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Artificial Reefs and People: How We Create Them and How They Affect Us

Lisa Chong, Keith Mille, Holly Abeels, Victor Blanco, and Edward V. Camp


Release Date: 4/12/2021

Reviewed At: 5/6/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fa231-2021

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Abstract

Artificial reefs are constructed to provide several important ecosystem services to coastal communities and fisheries around the world, and their deployment results in significant socio-ecological and economic effects.

About this Publication

This document is FA231, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciencess, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date February 2021. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Lisa Chong, PhD student, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; Keith Mille, Division of Marine Fisheries Management, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; Holly Abeels, UF/IFAS Extension Brevard County Florida Sea Grant agent; Victor Blanco, UF/IFAS Extension Taylor County Florida Sea Grant agent; and Edward V. Camp, assistant professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

Holly Abeels
Holly Abeels
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent III, Florida Sea Grant Program, UF/IFAS Extension Brevard County

Victor Blanco Marquez
Victor Blanco Marquez
County agent
University of Florida

Extension agent III, Sea Grant, UF/IFAS Extension Taylor County

Edward Camp
Edward Camp
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, fisheries and aquaculture governance, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Gainesville FL

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