florida Times-Union: "Having a ball for the sea"

  383. Nov 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"

  384. Sept. 28, 2000, Pelican Press "A reef at your dock?" 

  385. Oct 26, 2000 / Mandarin News & St. Johns Pilot: "MHS students making more reef balls"

  386. Monroe County School System, "Artificial Reef Habitat", "Wolfe Reef"

  387. Reef Ball Recipe, Monroe County K-12 School System

  388. Oct 2000 / Marilim - aquatic research: "What are Reef Balls?"

  389. Oct 4, 2000 / The Islander: "Anna Maria considers artificial reef under city pier"

  390. Oct 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"

  391. Sept 28, 2000 / Pelican Press - Lifestyles:  "A Reef Under Your Dock?"

  392. Sept 20, 2000 / Maldives: "Sindbad Artificial Reefs"

  393. Sept 12, 2000 / The Virginian-Pilot: "Man-made Marine Habitat"

  394. Sept 12, 2000 / The Coastland Times: "Environmental Thinking"

  395. Sept 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "New technology allows coral revitalization without damage to existing reefs"

  396. Sept 2000, Senior Something presents burial alternatives

  397. Autumn 2000 / NZ Professional Skipper: "Reefballs - instant reef, just add water and fish"

  398. August 30, 2000 / Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: "TTMB Reef Enhancement Project Proposal"

  399. Sept, 2000 / PADI Today: "First ever artificial reef is 'sunk' in Europe by Project A.W.A.R.E.-Updated Version with Photos"

  400. Aug 19, 2000 / PADI Today: "First ever artificial reef is 'sunk' in Europe by Project A.W.A.R.E."

  401. Aug 19, 2000 / WorldwideAngler.com: "Wal-Mart FLW Tour, FishAmerica Announce Conservation Partnership

  402. Aug 8, 2000, Coral Shores High School Project, Monroe County, Florida.

  403. Aug 7, 2000 / Pago Pago: "American Samoa Coral Mining Workshop"

  404. North Vilano Beach,Florida, "Reef Ball For Temporary Erosion Control Pictures"

  405. Aug 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"

  406. Coral reef research yields good results - Oman Observer, July 27, 2000

  407. July 19, 2000 / South Tampa News: "'Reef Balls' dock in South Tampa"

  408. July 12, 2000 / Florida Times-Union, jacksonville.com: "Sea life thrives in new reefs"

  409. July 8, 2000 / Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel:  "Scientists look for key to rebuilding coral reef"

  410. The Urn Store.com: "The Eternal Reefs Story"

  411. July 2000 / Tampa Baywatch:  "Seawall Enhancement Features in Residential Canals - Tampa Bay, Florida"

  412. July 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"

  413. Summer 2000 / The Island School, Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas:  "Artificial Reef Research, Reef Balls"

  414. June 6th, 2000 / Jacksonville Times Union: "New Digs for Sea Creatures, (Charles H. Kirbo Memorial Reef)"

  415. June 5, 2000 / Florida Today: "High School Class Builds Reef"

  416. World Wide Angler, June 1, 2000, "FL: Charles H. Kirbo Memorial Reef",

  417. Summer 2000, Charlotte Harbor NEP Reef Ball Program (PDF Format)

  418. June 2000 / Sea Stats:  "Artificial Reefs"

  419. Jacksonville Business Journal, June 2000, "Sea-ing is Believing" , 

  420. June 2000 / (in Dutch):  "Kunstrif herstelt orkaanschade"

  421. June 2000 / Boating New Zealand: "Big Balls in Napier"

  422. June 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News:  "Reef Ball Models!"

  423. 2000 Annual Edition / NJ Reef News: "Designed Habitats on the Reefs", "How the Reef Habitat Works", "Adopt-A-Reef Habitat"

