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Students from New College in Sarasota cleared the first hurdle to obtaining a $5,000 grant to study Reef Balls and now await approval from Sarasota County Commissioners. The plan on studying the best locations to use Reef Balls under channel markers in Sarasota Bay. Variable include depth, currents and proximity to habitats. Studied groups include juvenile fish, adult fish, "bait" peligic fish, stone crabs and observations on growth patterns.
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No Name Reefs
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Deployment Dates and # of Reef Balls
8/11/01 (104) 2659.049 8242.806
8/10/01 (113) 2659.048 8242.798
The Pop Janzen Reef Ball Reef
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On 9/26/97 70 Reef Balls were deployed at GPS Coordinates 2719.709 8233.849
pqhschoolproject
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A floating deployment of a Reef Ball was lauched from the 10th
Street ramp in Sarasota on Oct 14, 1998
Rotunda West Association Project
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The Rotonda West Association project (Fla) had reefballs deployed on their inland network of canals and waterways.
SAPRITO PIER REEF BALL REEF
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SAPRITO PIER was augmented with Reef Balls on
9/29/98 with 150 units. The pier is located at GPS coordinates 2720.030 8233.372. The bait shop serving the pier has reported much better fishing after the units were installed.
SPORTFISH ANGLERS REEF BALL REEF
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On 6/25/98 150 reef balls were placed at 2721.080 8235.883 and are marked by a sign. A school project with kids from New York added another Reef Ball with a plaque attached.
Sarasota Sportsmens Association Reef Ball Project(s)
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Reef Ball Project: Check presented October 2nd, 2003
SSA presented $5,000 to the Sarasota Bay National Estuary Program at our 2003 Fall Banquet banquet. This went to buy reef balls to add some diversity of habitat to the Ringling Bridge rubble that was deposited 1 mile off of Big Pass. Mark Alderson was at our banquet representing SBNEP to accept the check, and will say a few words. We will also be notified of the deployment date of the reef balls and will post more information at that point.
School in the Park Under Dock Reef Ball Project
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A REEF AT YOUR DOCK?
The Reef Ball Foundation and several allied groups, including Sarasota County Marine Resources Division, the National Estuary Program, and The School In The Park at McClellan Park, are teaming up to _ offer Reef Balls for residents who-own docks in Sarasota County.
The school kids will do the public awareness campaigns, help dock owners determine if their dock is suitable for Reef Balls, and take orders for the Reef Balls. Moneys will be collected by the Reef Ball Foundation so that fees charged for the reefs will be a charitable contribution and at least some portion can be deducted on taxes.
The Reef Ball Foundation will then subcontract with Reef Innovations to do the actual construction and deployment of the Reef Balls. The National Estuary Program is offering the school a grant of up to $5,000 to help develop the community awareness brochures and get the word out to residents.
Both Sarasota County Marine Resources Division and the NEP are helping the kids to obtain the necessary permissions so that the resident dock owners don't have to do any of the paperwork themselves. The remainder of the money after construction and deployment will be donated to the School in the Park where the kids will man the money themselves to go on educational trips, etc.
For more information, call Todd Barber at 752-0169.
Walker Reef Project Photos
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Sarasota County eployed 140 Reef Balls on the Walter Reef Site in Sarasota Bay in September 1999.
Addtional building occured on the following dates with the following coordinates
2/1/00 (24) 2722.977 8235.940
10/10/99 (140) 2722.998 8235.937
10/10/99 (35) 2722.685 8235.539
10/10/99 (35) 2722.291 8235.500
10/10/99 (35) 2722.998 8235.937
10/10/99 (35) 2722.678 8236.013
Johnny Walker is a well known fishing guide in Sarasota county and the reef site is named for him.
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