Artificial reefs attract divers, fish and fishers. But is that a good thing?

Cyber Diving Network News explores the complex issues surrounding the creation of artificial reefs.

Felicia Coleman, a fisheries ecologist at Florida State University, says that it is arrogant to assume that we know enough to artificially recreate a complicated ecosystem.

She notes that in places like Alabama - a state with a 38-mile coastline - so many artificial structures have been sunk that the marine community has completely changed. While some claim to be trading an unproductive community for a more productive one, Dr. Coleman asks, "Productive to whom?"

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