  424. May - June 2000 / Scientrific:  "Playing Reef Ball"

  425. May 2000-Sarasota Herald Tribune: "You can fool Mother Nature"

  426. Naples Daily News, "High school students diving into this Florida Keys subject", Wednesday, May 31, 2000

  427. May 31, 2000 / School Board of Sarasota County: "Classroom on Wheels"

  428. May 30, 2000 / Associated Press:  "High School Students Diving Into This Florida Keys Subject"

  429. May 13, 2000, St Augustine Record, "What in the world is that?
    It’s a reef ball, but, of course"

  430. Summer 2000 / Florida Sea Base: "Scuba Adventure 2000"

  431. May 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"

  432. May 2000 / Island Ecosystems: "Environmental studies opportunity in the Caribbean"

  433. April 2000 / Southwest Florida Fishing News: "Reef Ball Update"

  434. April 8, 2000,Times Union Riverbend "The New Zealand Reef Ball Experience: Fate-Beyond Serendipity"

  435. Spring 2000 / Earth Island Institute, Earth Island Journal - Positive Notes: "Reef Balls revitalize"

  436. March 2000, SMMA News, "Snorkeling Trails and Reef Balls"

  437. Mar 23, 2000 / The Haveland North Village Press (New Zealand): "Reefballs, a positive payback"

  438. Southwest Florida Fishing News, March. 2000, "Eternal Reefs"

  439. Feb 24, 2000 / Environmental News Network: "Reef Balls - Rebuilding the ocean's rain forests"

  440. Feb 4, 2000 / The Coral Reef Alliance: "Dive In To Earth Day 2000!"

  441. FLORIDA TODAY Explore the Space Coast, "Reef Balls to form Lake Okeechobee reefs"  Feb 4, 2000

  442. Tribune, "What are Reef Balls"

  443. Environmental News Networks, Feb 24, 2000, Chat Transcript with Todd Barber

  444. Feb 2000 / EPA Report: "Punta Gorda Waterfront Juvenile Fisheries Habitat Project"

  445. Southwest Florida Fishing News, Feb. 2000, "On Your Next Vacation Help Save a Reef"

  446. Coastlines Feb 2000, "Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program....Reef Ball Under Docks"

  447. Sarawak Reef Ball Project Pictures

  448. San Pedro Sun, Feb 2000, Reef Brief - by Ann Hayden - Reef Balls - Repairing the Coral Reef Ecosystem

  449. Dominica Artificial Reefs

  450. The Beaufort Gazette, Jan. 28 2000, " Reef-balls plan needs review permits to continue," 

  451. Carolina Morning News, Low Country, Jan. 21, 2000, "Reef balls could bring more life to May River"

  452. Salter's Point Reef "Creating A Home for Marine Life"

  453. New Jersey Department of Fish and Wildlife, Jan 11, 2000, "Division Deploys 700 Reef Balls, 

  454. Jan 2000 Sport Diver Magazine: "Help rebuild reef on Earth Day dive trip"

  455. Southwest Florida Fishing News, January 2000, "Reef Ball Monitoring Dives"

  456. New Jersey DNR "Reef news, 1999 Excerpts"

    1999

     

