Second Gwynn’s Island Reef Deployed in 2025

Mother nature finally provided the weather window that VMRC’s reef team and contractors were looking for last week, landing over 250 more reef pyramids at the site.Invented by Capt. Monty Hawkin’s of the Ocean City Reef Foundation, and built and donated by Kinsley Construction.  These 3′ wide and 18″ tall 160 lb. concrete structures provide a great place for oysters and other filtering organisms to attach, providing a nice boost to the ecosystem, and fishing.

The previous deployment of pyramids is noted on the VMRC website as shown above, and this new deployment will be added soon.

Do you want to help build more reefs in Virginia?  You can do so by donating to Habitat Today, Fish Tomorrow at CCAVirginia.org 

Find out more about VA Reefs here: https://www.mrc.virginia.gov/vsrfdf/reef.shtm

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