A fresh Video News Report is now available on our site called “Ship Sunk for Artificial Reef.” A 40-foot freighter was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico recently as part of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s artificial reef program. The program is designed to turn oil rigs, retired ships and other hard substances into reef habitat for fish. The Kinta S is the largest ship to be reefed since the 473-foot Texas Clipper was sunk 17 miles off South Padre Island in 2006. Texas Parks and Wildlife has this report.
See the YouTube video at http://youtu.be/4j5s51aEg-M
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/files/video/
A 40-foot freighter was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as part of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s artificial reef program. The program is designed to turn oil rigs, retired ships and other hard substances into reef habitat for fish. The Kinta S is the largest ship to be reefed since the 473-foot Texas Clipper was sunk 17 miles off South Padre Island in 2006. For more information check the Texas Parks and Wildlife website at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us