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'Thousand Mermaid' artificial reef project ready for deployment; CRA hears timeline, sites and community programming
Summary
Shelby Thomas of Ocean Rescue Alliance presented a nearshore artificial-reef project of 48 modules (12 artistic, 36 habitat) distributed across four nearshore sites; staff said modules are built and deployment windows run March–May with coral outplanting planned for July pending permits.
Shelby Thomas of Ocean Rescue Alliance International briefed the CRA on the City of Hollywood's nearshore artificial-reef project (the "Thousand Mermaid" program), including structure counts, deployment logistics, partner roles and a timeline for coral outplanting.
Thomas said all 48 reef modules ' 12 artistic modules and 36 habitat modules ' are built and staged at the reef-builder's facility near Lake Worth and that logistics for barge and trucking are secured. "All of the reefs are constructed and ready to go for deployment," Thomas told the CRA. Deployment of the four sites will require two days of near-perfect sea conditions because the…
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