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PROPOSAL <br />BIO REEF <br />Whereas BIO Reef is a non-profit Florida corporation designed to build <br />the world's largest artificial reef, dedicated to oceanography, recreation, <br />mariculture, and education, and whereas before the vast area that the reef <br />will cover can be utilized, a very comprehensive "on-site" examination <br />must be conducted. The first requirement of this survey will be the <br />fabrication and installatipn of the reef marker buoys. It is anticipated <br />that these four (4) buoys will be installed prior to August,l, 1969. With <br />the installation of the buoys completed, the high school juniors and <br />seniors will now start their biological survey of the reef's bed. The most <br />important criteria will be that of the current that may be flowing over the <br />reef, this will determine where the fabrication will begin and whether <br />anchoring will be necessary. The students,will map the whole reef area <br />biologically by digging at least three inches into the substrates for evidence <br />of mollusks, crustacea, and annelid worms. There will be many more bio- <br />logical studies made before reef construction starts and after completion <br />to record any changes that may have taken place, <br />And Whereas the preliminary on shore fabrication, phase shall start prior <br />to the.bottom survey and after buoy installation. This will entail gathering <br />thousands of tires in the three (3) counties at different staging areas and <br />making nine (9) tire sub -assemblies of them. After a certain number of <br />sub -assemblies are completed they will be transferred to a selected <br />staging area; here they will be loaded aboard a barge and transferred to <br />the reef site. <br />With the results of. the "on-site" examination incorporated into the reef <br />design, construction can now begin. The sub -assemblies will then be <br />dropped overboard ait random and scattered on the reef floor. *hen it has <br />been determined that a weekend's production is on the floor, the scuba <br />divers with the help of flotation bags and an air supply will now start <br />ffrillk <br />Auu 6 7969 <br />