May 30, 2025 — The Dennis and Brewster Select Boards are in support of a new artificial reef in Cape Cod Bay that has been proposed by the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.
The reef would cover about ten acres using 35,000 cubic yards of natural materials and clean concrete.
Historically, local reefs were naturally created by shipwrecks. Then in 1978, the DMF helped develop the first-ever artificial reef in Nantucket Sound, south of the Bass River in Yarmouth. That reef was constructed using tires filled with concrete.
Another reef was completed in 2016 south of Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich, using material from the demolished Harwich High School.