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Are artificial reefs good for the environment?

Proponents say they replenish the ecosystem. Some scientists aren't so sure.
Panama Artificial Reef Fundation
Artificial reef in Panama
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   |   07-10-2008
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It sounds like a great idea. Take a retired oil rig, Navy ship or fleet of subway cars that would otherwise add to our nation's swelling heap of trash and drop it off the coast of just about anywhere. Plants and invertebrates will colonize the hulking structure. Fish will migrate there and reproduce. And before long, the replenished ecosystem will fuel an economic boon of recreational fishing and diving.

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