In 1978 They Threw Tires Filled with Cement Into the Ocean and 40 Years Later Became a Refuge for Fish and Lobsters

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In 1978, off the coast of Yarmouth, a town in Massachusetts, the Department of Natural Resources of the municipality promoted, with the support of the State Marine Fisheries Division (DMF), an idea that had never been raised. The experiment tried to sink hundreds of concrete-filled tires into a stretch of the sea. In 1978 they threw cement-filled tires into the ocean and 40 years later became a refuge for fish and lobsters."

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In a sandy bottom strip of Nantucket Sound in Massachusetts, structures made with tires and concrete began to create relief where there was hardly any shelter for marine animals. The project began in 1978 and gave rise to the Yarmouth Artificial Reef, a site of 127 acres used today by fish, crustaceans, molluscs and sharks....