To Boost Tourism and Combat Erosion, This Company Is Installing Artifical Reefs in the Sea
Walter Marine has installed more than 35,000 reefs in waters in the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Mexico and other countries.
A band played as The LuLu, a 271-foot retired coastal freighter, sank to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. But this wasn't a Titanic moment. The May 2013 event taking place 17 miles offshore was just another workday for Orange Beach, Ala.-based Walter Marine, the country's largest maker of artificial reefs.
The LuLu being sunk to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico
Image credit: Walter Marine
has installed more than 35,000 reefs in waters in the U.S., as well as in Saudi
