new shellfish reef
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new shellfish reef
I was walking the dog tonight on portarlington pier when I saw a barge loaded up with the latest addition to the shellfish reef being built just off portarlington. The reef is being built in quite shallow water which suprised me its in less than 2 mt of water but will be able to be reached with a small walk.
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Re: new shellfish reef
They put 3 artificial reefs just off the portarlington pier in around 5 to 6 mt about 70mt out the fishing has picked up heaps since then they are the concrete hexagon shape. The shellfish reefs will be loaded with baby oysters and mussels in an attempt to bring back the shellfish decimated during the scallop dredging years
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Re: new shellfish reef
That does sound like a good plan and I hope it works :thumbsup:Nude up wrote:They put 3 artificial reefs just off the portarlington pier in around 5 to 6 mt about 70mt out the fishing has picked up heaps since then they are the concrete hexagon shape. The shellfish reefs will be loaded with baby oysters and mussels in an attempt to bring back the shellfish decimated during the scallop dredging years
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Re: new shellfish reef
Nude Up
Would it be possible to pin point the new Artificial Reefs off Port Arlington please
Would it be possible to pin point the new Artificial Reefs off Port Arlington please
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Re: new shellfish reef
Do they just drop the whole crate to the bottom and leave it there or do they empty it from above ?
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Re: new shellfish reef
Pretty sure they did one previously in Corio bay and they were spread over an area off about 300m from memoryhornet wrote:Do they just drop the whole crate to the bottom and leave it there or do they empty it from above ?
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Re: new shellfish reef
That's relief, leaving a basket like that in two meters of water would certainly wipe out a prop at low tide !KeenAds wrote:Pretty sure they did one previously in Corio bay and they were spread over an area off about 300m from memoryhornet wrote:Do they just drop the whole crate to the bottom and leave it there or do they empty it from above ?
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Re: new shellfish reef
The 3 artificial reefs are off the old portarlington pier google artificial reef portarlington and they are marked on the government website. The shellfish reef is to the left of the point Richard rod boat ramp about 1klm down ramblers rod you will see the yellow markersdenis barden wrote:Nude Up
Would it be possible to pin point the new Artificial Reefs off Port Arlington please