I recently heard about the prospects of a new artificial reef near Torquay. First thoughts were why? The place is covered with natural reefs.

But with further reading, it appears that it does create extra habitats for fish, and greater fish numbers. I'm not even a fisherman, but I do like to eat fish... I figure it is just a variation on farming in the sea... Like adding fertilizers to the land, farming on land... This is actually a variation of sea farming... I like the concept...

At $1M, it's not that bad... More fish for ever! I've seen worse examples of dropping $1M. For example, I am working on about $1,000M worth of projects so the East Coast Crew can have gas at their houses in the future... In other gas fields... Long term... $50B+++ off shore in WA and similar for Qld on shore. The lucky country... Even though it has become expensive.

When I lived in South Australia I helped build a few artifical reefs. Dived in one place the week before work started, then the week after. Even in that short time fish had moved in!
Sometimes we would swim inside an old car with the windows down and wind the windows up while there were fish inside too. Kind of like being inside an underwater aquarium.

Another use for the reefs was for 'harvesting' boat anchors. It's amazing how many anchors can get stuck on the reef and then have to have the rope cut because there was no way of freeing it (from the surface). Even anchors rigged to 'trip' can still get stuck. I bought one anchor when I bought my boat, have never bought another since.

Tractorguy said...

Simondo said...

I recently heard about the prospects of a new artificial reef near Torquay. First thoughts were why? The place is covered with natural reefs.

But with further reading, it appears that it does create extra habitats for fish, and greater fish numbers. I'm not even a fisherman, but I do like to eat fish... I figure it is just a variation on farming in the sea... Like adding fertilizers to the land, farming on land... This is actually a variation of sea farming... I like the concept...

At $1M, it's not that bad... More fish for ever! I've seen worse examples of dropping $1M. For example, I am working on about $1,000M worth of projects so the East Coast Crew can have gas at their houses in the future... In other gas fields... Long term... $50B+++ off shore in WA and similar for Qld on shore. The lucky country... Even though it has become expensive.

Well, your working on projects worth THAT much congrats, care to put an enviro spin on the fall out ?
Are you talking about the Gas expansion at Gladstone HARBOUR, or the coal seam gas rubbish in SE qld, care to have a look at the fallout/degredation of our waterways, etc from dredging the Gladstone harbour as a start, and . Diseased fish, loss of income for fisherman. Locals do not even bother to wet a line in the harbour because of the disgraceful state of the waterway from dredging of the harbour.








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Coal seam gas ....... The early reports about the effect on ground water are not good !

Stay tuned for this one , disaster for mother earth looming
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Watch our governors give this the big tick , it will happen so quick .

Sth gippsland is on the list watch them turn the ground water to filth !!!!!

So mark I think the world is overpopulated are you saying I can not hold this opinion unless I do the right thing and top myself?

Fish are gay, you realise this?

They also said they were putting one off altona. Maybe like the concrete dome ones on the eastern side. the torquay one i think was going to be a steel girder type