Originally published in the Panama City News Herald Scott Jackson UF/IFAS Extension Bay County / Florida Sea Grant In the past month, Bay County worked with fishing and diving groups as well as numerous volunteers to deploy two artificial… Read More
Researchers from University of West Florida recently estimated the value of Artificial Reefs to Florida’s coastal economy. Bay County artificial reefs provide 49.02 million dollars annually in personal income to local residents. Bay County ranks 8th in the… Read More
Earlier this year, Bay County completed an artificial reef deployment in Gulf waters approximately 3 nautical miles (nm) south of the Panama City Beach Pier (Pier Park) and 11 nm west of St Andrew Bay Pass in Small Area Artificial… Read More
By: Scott Jackson UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Extension Agent for Bay County The 2015 red snapper season opens this weekend so it’s time to get ready. With a bag limit of two red snapper per angler per day… Read More
2015 Florida Artificial Reef Summit January 13-16, 2015 Clearwater Beach Marriott on Sand Key Clearwater Beach, Fla. Florida has one of the most active artificial reef programs in the nation. The Florida Artificial Reef Summit has become a… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Valerie Sale Public Information Officer Phone: (850) 248-8170 Cell: (850) 814-6122 vsale@baycountyfl.gov UPDATE: Bay County deployment of jets rescheduled for Friday F101 Voodoos, prefabricated modules to be placed along… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Valerie Sale Public Information Officer Phone: (850) 248-8170 Cell: (850) 814-6122 vsale@baycountyfl.gov UPDATE: Bay County deployment of jets rescheduled for Friday… Read More
Definitely one of the highlights of our Northwest Florida Artificial Reef Workshop earlier this year (2013) – The panel discussion and presentations from Bill Lindberg, Bob Shipp, Will Patterson, and Luiz Barbieri. You can access the archieved presentations… Read More
For those not able to join us for the Northwest Florida Workshop in person we will be streaming live and recording presentations for later access on the web. Feb 19 – Day One Adobe Connect link – http://ufifas.adobeconnect.com/reef… Read More
View Larger MapConfirmed Coordinates are: REEFNAME Bearing Deg Distance nm LON DDMM.MMM LAT DDMM.MMM DuPont Module -1 219.6 10.8 -8550.851 2958.917 DuPont Module -2 218.2 10.5 -8550.519 2958.918 DuPont Module -3 219.8 11.0 -8551.006 2958.782 DuPont Module -4… Read More
