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New Zealand is one of the hardest countries in the world to get consents for artificial reef projects....and that's a good thing because their system is set up to be fair with lots of community input. All that said, we have three projects there to be proud of. One was even documented by a Jules Vernes, a Dutch Production Company. Reef Balls in a marine reserve at Long Bay..talk about tough permitting! And there was a fantastic community based project at Opape Mare.
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North Carolina Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Another very active artificial reef program finds it's home in North Carolina. The program works well with NGOs including the Long Bay Artificial Reef Association, Oslow Reef Association and others. Thousands of Reef Balls are found at locations across the state. Fishing abounds in NC, the final stop for the warm waters of the Gulf Stream before it heads to England.
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Carolina
Nova Scotia, Canada Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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New on the reef building scene is Nova Scotia lead by the Department of FIsheries and Atlantic Coastal Action Program Reef Balls from Cape Brenton to Halifax Harbour.
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Shell Oil company sponsored the "Procreator" project that spawned a research paper and some very fast coral growth on Reef Balls. Check out the monitoring photos of six year od reef balls and you will be amazed and delighted.
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(Currently Under Construction)
Philippine Islands Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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The Philippine Islands face serious overpopulation issues and overcrowding on land puts major stress on coral reefs. You name the coral threat and they have it, pollution, blast fishing, over fishing, illegal netting, cyanide fishing, development sedimentation and a lack of enforcement of environmental regulations. That has not stopped efforts to conserve. At one point, the government considered building 1/2 million reef balls as a giant systematic restoration but politicians changed faster than the plan could be implemented. So, the NGOs and private interests have taken over reef buiiding and Reef Balls (and reef ball imitations) are popping up all over the country.
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Puerto Rico Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Puerto Rico has undertaken several Reef Ball projects and can be credited as one of the birthplaces of coral transplants on Reef Balls thanks to Dr. Kirby Bowden and Antonio Ortiz, a graduate student at University of Puerto Rico CORALations, an NGO on Culibra and a Reef Ball Authorized Contractor pushes from the grass roots and the Puerto Rico DNR has conducted projects too. Even private citizens have gotten into the act.
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1) Qatar Scientific Club and BP Project, May 1997
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The 2nd Annual Festival of Artificial Reefs will feature Reef Balls in August 2006 on the Black Sea.
Russia (Currently under construction)
Saudia Arabia Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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It took a Boy Scout to get Reef Balls rolling in the Kingdom. Let's hope the country follows his example.
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Scotland Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Social protest got Reef Balls into Scotland as rouge Capt. Douglas staged Reef Balls on a beach to protest a beach erosion issue and flung Reef Balls by cataput at Lamish!
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South African Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Wondering what the next Reef Ball technolgy break through might be? Take a look at Don's Textile Concrete. A dive operator has been pushing for Reef Balls in S.A. but so far nothing has yet been accomplished. Click here for World Mapping System Information on South Africa
South Carolina Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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South Carolina hosted our first mold making factory and is the site of our first major domestic project conducted by the South Carolina DNR. You will find that designed artificial reefs were then the delight of the DNR and Reef Balls (or mimicks called "cones" can be found by the thousands throughout the state.
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Carolina
Spanish Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Spain is actively exploring artificial reef technologies and has used Reef Balls in a unique fishery research project for developing Hackfish habitat in the Atlantic. In the Mediterranean, The City of Barcelona built Reef Balls for a diving attraction. There have been numerous investigations for Reef Balls as breakwaters their and we have an active authorized contractor ASPO.
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Sri Lankan Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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The Boxing Day Tsunami changed Sri Lanka forever. Our Reef Ball teams were there to develop projects only a few days before the Tsunami hit. Since the Tsunami, we have been planning a huge Tsunami memorial consisting of over 6,000 Reef Balls deployed in the shape of a Lotus flower. That project is sceduled to be completed before the 2nd anniversery of the Tsunami. Other projects are being assessed around Sri Lanka by various governmental and NGO organizations.
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Lanka
St. Estatia Island Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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St. Estatia has completed phase I (engineering) of a submerged Reef Ball breakwater. Phase II will be the construction and deployment of 1,200 Reef Ball and Phase III will have the Reef Ball Coral Team propagate and transplant thousands of corals onto the reef. Funding will control the timing of Phases II & III
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St. Lucia Island Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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St. Lucia was home to a Reef Ball Coalition project that brough volunteers on paying vacations to build and deploy Reef Balls at the Wyndham Resort. Currently, plans are being made for two submerged reef ball breakwaters at Cap Resort.
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St. Maarten (Dutch) Islands Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Spawned to action by the Nature Foundation of St. Marteen projects have ranged from offshore diving sites to Dive Academy student projects. Even a breakwater is being built with Reef Balls for Maho Beach Hotel.
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St. Thomas Islands Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Harry Fren is trying to get permits to get several projects started.
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Swiss Reef Ball Projects Projects and Photos
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PADI Aware Europe is headquartered in Switzerland and they have a fantastic program where they got 26 Reef Ball molds and lend them to various PADI dive shops in Europe to use for projects. The first project was in Lake Zurich. Others followed in Switzerland and eventually over much of Europe.
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Taiwan Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Reef Ball molds were sent to National Sun Yatsen University Marine Biology school for a research project.
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Tanzanian Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Worldcare proposes a Reef Ball project in Tanzania
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Texas Reef Ball Projects and Photos
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Reef Ball Projects in Texas include DNR, breakwaters, Eternal Reefs and estuary programs.
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