START’s campaign to promote the use of under dock mini reefs to improve local water quality continues to gain momentum. Orders are coming in from all along the Suncoast from Siesta Key, the City of Sarasota on up through Longboat Key and Anna Maria Island. An excellent example as shown above is the recent installation [...]
colleen
Mar 24, 2020
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START is launching a Special Sales Promotion on under dock mini reefs for waterside residents on the Sun Coast. The units fit under your dock and provide habitat for sea life that filter excess nutrients from the water and attract a wide variety of fish as shown in the above picture taken at the Mar [...]
colleen
Dec 30, 2019
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As you leaned in the lead article in last month’s E-newsletter, Sarasota Bay is ailing from excess nutrients from a variety of urban runoff sources. So much so, that the Department of Environmental Protection is expected to declare the Bay a “Nutrient Impaired” water body in 2020. This is a major threat to our tourism-based [...]
colleen
Jun 27, 2019
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As forecasted in last month’s E-Newsletter, Ocean Habitats, Inc. installed ten under-dock mini reefs at the Mar Vista Restaurant on Longboat Key on May 31st. The installation was made possible via a very generous $3,400 Impact Day Grant from Lucky’s Market in Sarasota. The luncheon demonstration event was initiated by START to introduce mini reefs [...]