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Coordinates for new Escambia County
public artificial reefs available
May 3, 2007
Contact: Lee Schlesinger (850) 487-0554
Offshore anglers and divers in the Escambia
County area now have more places to fish in Gulf of Mexico
waters. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
has published the coordinates of nine additional public
artificial reef sites in an area known as the Escambia East
Large Area Artificial Reef Site.
These sites were constructed of concrete and
steel in 2003 and provide excellent habitat for lots of marine
species valued by saltwater anglers and divers. They are about
19 nautical miles south-southeast of Pensacola Pass in water
depths between 84 and 113 feet.
Saltwater fishing license sales provided funding
to build these new sites.
A list of the nine Escambia artificial reef
sites, including differential Global Positioning System
coordinates and descriptions of each site, is available online
at
MyFWC.com/marine/ar/NewEscambiaReefs.html.
More information on Florida’s artificial reefs,
including a complete list of the locations of all public
artificial reef sites in Florida, is available online at
MyFWC.com/marine/ar/index.asp. |
