Alabama's
Artificial
Reefs

ResourcesReel in the Details

Download the complete Artificial Reef Enhancement Plan

A Joint Project by the Alabama Wildlife Federation and the Alabama Chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association in Conjunction with Alabama Marine Resources Division

Citations

The following are citations referenced in the plan.

  1. Age and growth of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, from an artificial reef off Alabama in the northern Gulf of Mexico
  2. American Sportfishing Association_An Economic Force for Conservation, January 2013
  3. Deepwater Horizon crude oil impacts the developing hearts of large predatory pelagic fish.
  4. Alabama's Artificial Reefs, A Fishing Information Guide_Alabama Marine Resources Division
  5. Preliminary Report of Research on Fish Havens in Alabama Waters, Alabama Marine Resources Laboratory (1963)
  6. Alabama's Artificial Reefs, A Fishing Information Guide_Alabama Marine Resources Division
  7. A Life History Review for Red Snapper in the Gulf of MExico with an Evaluation of the Importance of Offshore Petroleum Platforms and Other Artificial Reefs
  8. Proximity Effects of Larger Resident Fishes on Recruitment of Age-0 Red Snapper in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
  9. American Sportfishing Association_An Economic Force for Conservation, January 2013
  10. A Review of Movement in Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper_Implications for Population Structure
  11. Implications of reef fish movement from unreported artificial reef sites in the northern Gulf of Mexico
  12. An Evaluation of the benefits of artificial habitats for red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, in the northeast Gulf of Mexico

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