California Artificial Reef Association

California Artificial Reef Association The California Artificial Reef Association is a group of professionals were committed to artificial reef technology and the benefits they provide.

A family drives ecological artificial reefs on the coast of TarragonaLos Rota are a family that has launched a project f...
11/25/2019

A family drives ecological artificial reefs on the coast of Tarragona
Los Rota are a family that has launched a project for the creation and implementation of an artificial reef park off the coast of Roda de Barà, as well as the ecological beacon system off the coast of Torredembarra.
Artificial reefs, also called biotopes, are small unique works of art designed to regenerate and conserve the marine flora and fauna of the area.
Those responsible for this idea being carried out are the members of the Rota family. Linked throughout life to the sea, they run a diving center in Torredembarra for thirteen years, in which, in addition to underwater activities, they develop projects for the regeneration of the marine environment.
Los Rota are a family that has launched a project for the creation and implementation of an artificial reef park off the coast of Roda de Barà, as well as the ecological beacon system off the coast of Torredembarra.
Artificial reefs, also called biotopes, are small unique works of art designed to regenerate and conserve the marine flora and fauna of the area.
Those responsible for this idea being carried out are the members of the Rota family. Linked throughout life to the sea, they run a diving center in Torredembarra for thirteen years, in which, in addition to underwater activities, they develop projects for the regeneration of the marine environment.
In addition, social projects are also carried out in which anyone, regardless of their abilities, has the opportunity to immerse themselves in it.

The reef project is called Be Part Of The Ocean and aims to “bring the sea closer to the whole society by immersing it fully in the knowledge of our seas and oceans and generate a link that is the impulse function for its involvement in conservation and regeneration of the environment ”. This is the definition of this initiative led by Miquel Rota.
“The materials of the biotopes are all natural, since we used Living Reef Memorial’s idea of using calcium carbonate that comes from the coral fossil. Everything comes from the sea, which causes the reefs to be installed in ideal conditions, ”says La Mirada del Leguard de La Vanguardia Max Rota, project leader of Be Part Of The Ocean.
The labyrinthine structure of these elements, both external and internal, their organic forms and the different holes and forms they adopt favor that organisms can colonize it, that some species of fry find refuge in them, that other species raise and lay eggs. and that marine life around it increases by more than 70%.
The second major project that they want to promote is the replacement of conventional beacons by others of ecological ones, designed by Miquel Rota “The arrival of ecological beaconing is an environmental and economic advantage for all. The fact that the conventional ones are installed only in summer makes the sand areas that they raise harm the seas ”, he details.

“The implementation of ecological beacon systems allows them to be placed permanently without the steel chains touching the ground. In addition, municipalities would save a lot of money since only one person with a zodiac is needed to install it, and not the use of many cranes with many buoys, ”explains Max Rota

Artificial reefs as a sustainable aquaculture for octopus is another example of engineering biodiversity is ethical and ...
11/23/2019

Artificial reefs as a sustainable aquaculture for octopus is another example of engineering biodiversity is ethical and maintains ecological balance in the ecosystem. Farming species specific aquacultures such as octopus is not sustainable.

A team of scientists from New York University argue, for environmental and ethical reasons, we should avoid farming octopuses.

There is already a wealth of research that suggests octopuses are one of the most complex and intelligent animals in the ocean. They can recognise individual human faces, solve problems (and remember the answers for months) and there is some evidence they experience pain and suffering. Numerous videos on the internet of octopuses escaping from their tanks or stealing fishermen's catches have fuelled a human fascination with the only invertebrate that the 2012 Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness considers sentient alongside mammals and birds.

Keeping intelligent animals like octopuses in large, industrial farms poses numerous ethical issues and a lot of it is down to how aquaculture has evolved over the past decades.

Existing aquaculture, the scientists say, depends on "tightly controlled and monotonous environments...with constant ambient conditions, simplified and sterile enclosures, and rigid feeding schedules, aimed at supporting high stocking densities."

This is anathema to a curious and active octopus which is more likely to catch infections, become more aggressive and have a high mortality rate when reared in farming conditions.

Aside from the ethical qualms, the environmental impact of octopus farming also worries the scientists.

The amount of feed needed to sustain and grow an octpus is three times the weight of the animal itself and, given that octopuses are carnivorous and live on fish oils and protein, rearing them risks putting further pressure on an already over-exploited marine ecoystem.

Even as demand grows, octopus farming is still in its infancy. Researchers and breeders have yet to figure out reliable ways to keep octopuses alive during their infancy and the farms that do exist can find it difficult to manage such an intelligent animal.

Octopuses are just one of the vast number of marine animals humans use for food, and the idea of farming them poses profound questions about our relationship with a fracturing natural world.

This is a new design from Living Reef Memorial. Utilizing crushed sea shells gives the reef calcium carbonate and marin...
11/20/2019

This is a new design from Living Reef Memorial. Utilizing crushed sea shells gives the reef calcium carbonate and marine life will attach itself more readily on a calcium carbonate sub straight than anything else. 

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