8. Reef Areas Named for the Original Past “Reeftirees” Donaldson Bill Donaldson, mayor and postmaster of Pontiac Michigan from 1954-72, retired to Stuart and helped lead campaigns to build artificial reefs in the Atlantic near his southern Florida community for 13 years. Sirotkin Al Sirotkin, Capt. Al Sirotkin Ernst Dr. Edgar Ernst (Dentist), In I97I, the Stuart Sailfish Club sponsored the Dr. Edgar Ernst Artificial Tire Reef consisting of 75,000 concrete-weighted auto and truck tires, 3 steel barges & 2 school bus bodies
9. Donaldson’s Tires & Toilets Reef October 1977 Auto & Truck Tires & Old Hotel Plumbing
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11. Bill Donaldson called it "Martin' County‘s welcome mat" for migrating sport fish. " June 1987
17. Martin County’s Artificial Reef Program & MCAC Reef Fund, Inc.
18. “ Our Underwater Desert” The Ocean Floor FISH HOTELS IN THE DESERT
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21. 29 Reefs Deployed 2000 to 2007 Reef Name Materials Site Deployment Dates Mitigation Site A bridge pieces Nearshore July-Sept. 2000 Mitigation Site B bridge pieces Nearshore July-Sept. 2000 Mitigation Site C bridge pieces Nearshore July-Sept. 2000 Evans Crary Bridge bridge pieces Ernst Summer 2000 Tetrahedron Stack Reef concrete tetrahedrons Sirotkin April 4 and April 25, 2001 Tetrahedron Patches concrete tetrahedrons Sirotkin March 28 & June 28, 2002 Tree Barge 140’ barge Sirotkin April 19, 2002 Wickstrom Ship 168’ cargo ship Sirotkin January 21, 2003 Railroad Tie Stack concrete RR ties Sirotkin Mar 13, May 9, and June 23, 2003 High Queen and Zeppo tug & 120’ barge Sirotkin August 7, 2003 Five Peaks RRtie Patches concrete RR ties Sirotkin June 2 & 28-29, 2004 Tension Barge 140’ barge Sirotkin July 17, 2004
22. ReefMaker Triangle Reef concrete & steel units Donaldson May 18, 2005 ReefMaker Texas Reef concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005 ReefMaker Cement Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005 ReefMaker Traffic Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005 ReefMaker Upside Down Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005 ReefMaker Inlet Barge concrete & steel units Donaldson May 20, 2005 ReefMaker Patch N concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005 ReefMaker Patch C concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005 ReefMaker Patch S concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005 ReefMaker Tree Barge concrete & steel units Sirotkin May 21, 2005 Clifton Perry Memorial bridge pieces Donaldson Jan to May 2005 Frances Langford Memorial bridge pieces Sirotkin Feb to Aug 2005 PCL Deep Site bridge pieces Sirotkin October 2006 PCL Shallow Site bridge pieces Donaldson Nov.– Dec. 2006 PCL River Reef bridge pieces IR Lagoon Nov. 2006 – Jan. 2007 KD Select Reef concrete pieces Sirotkin 3 New Reefs in Ernst Site concrete pieces Ernst
47. N EW N AME : F OGEL C APITAL M ANAGEMENT R EEF A REA : S OUTH C OUNTY O RIGINAL N AME: M IDEAST R EEF L OCATION : Latitude N 27° 04.773’ Longitude W 80° 02.297’ D EPTH : 70 FEET John J. Burke President, MCAC Reef Fund MCAC Artificial Reef Fund CERTIFICATE OF NAMING RIGHTS DATE Kathy Fitzpatrick, P.E. Martin County Coastal Engineer
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51. Here's a photo 14 hours later after the first This is obviously after the deployments were just about completed.
52. the post deployment dives and measurements of the reefs footprint on the seafloor
53. Here's the first of several photos of the new reefs underwater. This one is at site "Charlie", the peak at 174 ft. in 187 ft. of seawater. This one we got lucky and two of the large concrete boxes landed on top of each other with a culvert sticking out of the top one. This photos was taken on Saturday Aug. 29 th 5 days after deployment on the 24 th
54. Yes there are baitfish already on the new reefs. This is the Alpha site in the morning dive, 6 days after the reef was built on the 24 th
55. Coming Soon – TUG BOAT “BIG AL” Donated to MCAC Fund by American Custom Yachts for our next project TUG BOAT “BIG AL” COMING SOON
59. Our Special Thanks to: FWC Grants Florida Sea Grants Harbor Branch Oceanographic Martin County Anglers Club Stuart Sailfish Club Safari I Deep Sea Fishing Marine Industries Sea Rover Services McCulley Marine