  457. Dec 17, 1999 / About.com - Scuba Diving: "What are artificial reefs and why do we need them?"

  458. Dec 9, 1999 / Sun Herald - Waterline: "Teamwork plays on the Reef Ball Project"

  459. Southwest Florida Fishing News, Dec. 1999, "What are Reef Balls"

  460. Dec 1999 The Star, Charting migration path of marine turtles; Wong :Research will be successful (Kuching, Malaysia)

  461. SPARS in the Media-Nov. 20, 1999

  462. St. Johns River Paper, Oct. 28, 1999, PG 14 Sec 2, "MHS students work to build reef", by Jennifer Knoechel

  463. Oct 27, 1999 / Shorelines (www.jacksonville.com): "Making concrete fish bait"

  464. Oct 25, 1999 / The Jacksonville Business Journal: "Developer helps environment"

  465. Fall 1999 / Underwater Magazine: "Reef Balls helping to save natural reefs"

  466. Al-Fehal, Aug 1999, "Welcome to the Ball"
    -Page 2

  467. Compressed Air Magazine: "Underwater World of High Adventure by Derick Schermerhorn (Boy Scouts of America)  


    1999

  468. July 30, 1999 / Sarasota Bay: "4-H Club Does It's Part for Marine Life"

  469. July 8, 1999 / Pelican Press: "Rednecks help make fishing better"

  470. June 30, 1999 / Newsweek.com: "Rest in Reefs"
    Periscope: Rest in Reefs

  471. Carrabelle Times, June 6, 1999, "Reef Balls Best for the Bay"

  472. Aquarium Frontiers Media Review: "Catching up on periodicals" June 1999

  473. June 27, 1999 / The Inquirer (philly.com): "Prison work rehabilitates from the ocean floor on up"

  474. June 27, 1999 / Philadelphia Inquirer: "NJ Environmental Department using prison labor on fisheries project"

  475. June 19, 1999 / Wired News:  "Deep-Sixing Your Ashes"

  476. May 13, 1999 / Sun Herald - Waterline: "105 down and (maybe) 9,395 to go"

  477. San Pedro Sun - Reef Brief: "Reef Balls - Repairing the Coral Reef Ecosystem (Reef Briefs, Green Reef, Ambergris Caye, Belize)

  478. Marine Wildlife Research, Reef Ball Turtle Project, Sarawak, Malaysia

  479. April 29, 1999 / Waterline: "What's Up with the Reef Balls?"

  480. April 22, 1999 / Sun Herald - Waterline: "What's up with the Reef Balls?"

  481. News Letter No. 31. S&T Popularization Department,, April 1999, "Cooling It"

  482. Mar 21, 1999 / St. Petersburg Times Online: "Artificial reefs need not be big to make impact"

  483. Sarasota Herald, "4-H Club does it's part for the bay marine life"

    -Page 2

  484. Pacific Daily News, March 3, 1999, "CMNI to use concrete balls to expand reefs"

  485. Provo Divers, "Smith's Reef, Great Snorkeling & Reef Ball Snorkel Trail"

  486. Mar 1999 / Engineers Australia Online: "Miner launches community help 

    scheme in Sulawesi"
  487. A new technology for the artificial reef construction besides Atlantic, Cynthia Warzecha, 1999-Article in French (Version Française)

  488. A new technology for the artificial reef construction besides Atlantic, Cynthia Warzecha, 1999-English

  489. Reef Lines, Spring 1999, "Green Turtle Cay"

  490. Feb 26, 1999 / U.S. Department of the Interior: "OIA Makes Technical Assistance Grant To Help Preserve the CNMI's Coral Reefs"

  491. Tribune, Feb 21, 1999, "Volunteers find way to give back to the sea"

  492. Herald Tribune, Feb 21, 1999, "Volunteers Create Reef Balls for Fish"

  493. Jan 16, 1999 / CORAL Press Release: "An open letter to the dive industry"

  494. 1999 / NJ Reef News - Annual Edition: "Reef Balls, a new direction for the Reef Program

  495. American Oceans Campaign, Jan 16, 1999 Press Release 

  496. Superinteressante, Jan. 1999 "Condominio Para Os Peixes" (Condominums for fish) in Portuguese with many color photos. -Page 2 -Page 3 -Page 4 -Page 5 -Page 6

    1998

     

  497. EN411 Student Project, "Reef Balls"

  498. Reef Ball Hong Kong Project

  499. Nov 1998 / Scientific American Presents: "Exploring the Ocean Planet - Links

  500. Environmental Quality: Individual: Colonel Frank Intini-1998

  501. Oct 14, 1998 / Flagpole: "An Antidote to Reefer Madness"

  502. Fly Rod & Reel, Sept/Oct 1998, "Artificial Reefs"

    -Page 2

  503. Sept 1998 / The Concrete Producer: "Help for the homeless sea creatures"

  504. Sept 1998 /  Wired 6.09 - Electric Word: "Reefer Madness"

  505. Pelican Press, Sept. 24, 1998, "Reef Balls will enhance fishing at downtown pier"

  506. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sept. 6, 1998, "R for Reef Balls"

