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title: ""The RGV Reef project, aimed at vastly increasing the population of…"
date: 2017-07-09
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# "The RGV Reef project, aimed at vastly increasing the population of…

*July 9, 2017 · Facebook*

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[http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_afe4367a-5e0a-11e7-a344-775e39ff657b.html](http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_afe4367a-5e0a-11e7-a344-775e39ff657b.html){target="_blank"}
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\"The RGV Reef project, aimed at vastly increasing the population of red snapper and other game fish off the coast of South Texas, took a step forward June 27 with the deployment of 50 three-ton concrete pyramids to build up the high-relief portion of the artificial reef.\
The project is the brainchild of the grass-roots group Friends of RGV Reef, and has attracted marine scientists studying the results of reefing on snapper populations.\"\
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[http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_afe4367a-5e0a-11e7-a344-775e39ff657b.html](http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/local/article_afe4367a-5e0a-11e7-a344-775e39ff657b.html){target="_blank"}
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