The question you should be asking is...why are they doing this in the first place. The short answer is, Climate change. A longer answer is, artificial reefs protect coast lines from erosion due to climate change, and it's not just in the U.S. they're doing this all over the planet. Ships, planes and other large structures are finding their way to the bottom of the sea along coasts in North America, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere. More and more, coastal communities are turning to these structures as a means of protecting shoreline, creating habitat for fish and sea life, and providing new destinations for recreational fishing and scuba diving tourists. In Florida, over 380 existing vessels have been sunk to create artificial reefs. To date, over 700 ships serve as artificial reefs in the waters off the continental U.S. coastline. The majority of these ships are found off the coast of Florida (380), New Jersey (129), South Carolina (100), and New York (65).
This is Thailand, old metal objects are less value to them than the fish hatcheries created by the artificial reef’s. They choose to recycle differently. The A330 parts would have paid for its becoming a reef. The rest is explained in the video.
The artificial reef 🪸 allows them to provide economic opportunities for the fishermen without them having to compete with larger nations for the fishing rights in open water.
What were the artificial reef benefits and were they gleaned? Or were used as a justification to dump unwanted junk into the oceans? What, if any, are the ROIs monetarily and environmentally for these program.
@@johnrday2023No. Its actuality cheaper and more profitable to recycle for scrap value. All the same cleanup cost are done but there is no financial reward from the sale of the metal. Thus is done for the benefit of the ocean and marine life.
My Uncle was a Lieutenant during the Vietnam War. He said when they came back home to Colorado. At one of the bases there they buried vehicles. Apparently not an uncommon thing to do ?
6:37 oh-RIS-ka-nee This aircraft carrier was heavily damaged during WW2 and my dad worked on it when it returned to San Diego for repairs. My dad was overcome by emotion and could not watch the full-length television program detailing its decommissioning and sinking.
True, but it's why in the 1980's, some lakes were asking n trading real, old Christmas trees, tied them together in bundles of 3 to 5 in each, were put into some deep coves and help make up for some fishing areas to spawn in, and help out with the fish population
A huge waste of steel !!!!!!! It takes 3 times more energy to make iron ore into steel than it takes to melt scrap steel !!!! Could have made a lot of cars from those two ships !!!!!! Total waste of taxpayers dollars !!!!!
I don't understand when civilians dump trash in the ocean they get fine . Now what you see all this military dumping in the ocean saying for artificial reef . I think it's a shame for all this politicians .... what's next
Their worried about asbestos contaminating the environment, but the ocean is also an environment. I wonder how environmentally sound it is to sink all of those ships, compared to recycling them? I have a feeling, it's just an excuse for being lazy.
Lazy? Think about how much work it is to clean up all those derelicts and get them to the exact spot to make a useful artificial reef. There will be more fish because of these man made habitats. Outside the tropics where coral grows, most of the ocean bottom is bare mud. These artificial reefs allow the groth of complete ecosystems.
Existem 2 opções para os Navios a serem desativados: Retirada de equipamentos e afundamento beneficiando os animais marinhos ou reciclagem completa. Lembrar que a quantidade de minérios é finita e um dia acabará. 😊
I recycled n reused metal bed frame rails, onto my my utility trailer from a boat carrier, for the diamond plate flooring. It came out pretty good n very supportive, every 16" or so n was for eared as well, for them to be on top of the main sides...
Asbestos is considered bad for the environment but isn't the ocean part of the environment? Did I miss something? Oh right, the memo from the fish saying that they don't mind.
@@peterdarr383 : yeah, I didn't like that either. I'm sure it was discussed first...ya know, by the smart people. I'd guess it wasn't decided over a coin toss.
@@leroythemaster4268Unless you send these ships to a third world country like india or Pakistan, the same amount of work goes into cleanup for metal recycling.
no is not excuse.. these carcasses have nothing polluting and actually favor marine biodiversity which finds in those structures a good habitat for metals which ultimately come from nature.
We have had great succsess in dumping old bridge pilings and associated concrete products. Both the old ships and old bridges attract many species very quickly and in just a few years are teaming with all types of aquatic creatures. For those of you who are here with the negative comemts, maybe you should educate your self on the subject. Put that smart phone to good use!
The benefits of the man made reef is clear from the video. Fish love structure. No doubt that area was a virtually baron area previously. The real concerns should be for the ammunition dumping grounds. Following the 2 world wars thousands of tons of surplus shells were just dumped as no one considered the long term risks. Most contain highly toxic chemicals and it won't be long before it starts to make it into the food chain.
The more junk you dump in the seas,the higher the water level will become,so just keep on dumping and when you are up to your asses in sea level rise,you'll know why
The surface of the earth is around 71% covered by water. All that water can't evaporate. If it does, where is all that water going to? Humans will not be around to see it happen. 😦
Таким образом создают искусственные рифы. Крупные объекты на морском дне начинают активно обрастать настоящими кораллами и становятся убежищем для множества морских обитателей. Кроме того они препятствуют браконьерскому промыслу и являются прекрасными объектами для дайвинга. Прежде чем писать возмущённые комментарии разберитесь в теме.
Seems like a silly and wasteful idea to me. Better to recycle all the metals and use concrete pipes ect to make reefs. There’s plenty of old pipes that could be used.
why is there a on going cost? it has been widely know of doing such will build a place for life to exist and drag nets can not scour the sea bed clean of life. just as long as all oils fuel etc are removed first.
Scrap iron could potentially be used as large batteries to generate electricity, if submerged in large amounts of sea water in insulated ponds with magnesium electrodes.
A tank is a horrible item to seed a new reef. At 50,000 lbs it's worth at least $4,000 scrap value and you can't cut holes in it easily. Old vans from junkyards with engines and windows removed would make much more sense - - you could have 20 vans for the value of 1 tank.