  507. AP Wire Release-"Citrus County plans concrete reef in Gulf"

  508. Scientific American, August, 1998, Exploring the Ocean Planet

  509. Citrus County Chronicle, Aug. 25, 1998, "Reef Ball Project Becomes 'nightmare'"

  510. Citrus County Chronicle, Fate of Reefballs in DEP's hands

  511. Florida Magazine, Aug. 9, 1998, "These soccer balls aren't for kicking"

  512. 1998 Sharing Success Program Descriptions

  513. Pelican Press, July 16, 1998, 12A "Reef Balls sinking ever faster"

  514. The Tampa Tribune, July 12, 1998, "Reef Relief"

  515. San Diego Earth Times, July, 1998, "Reef Balls Coming To An Ocean Near You?" 

  516. July 1998 / al-Fahal: "Concrete 'reef ball' project to shed light on coral growth" -Version In Arabic

  517. Sarasota Herald Tribune, June 26, 1998, "Reef To Order"

  518. June 1998, "Unique Project Gives Sea Turtles New Lease Of Life

  519. June 18, 1998 / The Borneo Post / "Reef Ball project to protect turtles"

  520. June 18, 1998, "Reef Balls To the Rescue of Turtles"

  521. June 18, 1998 / Sarawak Tribune: "Sarawak scores Asian First in marine life conservation"

  522. Kadar Pinjaman...

  523. Malaysian Sarawak Reef Ball Stories

  524. June 18, 1998 / Sarawak Tribune: "Drastic Drop In Turtle Landings"

  525. Citrus County Chronicle, June 16, 1998, "DEP pledges help with Reefball site"

  526. June 14, 1998 / SavannahNOW - Savannah Morning News: "DNR hopes deep-water reef draws fish"

  527. Education's Unsung Heros, Kenneth R. Weemhoff, Spanish River Community High School Boca Raton, Florida Fall, 1998

  528. May - June 1998 / Mother Jones: "Reviving the Reefs"

  529. Sarasota Herald Tribune, May 22, 1998, "Reef-er madness"

  530. Pelican Press, May 21, 1998, "Is it a marker or a sign for fish?"

  531. Boca Raton News, May 20, 1998, "New life under the sea" "Spanish River students make habitats for the ocean floor"

  532. Reef Balls, An Introduction (Oman)

  533. RAM Tecnica (Portuguese), Reef Balls in Brazil

  534. Ridding the World of Excess Carbon Dioxide -The Daily Revolution - Tech Talk Tuesday - May 26, 1998 - News for the Third Millennium 

  535. Sun Sentinel, May 20, 1998

  536. Boca Raton, Habitats From Humanity, "Spanish River Students Provide Artificial Reef"

  537. Atlantic Coast Watch, 4/98 PDF Format, scroll down to Reef Ball Article, Page 4

  538. April 24, 1998 / The News Herald: "A brief look at what's biting what, and where"

  539. April 23, 1998 / Waterline: "Reef Balls aweigh"

  540. 4/13/98, Arabic News, "Qatar to build artificial reef"

  541. Sarasota Herald Tribune, Business Weekly, April 6, 1998, "Turning over a new reef"

  542. Sarasota Herald Tribune, Business Weekly, April 6, 1998, "Reef Encounters"

  543. Sarasota Herald Tribune, April 6, 1998, "Reef balls could add bounce to Manatee firm"

  544. April 5, 1998 / The Herald Tribune: "You can fool Mother Nature"

  545. March 22, 1998 / TCPalm (www.TCPalm.com): "Private artificial reef may be in your fishing future"

  546. March 17, 1998 / Dominican Republic One Daily News: "Building hotels for tropical fish"

  547. Boca Raton News, March 10, 1998, Front Page, "Reef Project Surfaces for TV"

  548. The Cornerstone, A publication of the City of Punta Gorda, Vol II, No. 3, Spring 1998, "Artificial reefs provide underwater refuge"

  549. Feb 1998 / PDO News: "Reefballs:  A promising sign for coral reefs"

  550. The Wall Street Journal, Feb. 18, 1998, "Partners Seek to Turn the Gulf Into a Set of Private Fishing Holes"
    -Page 2

  551. 1998 / AQUA Magazine: "A whole new ballgame"

