The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife will deploy a total of 325 reef balls on the Garden State North and Garden State South Reefs on December 3, 2009 as part of the Artificial Reef Program. The goal of the Artificial Reef Program is to provide habitat for structure dependent fishes, create fishing grounds for hook and line anglers, and create attractions for scuba divers.
Commercial fishers who set lobster and fish pots in the area of deployment should remove their gear from the area or risk losing trawls by the deployments. The target date for deployment is subject to weather and sea conditions.
For more information about the Artificial Reef Program, as well as reef site coordinates visit
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/news/2009/reefdeploy11-09.htm on the division's website.
