Abandoned freighter becomes Florida’s newest artificial reef

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) – New video has been released of the deliberate sinking of a freighter to create an artificial reef off Florida’s East Coast.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission sank the Borocho, a 227-foot derelict vessel, Nov. 18 in Martin County, nine miles off the St. Lucie Inlet.

The vessel had been in the Miami River for a decade after its previous owner allowed it to fall into disrepair, the FWC said…

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