    1997

     

  552. 1997 / Occidental Petroleum Corporation Annual Report: "Qatar"

  553. Sun Sentinel, December 27, 1997, "Under the sea students learning science lessons"

  554. New Jersey Star-Ledger, Dec. 23, 1997, "Something Fishy Here...Concrete condos are the latest sea habitat"
    - Page 2

  555. Palm Beach Post, Dec 20, 1997, "Students build artificial reef to give fish relief"

  556. Suburban Lifestyles, Dec. 18, 1997, "Artificial Reefs Offer Fish Refuse at Local Lake"

  557. Wilmington Morning Star, Dec. 16, 1997, "Reef Balls"

  558. Wilmington Morning Star, Dec. 4, 1997, "Brunswick to get new kind of reefs...About Reef Balls"
    -Page 2

  559. Doha College News, Nov. 19 1997

  560. Times Colonist, Nov. 13, 1997, "Concrete may be haven for reef life"

  561. Puerto Rico Department of Natural Resources, "Reef Ball Artificial Reefs" (En En Espanol/ In Spanish
    -Page 2 -Page 3

  562. Boca Raton News, Oct. 8, 1997, "Students Working For A New Reef"

  563. Naples Daily News, Sept. 27, 1997  "Reef In the Round"
    -Page 2

  564. Newsday, "Away We Go! Reef Balls Into the Bay" (by Helicopter) Aug. 21, 1997

  565. New York Newsday, Aug 17, 1997, "In South Bay, Have Ball, Build Reef"

  566. The Fisherman, July 23, 1997 "Fisherman's Reef Ball Reef"

  567. Sunday Standard Times, July 6, 1997,"There's no place like reefs, Marine life find a home in Dartmouth"
    -Page 2

  568. News Standard, July 6, 1997, Reef madness: Up to 100 man-made homes for marine life to be deployed off South Dartmouth

  569. July/August 1997 / Scuba Diver: "Reef Balls Down Under"

  570. The Standard Times (Mass.): "Creating a home for marine life" July, 23 1997

  571. Boca Raton News, June 22, 1997, "River students hard work goes out to sea"

  572. Sun Sentinel, June 22, 1997, "Student project sinks to ocean floor, biology class creates artificial reef, home for sea creatures"
    -Page 2

  573. Charlotte Harbor Reef Association Newsletter, Summer, 1997, "What is a Reef Ball"

  574. June 19, 1997 / The News Herald: "New reef balls make big splash"

  575. Peninsula, May 26, 1997, "Reef Balls to protect marine life in Qatar"

  576. May 12th, ARABIC Article (Qatar Scientific Club)

  577. Royal British Columbia Museum, May 8, 1997, "Scientists have first peek at artificial reef newcomers"

  578. Sidney Beachcomber, May 7, 1997, "Sun-Sational"

  579. Peninsula News, May 7, 1997, "Life abounds off Bevan Pier"

  580. The Province, May 4, 1997, "Reef Balls support fish and scientists"

  581. Times Colonist, May 4, 1997, "Discovering new life in the sea"..."after five months, reef life abounds"
    -Color Photo

  582. "After 5 months,Reef life abounds", Sidney Times, May 1997

  583. OFMAS Artificial Reef Assessment Dive Team, Broward County , April 24, 1997.

  584. Sidney Beachcomber, March 26, 1997, "Reef Ball project more in depth than visible on surface"

  585. Sarasota Herald, March 7, 1997 Fishing Weather Hot Spots,
    -Page 2

  586. Discovery Magazine: "Having a ball"-March 2, 1997

  587. www.scubaworld.com - Virtual Expeditions: "Sleeping Shark Expedition, Pictures Feb. 19, 1997

  588. ALL At SEA, St. Martin, Jan 22, 1997, "Reef Balls- a scientific approach to building artificial reefs"
    -HTML Format

  589. St Martin Release "Reef Balls- a scientific approach to building artificial reefs"

  590. Jan - March 1997 / DMF News (Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries): "A Buzzards Bay Reef - by Design"

    1996

     

