Texas
Three more ships from Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet approved for dismantling
January 6, 2010
www.timesheraldonline.com
As a ship recycling company eyeing Vallejo continues to wade through red tape on environmental regulations, three more World War II era-ships have been targeted for dismantling in Texas.
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No one is buying decommissioned U.S. ships due to poor economy
October 2, 2009
www.mesotheliomanews.com
Decommissioned merchant ships being stored at the Reserve Fleet in Newport News, Virginia have no buyers.
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Ghost fleet trimmed by one
June 08, 2009
www.dailypress.com
The government has sold another ship in its James River Reserve
Fleet.The Suribachi, a ship built in 1956, was sold for scrap metal
recycling to a company in Texas for $20,001. The ship is tentatively to
leave the fleet on July 2. It will be the 79th ship to leave the ghost
fleet since 2001.State and local officials have been pushing the U.S.
Maritime Administration to reduce the fleet of obsolete ships, which
contain waste oil, lead, asbestos and other toxic materials, because of
fears about environmental hazards. Several localities have passed
resolutions asking Congress to fund the fleet's removal.
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Maritime Administration News Release
May 20, 2009
www.marad.dot.gov
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has
sold a ship for recycling to All Star Metals, LLC of Brownsville,
Texas. The American Osprey, an off-shore petroleum discharge tanker,
built in 1958 at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard, Sparrows Point, Md.,
brought a purchase price of $12,227.70
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CCA Texas Funds Offshore Reef Project
May 06, 2009
www.ccatexas.org
Houston, TX – The Coastal Conservation Association Texas (CCA Texas)
Executive Board recently approved $25,000 to fund 150 tons of concrete
and rock debris to be added to the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department’s (TPWD) Vancouver reefing area in the near-shore waters off
of Freeport. The project will provide crucial habitat for many
recreationally important species including red snapper, kingfish and
ling. The undertaking will be a joint effort between CCA Texas’ Habitat
Today for Fish Tomorrow program (HTFT), TPWD and local and private
businesses, which will provide services and expertise for transporting,
storing and placing of the reef material.
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TPWC passes sweeping fishing restrictions
March 29, 2009
www.themonitor.com
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission made final decisions about
proposed regulations at its March 25-26 meeting Austin. The annual
gathering of the TPW Commission finalized rules that have been in the
works since at least October 2008.
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New Study Confirms RFA's Claims on Red Snapper Abundance
March 4, 2009
www.flyrodreel.com
A new study released by Dr. Robert Shipp and Dr. Steve Bortone reveals
that the Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper stock may be at a higher level of
abundance than estimated by National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
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Last Port of Cal
February 21, 2009
www.brownsvilleherald.com
Hundreds of high school, middle school and college students gathered at
the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College to
enjoy a rare treat. On Thursday they were the first audience to view a
new documentary on the sinking of the Texas Clipper.
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Archaeologists unearth a graveyard of ancient shipwrecks in the Black Sea
October 27, 2008
www.utexas.edu
In the depths of the Black Sea lies a landscape of eternal darkness.
With no light and no oxygen in the sea's anoxic layer, no life can
survive, except perhaps the ghosts of ancient mariners whose ships
foundered thousands of years ago.
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Artificial Reef Program Web Sites
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/water/habitats/artificial_reef/overview.phtml