TISIRI participates with a JRRT reef life observation dive. Two dives were performed at the Jacksonville reef area know as NSS. The two artificial reef sites included a tugboat (the Coppage) and concrete culvert material. Both of these reef sites are over 20 years old.

Below is a message sent from Jon Dodrill of the FWC regarding TISIRI’s artificial reef efforts:

Oct 2010 TISIRI executes a West Marine sponsored reef cleanup objective. Several Jacksonville artificial reef sites were visited by divers equipped with knives, scissors, and mesh bags in an effort to remove accumulated fishing line. Divers targeted other debris they determined hazardous to the reef environment as well but, because of its entanglement threat, fishing [...]

TISIRI’s Joe Kistel participated in a Jacksonville Reef Research Team Dive today to assist with marine life observation efforts. The JRRT goal was to conduct relative fish counts of the fish species observed….(continue below) The reef location area where the dive efforts took place is known as NSS and the reef sites included the Coppage [...]