  591. The News, Dec. 21, 1996, "Coming Out of Its Shell"

  592. Times Colonist, Nov. 13, 1996, "Concrete balls may be have for marine life"

  593. The Oakland Press, Nov. 4, 1996, "Artificial reefs offer fish refuge, room to grow

  594. Oct 22, 1996, The Environment, "Students work to weed out pesky plant life"

  595. Oct 1996, Environment, "Volunteers extend precious life"

  596. October 21, 1996 / The Detroit News:  "Businessman gives back to nature"

  597. Oct 21, 1996 / The Detroit News: "Artificial reefs enter uncharted waters:  Experiment may spur growth of freshwater habitat"

  598. Sun Sentinel, Oct. 12 1996, "Students create reef balls for fish"

  599. The News, Oct. 9, 1996, "Mangrove Project Good Lesson"

  600. "Students Gather Seedlings for Project, Mangroves integral to Boca Class Reef"

  601. Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Oct. 3, 1996, "Reef Balls"

  602. NAUI Driftlines, Oct, 1996, "Reef Ball Project"

  603. Reef Line, FALL '96, "CORALations Kick-off", Page 4

  604. Resource Watch, Summer/Fall 1996, "Innovative artificial reef projects give marine habitat a boost"

  605. Pelican Press, Sept. 26, 1996, Page 11 "Bay Reef Improvements"

  606. Aug/Sept 1996, Volume 1, Number 3 / Carolina Environmental News: "South Carolina busy with reef revival"

  607. Sun Sentinel, Aug. 7, 1996 "Divers get the artificial reef ball rolling"

  608. Sun Sentinel, Aug. 7, 1996 "Friendship Reef"

  609. Sarasota Herald, July 10, 1996, "Habitat Restoration"

  610. Bradenton Herald, July 10, 1996, "Scientists try to coax fish to reef"

  611. Pensacola News Journal, July 8, 1996, 6D, "Rebuilding underwater reefs"

  612. July 1996, "In July of 1996 Project 98 was born and fund raising began to deploy 400 "Reef Balls"

  613. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, March 4, 1996, "What's Hot on the Internet"

  614. The Greenville News, Feb. 18, 1996, Outdoors, "Greenville club gets $20,000 grant for reef project"

  615. Feb. 14th, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Letter of support from Henry Ansley RE: monitoring of Reef Balls.

  616. January 10, 1996, House of Representatives, John Linder Letter of Support.

  617. Sarasota Herald Tribune, Jan. 7, 1996, "New Artificial Reef"

  618. Pelican Press, Jan 4, 1996, Page 13, "Placing Reef Balls in the Gulf" "New Fishing Reefs Down"

    1995

  619. Winter 1995 / Georgia Business (Terry College of Business University of Georgia: "Environmental Reef Balls"

  620. Gainesville Sun, Nov. 29, 1995, "Students go reef ball tossin'"
    -Page 2

  621. Hernando Times/ St. Petersburg Times, Nov. 22, 1995, "Dropping ball lets marine life score"
    -Page 2

  622. Nov 1995 / Florida Scuba News: "4 to Build Artificial Reef"

  623. DePrimera, Sept/Oct 1995, In Flight Magazine, "Concrete Reefs" (Spanish and English)
    -Page 2

  624. CCES Newsletter, "Barber Brothers"

  625. Hernando Reef Explorers, Nov. 1995, "Listen Up Reefers...forget baseball, let's play Reef Ball"

  626. "On Campus" Florida Institute of Technology Newsletter, FALL 1995 "University Helps Build Unique Artificial Reef", "Reef Balls awaiting deployment"

  627. Sept/Oct '95, Rinker On-Site, "Build the reefs and the fish will come"

  628. Diving Equipment and Marketing Assn. Industry Update, "Reef Ball in the Web" Oct. 20, 1995, Issue 95009

  629. St. Petersburg Times, Oct 12, 1995, "Great Balls of Reef"

  630. The Tampa Tribune, Oct. 13, 1995, "Marine Motel"

  631. The Tampa Tribune, Oct 18, 1995, "Reef Relief"

  632. Port Weekend Offshore Tournament, Sept. 23, 1995 "$10 of Entry Fee donated to Reef Ball Project", "Reef Ball, Put Something Back!!"

