The rig attracts many different fish species such as the Atlantic spadefish, red snapper, barracuda, cobia, and various sharks. The Texas Clipper has been underwater for almost 9 years, and the environmental and economic impacts have been tangible, officials said. She came to rest on her port side at the bottom of the Gulf.įive years after Gulf oil spill, looks can be deceiving The method was used as an alternative to explosives, which could have caused a negative impact on the surrounding ecosystem, according to the TPWD.Īs the water flooded its hull, the Clipper listed to the side and went down on an angle. Holes were cut into the side of the hull to control the flooding of the ship. She sits about 134 feet below the surface, on her side.
In November 2007, the Clipper was sunk 17 miles off the coast of South Padre Island. The Clipper was meticulously cleaned of debris and hazardous materials to comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations before it was submerged, officials said. Her third and final name was the USTS Texas Clipper, and she served as a Texas A&M University maritime training vessel, according to the TPWD. After the war, she became the SS Excambion and carried cargo and passengers between New York City and Mediterranean ports. The Queens was launched on September 12, 1944, and served as a World War II transport and attack ship. The Texas Clipper is one of them.īefore being known as the Texas Clipper, she was known as the USS Queens, according to reef program officials. The new ship-reefs will join more than a dozen boats that have been purposely sunk off the coast of Texas to be used as artificial reefs over the years. The ship was towed from Trinidad to Texas where it is being cleaned before it is deployed in the fall. The Kraken, formerly known as the SCM Fedra, is a 370-foot cargo vessel weighing about 6,000 tons. The TPWD also is securing another large container ship to be submerged in the Gulf and transformed into another artificial reef. The 381-acre reef will be created with 500 concrete pyramid structures with holes large enough for fish to swim through, according to the TPWF. Hundreds of thousands of anglers and divers travel offshore each year, with many visiting one of the artificial reef sites managed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD).Ī week ago, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation (TPWF) and the Coastal Conservation Association partnered with the TPWD to announce plans for the largest artificial reef ever placed in Texas waters. Texas, like many states, is dependent on the tourism industry and the reefs are credited with bringing water enthusiasts back following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The encrusting organisms mark the first stage of the food chain and attract a variety of fish. The reefs attract invertebrates such as barnacles and clams, according to the program. The state has 66 artificial reef sites in the Gulf of Mexico, covering about 3,440 acres popular for fishing and diving adventures. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Artificial Reef Program, established in 1990, promotes, develops and maintains artificial reefs in the offshore waters of Texas, according to its website. Its presence on the nearly barren seafloor 17 miles off the coast of South Padre Island, Texas, is part of a program that’s boosting tourism while enhancing the Gulf’s marine life six years after the worst environmental disaster in U.S. I'm not saying that we shouldn't recycle or not use paper straws, all I'm saying is that we gotta keep a check on things like these and shift to cleaner energy and technology.The skeleton of the 473-foot transport vessel once known as the Texas Clipper is a thriving underwater habitat in the Gulf of Mexico.
In 2019, Pemex carried $107 billion in debt, making it the world’s most indebted oil company. Pemex has also been troubled by debt, mismanagement and corruption. López Obrador that he is sinking public money into reviving an industry that is being overtaken by new, cleaner technology.
President of Mexico, López Obrador said he wants to restore Pemex’s former status as a national oil company that made Mexico self-sufficient in energy and provided hundreds of thousands of well-paying jobs.īut critics have warned Mr. “These are the risks we face on a daily basis and which call for a change in the energy model,” Gustavo Ampugnani, executive director of Greenpeace Mexico, said in a statement. Some environmental groups pointed to the fire as a stark example of the risks of relying on fossil fuels as climate change contributes to fatal heat waves across Canada and the Pacific Northwest. The fire burned for more than five hours before it was extinguished, according to Pemex, the Mexican oil company that controls the pipeline.
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