Artificial Reefs

A mate of mine emailed me these links about artificial reefs that the WA government are looking into deploying along the WA cost to increase wild fish stocks, including taller, steel-frame skeletons could be deployed in deeper water for the threatened stocks of pink snapper, baldchin groper and dhufish.

I was wondering if anyone had anymore information on these reefs and any thoughts (positive or negative) regarding them.

Apparently they are looking to deploy them in the pibara and northwest initially (within 2 years).

 

http://www.oneperth.com.au/2011/05/09/artificial-reefs-to-boost-fishing/

http://westernsuburbs.inmycommunity.com.au/news-and-views/local-news/Nothing-artificial-in-fish-reef-benefits/7584293/


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Here is a bit more

Fri, 2011-11-11 09:36

Here is a bit more info

http://www.recfishwest.org.au/content/media-releases/files/2647_wa_must_embrace_artificial_reefs_final_dec_7_2010.pdf

Anything that produces more fish can only be a good thing, if they were to just aggregate fish from other areas and not increase biomass but just make fish easier to catch then they would not be worthwhile.

The big steel frame structures like the ones just deployed in NSW are more for Seriola and pelagic species. The smaller concrete jobs are for demersals.