Reef Ball Foundation Inc

TO REHABILITATE OUR WORLD'S OCEANREEF ECOSYSTEMS AND TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL REEF SYSTEMS USING REEF BALL ARTIFICIAL REEF TECHNOLOGIES. REEF BALLS ARE ARTIFICIAL REEF MODULES PLACED IN THE OCEAN TO FORM REEF HABITAT.

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CONNECTICUT THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ALONG WITH OTHER PARTNERS INSTALLED REEF BALLS ALONG THE THAMES RIVER IN CONNECTICUT WITH THE GOALS FOR SHORELINE PROTECTION AND HABITATION RESTORATION. "IT'S AMAZING TO SEE HOW QUICKLY THE ENVIRONMENT IS TRANSFORMING," ROSA SAYS. "WE HAVE A RESTORED WATERFRONT AND A GREAT HABITAT FOR RESEARCH, AND IT'S RIGHT HERE ON OUR CAMPUS."STATE OF TENNESSEE"FISH ARE HAVING A BALL ON DOUGLAS LAKE! WE WORKED WITH TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCESAND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE FISHING TEAMS TO INSTALL CONCRETE REEF BALLS FOR FISH HABITAT IN THE LAKE. BASS AND OTHER SPORT FISH LIKE TO HIDE IN THESE SHELTERS. IT'S PART OF HOW WE HELP MAKE OUR LAKES SOME OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO GO FISHIN'! UPDATE ON ONE OF OUR FRESH WATER PROJECTS IN TENNESSEE VIA TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY." FISH ARE HAVING A BALL IN TEN OF OUR RESERVOIRS! WE WORKED WITH TENNESSEE WILDLIFE RESOURCES AGENCY TO BUILD AND PLACE 200+ REEF BALLS SO FAR IN OUR RESERVOIRS! THEY ARE MADE OF A SPECIAL PH-BALANCED CONCRETE THAT ATTRACTS MICROSCOPIC AQUATIC LIFE, PROVIDING FOOD AND SHELTER FOR FISH."HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY: REEF BALL MITIGATION PROJECTSOURCE: PORT HALIFAX: JANUARY 27, 2022, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - THE HALIFAX PORT AUTHORITY (HPA) IS PREPARING TO BEGIN INFILLING THE BASIN BETWEEN PIERS A-1 AND B AT OCEAN TERMINALS LOCATED IN THE PORT OF HALIFAX. THIS PROJECT WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT OF INDUSTRIAL CARGO OPERATIONS. A FISHERIES ACT AUTHORIZATION WAS GRANTED IN 2018 BY FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA AND HABITAT OFFSETTING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. 260 ARTIFICIAL REEFS, ALSO KNOWN AS REEF BALLS, WILL BE INSTALLED AS A METHOD OF MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION. THE COMPLETED PROJECT WILL IMPROVE OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY, WHICH WILL LEAD TO MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS OVERALL.BRUNEI REEF BALL PROJECT (BORNEO, SOUTHEAST ASIA)"PONI MARINE IS PROUD TO LAUNCH THE BRUNEI REEF BALL PROGRAM W SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES & THE REEF BALL FOUNDATION (RBF) W A TRAINING WEEK LED BY TODD & CARLA FROM RBF, ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA, USA! TRAINING WEEK STARTS WITH SOURCING OF MATERIALS, FABRICATION, & DE-MOLDING PROPERLY TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STRONG & CORAL FRIENDLY! ONGOING NOW W SITE SURVEY, REEFBALL DEPLOYMENT, & CORAL PLANTING W FUN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS SOON TO LAUNCH! THESE REEF BALLS ARE ALSO DEPLOYED WORLDWIDE FOR SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL, BEACH RESTORATION, MANGROVE & ESTUARY RESTORATION, REEF PROTECTION, TOURISM ENHANCEMENT, & FISH AGGREGATING DEVICES. THIS BRUNEI REEF BALL PROGRAM IS ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES TO FIND SUSTAINABLE ARTIFICIAL REEF DESIGNS FOR LONG-TERM CORAL HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS BY PROJECT LAUT BRUNEI (LOOKING AFTER UNDERWATER TREASURES OF BRUNEI) (LAUTBRUNEI.ORG), UNDER OUR SOON TO LAUNCH PONI FOUNDATION.MWAMBAO COASTAL COMMUNITY NETWORK TANZANIA, AFRICACONTINUED WORK IN TANZANIA WITH THE MWAMBAO COASTAL COMMUNITY NETWORK AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH COASTAL COMMUNITIES. THIS PROJECT IS A MITIGATION PROJECT TO RESTORE REEFS THAT WERE ABUSED BY DYNAMITE FISHING. "99 REEF BALLS WERE DEPLOYED IN USHONGO BMU, PANGANI IN JANUARY 2023 IN AN AREA DEMARCATED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A FISH-BREEDING ZONE. REEF BALL DEPLOYMENT WITH MWAMBAO COASTAL COMMUNITIES NETWORK TEAM AND THE FISHERMEN COMMUNITIES OF SUBUTUNI IN TANZANIA."SARAWAKSARAWAK'S REEF BALL PROJECT HAS RECEIVED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION HONOURING THE STATE'S OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN BUILDING THE WORLD'S LONGEST REEF BALL BARRIER REEF STRETCHING 746KM. PREMIER DATUK PATINGGI TAN SRI ABANG JOHARI TUN OPENG TODAY WITNESSED THE PRESENTATION OF THE SPECIAL CERTIFICATE AND PLAQUE BY THE REEF BALL FOUNDATION OF USA CHAIRMAN TODD RYAN BARBER TO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PERMANENT SECRETARY DATU ZAIDI MAHDI, WHO RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT. HE ESTEEMED RECOGNITION STANDS AS A TESTAMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES AND THE PROTECTION OF SARAWAK'S MARINE BIODIVERSITY. SARAWAK REEF BALL PROJECT HAS DEPLOYED A TOTAL OF 23,500 REEF BALLS FORM 2018 TO 2022 USING THE SAME PATTERN ALONG A 746KM-STRETCH OF ZIGZAG LINES IN 717 CLUSTERS OF 10 TO 20 DEPLOYED REEF BALLS IN EVERY 1KM WAYPOINT BETWEEN EIGHT AND 20KM FROM THE SHORELINES. REGULAR MONITORING IS CONDUCTED TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE REEF BALL DEPLOYMENT ON MARINE BIODIVERSITY. RECENTLY, OUR DIVER TEAM SHARED IMAGES OF THE POST-DEPLOYMENT CONDITION OF THE REEF BALL SITES IN MIRI AND MUKAH, WHICH WERE ESTABLISHED FROM APRIL 11TH TO APRIL 17TH, 2023. THESE IMAGES SHOW A REMARKABLE TRANSFORMATION OF PREVIOUSLY BARREN UNDERWATER AREAS, NOW FLOURISHING WITH MARINE LIFE."MEXICO:WITH THE PURPOSE OF INNOVATING AND CREATING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR SEAS, THE IDEA OF COLLABORATION IS PRESENTED BETWEEN A LEADING COMPANY IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD, CEMENTOS MOCTEZUMA, FOR THE MANUFACTURE AND INSTALLATION OF 500 MODULES OF ARTIFICIAL REEF BALLS IN MRIDA, YUCATN AT THE SAN BENITO BEACH CLUB. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS THE CREATION OF A NEW REEF AREA, WITH THE IDEA OF RESTORING AND PROTECTING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS." IN A PERIOD OF AROUND FIVE YEARS, DAJER HAS OBSERVED THAT THE STRUCTURES ARE COVERED WITH VEGETATION AND MIMIC THE MARINE ECOSYSTEM. REEF BALLS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN CAMPECHE, QUINTANA ROO, COLIMA, BAJA CALIFORNIA AND VERACRUZ. UP TO NOW THEY TOTAL AROUND 25 THOUSAND UNITS PLACED.JUPITER FLORIDA THE TOWN COUNCIL BEGAN A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO IMPROVE THE SEAGRASS HABITAT AND THE WATER QUALITY IN THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER. THIS OCTOBER, THE REEF BALL FOUNDATION INSTRUCTED TOWN STAFF AND THE JUPITER ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH FIELD STUDIES ACADEMY AT JUPITER COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL (JERFSA) ON HOW TO BUILD REEF BALLS AT AN EDUCATIONAL EVENT AT SAWFISH BAY PARK. THE REEF BALLS WILL BE DEPLOYED THIS NOVEMBER TO FORTIFY THE SEAWALL AND PROMOTE GROWTH IN THE JUPITER INTERCOASTAL. THE TOWN OF JUPITER HAS BEEN AWARDED AN ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE AWARD BY THE TREASURE COAST CHAPTER OF THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS FOR THE TOWN'S SAWFISH BAY MARINE RESTORATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT CONSISTED OF THE TOWN INSTALLING A LIVING SHORELINE, CONSISTING OF ARTIFICIAL REEF MODULES, MANGROVES AND RIPRAP, ALONG A 100-FOOT SECTION OF THE OLD MARINA BASIN OF SAWFISH BAY PARK.THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO ENCOURAGE CORAL AND OYSTER GROWTH WHILE PROVIDING A HABITAT FOR MARINE LIFE AND WAS INITIATED AS PART OF THE TOWN'S STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO "ENHANCE THE NATURAL VEGETATION AND PROMOTION OF OUR BLUEWATER SYSTEMS BY EVALUATING AND PROTECTING OUR LOCAL SEAGRASS BEDS AND TO "IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY IN THE LOXAHATCHEE RIVER."COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION IN MARYLANDOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CCA IN MARYLAND CONTINUES. CCA MARYLAND ORGANIZES REEF BALL PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES. IT IS ONE OF OUR MOST ROBUST PARTNERS FOR REEF BALL EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AND OYSTER RESTORATION PROJECTS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.PHILIPPINES: MASBATE REEF BALL PROJECTCONTINUED WORK ON OUR REEF BALL PROJECT IN THE PHILIPPINES. "CORAL REEFS OFF MASBATE ISLAND, PHILIPPINES, ARE COMING BACK TO RICH-AND-THRIVING LIFE - THANKS TO A DECADE OF CONSERVATION WORK BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES: HTTPS://BIT.LY/3PZO2NUBACK IN 2013, WHEN B2GOLD ACQUIRED THE MASBATE MINE, OUR TEAM LEARNED THAT THE NEARBY COLORADA POINT MARINE AREA, AND ITS CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEM, WERE BEING DEVASTATED BY LOCAL DYNAMITE FISHING. COMMITTING OUR SUPPORT, WE WORKED WITH LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH A 129-HECTARE MARINE PROTECTED AREA (MPA) IN THE REGION. OUR TEAM PARTNERED WITH THE U.S.-BASED @REEF BALL FOUNDATION TO ADOPT AND DEPLOY ARTIFICIAL STRUCTURES TO PROPAGATE AND RESTORE CORAL.BY THE END OF 2022, OUR TEAM HAD DEPLOYED 2,993 REEF BALLS, WITH 51,374 CORAL PROPAGULES PLANTED. AND THE REEFS HAVE FINALLY STARTED TO FLOURISH AGAIN."CONFERENCES & OUTREACH: REEF BALL TEAM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN PERSON AND ONLINE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR WORKED APPEARED IN VARIOUS SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND MEDIA OUTLETS AROUND THE GLOBE.