  633. Atlanta Reef Dwellers Divers Log, Sept. 1995, "September Speaker Todd Barber of Reef Balls"

  634. State and Federally Funded Artificial Reefs of Florida, 1985-1995

  635. Gainesville Offshore Fishing Club October, 1995, Vol. 3 # 10, "Fishing the Internet II"

  636. August 9, 1995, Dixie County Advocate,
    "New Artificial Reef Technology Coming to Dixie"

  637. Dive Training Magazine, August 1995, Pg. 23, "Reef Balls", "Artificial Reefs, Can Science save the world's oceans and create dive sites in the process?"

  638. The Herald, July 21, 1995, "Port Canaveral reef gets addition today"

  639. Dixie County Advocate, "Reef Project, DCHS Students Get Involved with Dixie's Environment." 
    -Page 1
    -Page 2

  640. Florida Keys Magazine, April 1995 "Reefs Around the Nation Program" pg 22.

  641. Keys Currents, April 1995 "Boy Scout Reef Ball Reef"

  642. AQVA, April, 1995, "Visti Al DEMA Reef Artificiale" (Italian)

  643. 2nd Quarter 1995 Dive Log Asia, "Artificial reefs sink in the States"

  644. 1st Quarter, 1995 Project A.W.A.R.E. Notebook, "Reef Balls Around the Nation Program"

  645. First Quarter, 1995, South Carolina Weekly, "Fish attractors Tested off S.C. Coast" pg 56.

  646. NAUI Newsletter "Artificial Reef Project Meets All Goals"

  647. A Preliminary Study of Fish Recruitment to "Reef Ball" Artificial Reefs in Shallow and Deep Water, Nova Southwestern, Dr. Richard E. Spieler.

  648. Florida Fish and Wildlife, Artificial Reef Program Newsletter, June, 1995 "Stability of Reef Balls", "Dixie County", "Broward County", "Hollywood Reef"

  649. July 1995,Dive Training, "Artificial Reefs, Can science save the world's oceans and create dive sites in the process?"

  650. Saltwater News, Volume 5 Issue 4, June 1995,
     "Reef Ball Deployment: The beginning of a new and environmentally friendly Artificial Reef Program for East Central Florida"
    -Page 2 -Page 3

  651. Flagpole Magazine Online: "An Antidote to Reefer Madness"

  652. Florida Sport Fishing Association, 27th Annual Offshore Tournament, June 10, 1995, Port Canaveral, Florida, "Get Involved with Reef Balls"

  653. Aug 1995 / Dive Training: "Reef Balls"

  654. NAUI Driftlines, June 1995, "Larry Beggs Award"

  655. NAUI Driftlines, May, 1995, "Artificial Reef Update"

  656. April 29, 1995 Beau Franklin Memorial Dolphin Tournament, "Reef Ball Project off Port Canaveral"

  657. The Orlando Sentinel, April 23, 1995, "Beau Franklin Dolphin event is scheduled for Canaveral"

  658. Dive Travel Magazine, Soundings, April, 1995, "Reef Rehab in the Round"
    -Page 1
    -Page 2

  659. Saltwater News, April 1995, Vol 8/Issue 3, "Support the Reef Ball Project"

  660. March 23, 1995, The Defuniak Herald, "County Receives $25,000 Reef grant"

  661. Gainesville Sun, March 12, 1995, "Reef Balls Could Boost Fishing off Dixie County"
    -Page 2

  662. March 10, 1995 Atlantis Submarines, "Reef Balls Performance in Atlantis Submarines Cancun Operation."

    1994

     

  663.  Saltwater News, Central Florida Offshore Anglers, "The Reef Ball is in Your Court"

  664. USA Today, Dec 24, 1994 "Underwater habitats do desert like sea bottom...artificial reefs offer fish rooms, ocean view"

