New Jersey Reef Ball Project(s)

• Action For Nature - International Young Eco-Hero Awards - 2004 Winners: T.J. Tullo (aged 16) Staten Island, New York, USA Scientific Discovery: Improving Marine Life
• ENN- Environmental News Network [Eternal Reefs Announces 2004 Memorial Reef Locations] Sept 20, 2004
• Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs - September 30, 2004 
• Citizen's Online, Company gives new way to remember loved ones Sept 27, 2004 
• wnbc.com - News - 'Reef Balls' Enable Loved Ones' Remains To Sleep With The Fishes, Sept 27, 2004 
• Star - Tribute to dearly departed finds concrete expression 
• KIROTV.com - Weird Headlines - Human Remains Used In Artificial Reefs
• Star - Tribute to dearly departed finds concrete expression 
• Northwest Indiana News- nwitimes.com - News- 'Reef balls' enable loved ones' remains to sleep with the fishes Sept 26, 2004
• RedNova News- Human Remains Used in Artificial Ocean Reefs Sept. 26, 2004
• The Sun News | 09-26-2004 | Mixing ashes in concrete picks up as burial option
• International Harold Tribune- Remains become part of sea Sept 25, 2004
• PennLive.com Sept. 25, 2004 Human remains used in artificial reefs
• Newsday.com - AP Regional Sept 25, 2004
• News - Oddly Enough - Human Remains Used in Artificial Reefs (AP) Sept. 25, 2004
• New Courier Online For some, ocean is eternal Sept 22, 2004
• Diversion II / NJScuba.com - Marine Life - New Jersey Artificial Reefs
• Prison work rehabilitates from the ocean floor on up 
• August 18, 2004 Human ashes in concrete become marine habitats, Courier Post Online (New Jersey)
• May 13, 2003 "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs" By Andy Hahn
• New Jersey Artificial Reefs, Web of Life Graphic With Reef Balls May 2003 (and more from NJScuba.com)
• October 10, 2002, Sportfishing Magazine, "Life’s a Ball on South Jersey Reefs"
• South Jersey Reefs Receive Reef Ball Habitats, from Jersey Coast Anglers Association July 2002 Newsletter
• June 12, 2002 SOUTH JERSEY REEFS RECEIVE REEF BALL HABITATS, Press Release from New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife
• New Jersey Department of Fish and Wildlife, Jan 11, 2000, "Division Deploys 700 Reef Balls, 
• New Jersey DNR "Reef news, 1999 Excerpts"
• New Jersey Star-Ledger, Dec. 23, 1997, "Something Fishy Here...Concrete condos are the latest sea habitat"
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• June 27, 1999 / The Inquirer (philly.com): "Prison work rehabilitates from the ocean floor on up" 

• 2000 Annual Edition / NJ Reef News: "Designed Habitats on the Reefs", "How the Reef Habitat Works", "Adopt-A-Reef Habitat"

• prisonact-list: NJ Environmental Dept using prison labor on fisheries pr...

• Reef News '99 Excerpts

• Designed Habitats on the Reefs
• Reef Balls - ART-15-5681.jpg
• Reef Balls a New Direction for the Reef Program

• Reef sites become an integral part of our offshore ecosystem - - delmarvanow.com

• Bill Figley of New Jersey’s Artificial Reef Program published results of the fouling community 
• For Young Artists (Reef Ball Coloring Art with New Jersey Fish)

Mold Owners

State of New Jersey, Div. of Fish, Game, and Wildlife ( Bill Figley), PO Box 400, Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 acquired 1 Pallet Ball mold system on 01/01/1998, then leased 11 Pallet Ball molds systems on 08/18/1998 for six months, then purchased 12 Pallet Ball mold systems on 02/02/1999. These molds are fully licensed for unlimited use within the State of New Jersey for projects by the New Jersey Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife for non-commercial uses.  As a state agency, they were granted special permission from the Reef Ball Development Group, Ltd to be able accept donations to the artificial reef program to support the Reef Ball production will NOT considered commercial use for purposes of this license. 

Artificial Reef Coordinator for the State

NMFS

Artificial Reef Coordinates for the State

Both the New Jersey Council of Diving Clubs (NJCDC) Reef and the Sea
Gypsies (Club) Reef were built on the Axel Carlson Reef site on August
2, 2000 at latitude-longitude coordinates:

NJCDC Reef:     40 degrees 00.22 minutes
                            74 degrees 00.13 minutes

Sea Gypsies Reef:  40 degrees 00.18 minutes
                                  74 degrees 00.16 minutes

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