Martin County will scuttle a vessel, once used to smuggle cocaine, off Stuart Nov. 18. The reef project will be called Boo McCulley Reef, after John “Boo” McCulley. The 227-foot-long freighter will be ...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced on Friday announced the successful sinking of a 227-foot abandoned boat off the coast of St. Lucie, to become an artificial coral reef.
Martin County sank the former smuggling vessel to become an artificial reef on Nov. 18. Artificial reefs provide 39,000 jobs for Floridians and generates $3.1 billion of economic activity annually.