Artificial reefs & their placement
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This technical brief was originally written for the Appropriate Technology magazine Volume
22/Number 2 September 1995 Technical Brief No 13, by Paul Calvert. Paul is a Mechanical
Engineer specializing in fisheries technology – boat design and construction, artificial reefs,
and energy use.
Paul Calvert
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Vallakadavu
Trivandrum - 695008
Kerala
India
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