Bradenton County Reef Ball Projects

• Bradenton Herald | 11-03-2005 | Reefs keep businesses afloat
• June 14, 2004, Herald Tribune.com- Parrot Heads by the hundreds live to be Buffetted  
  Part II
• EPA-GMPO- Gulf Guardian Award Winners 2004- Youth Education Category - 3rd Place- Press Release (July 30, 2004)
• ENN- Environmental News Network [Eternal Reefs Announces 2004 Memorial Reef Locations] Sept 20, 2004
• Harlee (Middle School) Offers Many Opportunities
• Bradenton Herald, April 18, 2004, "Class takes spirit into Gulf water"
• Bradenton Herald | 05-14-2003 | Lending fish a helping hand
• Harlee Middle School, Sarasota, FL Wins Environmental Excellence Award from the Nature Conservancy and Busch Gardens for Reef Ball Project!, March 30, 2004
• March 21, 2004 Harlee Middle School Project
• Environmental Protection Agency's  April 2003 - Issue 13.2 > Sarasota Bay NEP Restores Reef Habitat
• ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ESTUARY PROGRAMS, June 2001 Update

• Oct 4, 2000 / The Islander: "Anna Maria considers artificial reef under city pier"

• Sept 28, 2000 / Pelican Press - Lifestyles:  "A Reef Under Your Dock?"
• Todd Barber, CEO of Reef Ball  will be speaking at the Bradenton Yacht Club in the Fall/Winter of 2003.  Contact Sydney Shaurette sydney.shaurette@verizon.net for the exact program date.
• Environmental Protection Agency's  April 2003 - Issue 13.2 > Sarasota Bay NEP Restores Reef Habitat
• Future Manatee County Under Dock Program. (2004)

• Manatee County/ Reef Ball Foundation 2 Year Monitoring Study 
  (3 of 4 Events Completed) Final Report will be Dec. 2003
• Manatee County / School Board of Manatee County / Sara Scott Harllee Magnet Middle School / Reef Ball Foundation Under Dock Reef Ball Habitat Program (Contract) Request from Manatee County to Be Accepted into Reef Ball Foundation Reefs Around the World Grant Program
• Manatee County Reef Ball Foundation Acceptance Letter
• Manatee County Coral Propagation and Transplant Project

Bill O'Shae
941-749-3070
P.O. BOX 1000
BRADENTON FL  34206
bill.o'shea@co.manatee.fl.us 

Other Information

"Stevely, John M." <JMStevely@mail.ifas.ufl.edu>

Red Tide Current Status for Southwest Florida

Reef Ball Coordinates in the County

The Harlee Middle School & "Science is Cool After School" Reef

27 33.221 N, 82 42.363 W

7-Mile South

 6/29/00            Reef-Balls      25 each.          Lat: 27_ 26.552'         Long: 82_ 49.185'

 6/29/00             Reef-Balls      25 each           Lat: 27_ 26.550'         Long: 82_ 49.197'

6/27/2003 1 mile reef  (Eternal Reef Deployment)

3-Mile South

7/5/00 3 MILE SOUTH REEF, SITE 'C'-00-04A (25) 2726.552 8249.185

7/5/00 3 MILE SOUTH REEF, SITE 'C'-00-04A (25) 2726.550 8249.197

1-Mile South

Bay Deployments

Reef Name                   Lat/Long                      Depth               Location                                

The Bulkheads  27°32.20’ N/  82°42.40’ W    16 feet   Sarasota Bay 
Southeast Tampa 27°32.90’ N /82°40.30’ W 14 feet    Sarasota Bay  
Emerson Point    27°31.84’ N / 82°38.77’ W   11 feet  Manatee River     
Bayshore North 27°24.50’ N  / 82°36.10’ W 11 feet    Sarasota Bay  
Bayshore South  27°23.90’ N  / 82°35.67’ W 12 feet   Sarasota Bay   
Johnnie Walker 27°22.38’ N  /   82°35.72’ W 12 feet   Sarasota Bay    
Deamus Hart    27°22.08’ N  / 82°34.48’ W    10 feet   Sarasota Bay   
Pop Jantzen      27°19.71’ N  /   82°33.85’ W    7 feet   Sarasota Bay   
Anglers’ Club    27°21.08’ N  /  82°35.88’ W   12 feet   Sarasota Bay   
Zack’s Hole      27°25.67’ N  / 82°38.42’ W    10 feet   Sarasota Bay                      
Whale Key       27°23.50’ N   / 82°36.25’ W  12 feet    Sarasota Bay                           
Bradenton Beach Pier   27°27.99’ N / 82°41.65’ W  8 feet Sarasota Bay                           

Also on 1 Mile Reef (6/2003), and numerous unpublished sites.

Authorized Contractors for Area

Reef Innovations, Inc.

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Reef Innovations
2415 McMichael Road
St. Cloud, Fl 34771

larry@reefball.com 
Cell: (941)650-2519
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