Pinellas County Reef Ball Project(s)

• EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Civic-Nonprofit Organization - 2nd Place August 13, 2004

• Shoreline Enhancement for MacDill AFB; Phase II  

• Pictures of MacDill AFB Oyster Submerged Breakwater after one year (Feb 2005)

• MacDill Post Hurricanes Monitoring Photos (Sept 29, 2004)

• March 19, 2004 Tampa Bay's 10 Tampa Bay Watch's Reef Ball Project at MacDill Air Force Base
• Macdill Air Force Base Submerged Breakwater Project
• Tampa Tribune, FL - Mar 13, 2004
  ... HELPING HANDS: Also on Saturday, the Coastal Conservation Association and local neighborhood associations join to install more oyster Reef Balls reefs at Ballast Point
• Tampa Baywatch 
• Reefs Around the World Acceptance Letter from RBF for Tampa Bay Watch
• Tampa Bay Estuary Program - Give A Day For The Bay - Bayshore Boulevard Reef Installation
• Bayshore Made Beautiful Project of Tampa Bay Watch March 15, 2003
• Chamberlain Senior High School

  Students are deploying two Bay Balls ^(tm) and twenty Model Balls ^(tm) as part of a science program on October 5th 1997 in Tampa, Florida. The molds were provided free as part of our Reefs Around The Nation ^(tm) program. The high school has won awards in the past for a video presentation of their artificial reef projects.

• July 2000 / Tampa Baywatch:  "Seawall Enhancement Features in Residential Canals - Tampa Bay, Florida"
• Photo of Oyster Size Reef Ball (covered in Oysters)
• St. Petersburg Times, South Pinellas, Environmental group plants oyster reefs that filter bay by JON WILSON Feb 11, 2001
• July 19, 2000 / South Tampa News: "'Reef Balls' dock in South Tampa" 
• Mar 21, 1999 / St. Petersburg Times Online: "Artificial reefs need not be big to make impact" 
• Reef Ball display at St. Pete Aquarium
• Photos of Tampa Bay Watch Projects 1 2 3 4 5 6 

Best Overall Educational Project 2001: Tampa Bay Watch, Tampa Bay: Tampa Bay Watch uses the smaller sizes of Reef Balls under docks and around sea walls in Tampa Bay to encourage the growth of oysters whose filter feeding abilities help control pollution and improves visibility in
the bay. Tampa Bay watch uses volunteers of all ages to help in the programs and has made very significant impacts on the community in both water quality and educational goals.

Mold Owners

Tampa Bay Watch, Inc.,3000 Pinellas Bayway, South, Tierra Verde, Florida 33715, phone: 727-867-8166
fax: 727-867-8188 acquired 2 lo pro and 4 oyster molds on 11/16/1999,  and 2 lo pro molds on 01/14/2000 through the Reef Ball Foundation's Reefs Around the World Program.  On 01/14/2000, The Reef Ball Foundation donated fully 2 more lo pro molds to Tampa Bay Watch.  In addition to local mold use, Tampa Bay Watch also purchases additional Reef Balls from Reef Innovations as a special Reefs Around the World Price. 

Artificial Reef Coordinators

http://www.co.pinellas.fl.us/bcc/reef/informat.htm

Other Stuff

The Following Agencies provide funding for oyster recovery.

Authorized Contractors for the Area

Reef Innovations, Inc.

Reef Innovations, Inc. (RI) is a worldwide mobile, authorized, licensed and insured Reef Ball Contractor providing turnkey construction and delivery of Reef Ball products worldwide. RI also offers Reef Ball mold training and finished module inspection services. Check our Website for more information.

Reef Innovations
2415 McMichael Road
St. Cloud, Fl 34771

larry@reefball.com 
Cell: (941)650-2519
Home: (407) 957-5821

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