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John Thompson Memorial Reef

12 Florida Limestone Artificial Reefs, 3 Ecosystems on pilings, 2 Grouper Reefs, and 4 Lindberg Grouper Cubes deployed 4-6 Apr 2012 with funding from family and friends. 2 more Florida Limestone Artificial Reefs were added on 6 Apr 2013 with further donations received in 2013. 1 more Florida Limestone Artificial Reef, 1 Grouper Reef/Ecosystem unit, and 1 Florida Special were added on 31 Apr 2014 with further donations received in 2013. 1 more Florida Special and 2 Ecosystems on Pilings were added on 7 Apr 2015 with donations received in 2014. 1 Florida Limestone Reef was added on 10 May 2016 bring the module structure total to 30 each. Approximately 12 structures move .2 nm north during Hurricane Michael in 2018. Verified 3 Jan 2021.

Location:
Bell Shoal

REEF ID: 141
Latitude: 29° 54.168 N
Longitude: 85° 27.972 W
Range: 3.4 nm
Bearing: 213
Depth: 22 feet

Range and Bearing is taken from mouth of Mexico Beach Canal.

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