new arti reefs

[Tiny Tin]

i had a chat with a mate about this subject he has told me that granite boulders have been deployed at arrys to expend the arti reef there. apparently there are two new reefs also being constructed. one north of moreton island and one east of bribie. i had heard that there were three sites being investigated for an arti reef and that the one chosen would be the one north of moreton. not much use to most of the fishers as it'll be a pig to get too for small boats due to the crossing at comby. anyone heard anything about the new reefs..it would be good to know what's happening. they're going great guns in bundy with even more ships and concrete being dumped to expand the reef off elliot heads. wish we had a mob working for us in the same area..cheers

[Sparksie]

How far out are the reefs at Elliott...?

Yeah, would be good here...

Maybe we are to close to the centre of the BS castle to have them and MP's are more easy going the further you get away from George Street...

[Tiny Tin]

Sparksie wrote:

How far out are the reefs at Elliott...?

Yeah, would be good here...

Maybe we are to close to the centre of the BS castle to have them and MP's are more easy going the further you get away from George Street...

just a few klms i watched from the bank as heaps of small tinnies traversed the bar and headed off to the reef. you can see the boats from the shoreline. it's quite an extensive reef..without the new additions. which are also quite substantial. it took just one year for fish such as yellow tail kingfish to arrive at the hms brisbane that was sank of the sunshine coast. if you get a chance take a look at the epa site and check it out..heaps of life on it already..trevs..kingys..squid heaps of bait blah blah. i know we are to get a reef i just don't know how far the gov had got with it..or if we are getting all 3? i think the big thing up in bundy is they have a group of people who are dedicated to building that reef and work closely with the government to make it happen. they were the ones who got the arti started in the first place.

[Bommie]

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/register/p02690aa.pdf

if you email the epa they will give you the gps marks, I lost them when I re-installed xp,

Matt.

[Tiny Tin]

Bommie wrote:

>http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/register/p02690aa.pdf

if you email the epa they will give you the gps marks, I lost them when I re-installed xp,

Matt.

cheers matt..email sent i'll post the reply..when i get one

[Bommie]

here is another handy link, you can download all the marine park zones co-ordinates

/>http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications/p02914.html

[Tiny Tin]

jeeze..thought there'd only be a few..thanks mate

[Travis]

The latest harries drop isnt right at the harries we all know... its a little bit further east in the 20m mark

[straddiebrad]

Travis wrote:

The latest harries drop isnt right at the harries we all know... its a little bit further east in the 20m mark

i have some marks at the new harries ,yet to go there though.brad

[Travis]

the new drop is on the epa chart

[tugger]

also i think they are going to be concrete blocks with a few holes through them for the bay

[Tiny Tin]

no reply from the EPA yet but found the following marks and a message stating the drop at harry atkinsons new site would begin in october 2007. if so the place should be kicking along quite well..here's the marks for it;

27-24-45s

153-18-65e

from what i can gather the construction will get to around 5m high sitting in around 20m..pretty good for the bay

re concrete blocks..i did here that the EPA wouldn't allow the dumping of concrete and a few other materials? dunno how that works exactly as the reefs in bundy get plenty.

[Bommie]

from the pic I seen, they are sphere shape concrete will holes in them

[Tiny Tin]

Bommie wrote:

from the pic I seen, they are sphere shape concrete will holes in them

how big were they matt? do you have any idea how big an area they cover? is there any news of anyone catching anything from there yet..cheers

[Bommie]

Tiny I havn't even gone for a look yet, the link to the map shows you in red the area they cover, they look about 1.5m+ in diameter

[Bommie]

Tiny I havn't even gone for a look yet, the link to the map shows you in red the area they cover, the concrete spheres looked about 1.5m+ in diameter(hard to tell by the pic)

[noname]

they were dropped by a clam shell barge aprox 15 mtrs in length, so not a lot of boats will be anchored there, as it's quite small, this patch.

i also heard there were doing another dump around this area but no word as yet on when. and this was last year i heard. the first dump comes up around 7.5 mtrs

[Travis]

theyre granite boulders

[Bommie]

thats was the first drop, the second are the man made ones apparently

[Travis]

yeah rite.... maybe they figure if they can leave containers full of crap on the ocean floor then thay can use concrete after all :laugh:

[Bommie]

these are supposed to be the ones their going to use

/>http://www.reefballaustralia.com.au/ProductsApplications.htm