  665. Saltwater News, Nov/Dec 1994, "Artificial Reef Project, Reef Balls
    -Page 2 -Page 3

  666. Florida Scuba News, Sept, 1994, 
    "Boy Scouts Build Artificial Reef at Florida Sea Base"

  667. Fall 1994 South Carolina Natural Resources Newspaper, "Reef Program Participating in National Project"

  668. Hernando News, Oct.. 30, 1994, "Group wants artificial reefs to foster sea life"...Tanks, Reef Balls wanted to boost sea life"

  669. The Sportfisherman, Oct. 1994 "Reef Balls Coming Your Way"
    -Page 2

  670. Charleston News and Courier, "Experimental attractors going to Kiawah Reef"

  671. NAUI Driftlines "Reflecting on 1994"

  672. Environment, October 1994, "Homeless Fish?"

  673. NAUI Driftlines, Oct. 1994 "Artificial Reef Project"

  674. 1994-War Reliics place in marine haven (Moray Coast between Findhorn and Burghead).

  675. Saltwater Sportsman, Sept. 1994,
    "Artificial Reef Innovations"

  676. Athens Observer, Thur, Sept. 29, 1994 "Reef Ball Poured"

  677. July 1994 / Popular Science: "Instant Reef"

  678. The Palm Beach Post, Sat. July 21, 1994
    "Divers Drop Artificial Reef Balls in Intracoastal"

  679. Scuba World No. 66, June 1994 "Reef Ball Mania"

  680. Florida's FishNews May, 1994, "Artificial Reefs-Key to Future?"

  681. May/June 1994 Sport Diver "Reef Balls Artificial Reefs"

  682. Palm Beach Post, Thur. June 30, 1994, Outdoors Notebook,
    "Reef help deployed"

  683. Diver Magazine-Reefs are Recreated

  684. March 16, 1994 "Stopping Live  Rock Harvesting"

  685. YMCA Buddy Lines, March/April 1994,
    "Reef Ball Proven Effective!"

  686. Scuba Times, Feb. 1994 "Reef Balls"

  687. Underwater USA "Atlanta Research Team Creates New Artificial Reef Structure off Fla.

  688. News "Concrete makes homes sweeter for sea creatures" Feb. 21, 1994

  689. 2B Boca Raton The News, Wed. Feb 16, 1994 
    "Having a Ball at Gumbo Limbo"

  690. Palm Beach Post, Floating Reefs Designed to Bring Back Marine Life Feb. 15 1994

  691. 1B Boca Raton The News, Mon. Feb 14, 1994 
    "Gumbo Limbo reef balls offer marine habitats" and related article "Open Wide"

  692. Scuba Times, Feb. 1994, "Reef Balls"

  693. Consultant Plunges Into Artificial Reef Venture
    -Sun Sen. Feb 19. 1994

  694. The Miami Herald, Feb, 14, 1994, "New artificial reef idea is bounced around"

  695. January 1994 Reef Research Sparks Design "Breakthrough"

  696. The Fisherman, Jan 12, 1994, "Build a reef fund, let's help ourselves"
    -Page 2 


    1993

  697. USA Today, "Underwater Habitats dot desert like ocean floor"
    -Page 2

  698. Couple hopes invention revives coral reefs Dec. 1999 Atlanta Journal

  699. Florida Scuba News, October 1993, Page 58, News Briefs "Atlanta Creates New Artificial Reefs"

  700. Waterfront News, Sept 1993, "Reef Balls to help fledgling fish populations"

  701. Reef Balls to help fledgling fish populations Sept. 1993

  702. Underwater USA, Oct 1993, "Atlanta Reef Research Team Creates New Artificial Reef Structure off Florida"

  703. Underwater USA, Aug. 1993, "Reef Research Sparks Design Breakthrough"

  704. YMCA Buddy Lines, Oct/Nov. 1993,

    "Research on Artificial Reef Building Leads to Reef Ball Design Breakthrough"

  705. Reef Balls have County OK, July 1993

  706.  

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    HometownAnnapolis.com, Outdoors - Chesapeake notebook- Group wants live-reef project to flourish

    Reef sites become an integral part of our offshore ecosystem - - delmarvanow.com

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