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Fall’s Final Faculty Lecture: How Artificial Reefs Harm Fisheries, Dec. 5
Artificial reefs may be great for fishing—but there’s a catch. To conclude the fall 2013 Faculty Lecture Series, the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences will host a talk on the potential risks of artificial reefs.
“Artificial Reefs: Good for Fishing, Bad for Fish”
Faculty Lecture Series | Paul Arena, Ph.D., assistant professor
Thursday, Dec. 5
Noon–1:00 p.m.
Alvin Sherman Library | Second Floor Gallery
|Paul Arena, Ph.D.,
About the Talk
The first historical record of an artificial reef is from Japan in 1650. America’s first artificial reef was deployed some 200 years later, off South Carolina. The primary reason for adding materials to our coastal waters was the same then as it is today: to catch more fish. As this talk will explain, while fishing may be good at an artificial-reef site, unless these structures are protected, they are bad for fisheries and enhance overexploitation of our local fish populations.
This event is free, and all are welcome to attend. For more information, contact James Doan, Ph.D., at (954) 262-8207.