New York State Officials Sink This Boat On Purpose! [Video]

According to the World Economic Forum, as of 2020 the Atlantic Ocean held approximately 220 million tons of plastic pollution. That would be like putting 220 million Mini Cooper sports cars in the Atlantic. Why would we do that?

Recently New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) purposely sank a boat in the waters off the coat of New York but this wasn't littering. This is actually beneficial in many ways. Watch the video below to see  how they did it.

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The National Ocean Service indicates that often times officials will sink old bridges, lighthouses, retired boats and ships for the purpose of creating an artificial reef. These manmade reefs attract fishermen, divers and the like.

New York State DEC Division of Marine Resources Artificial Reef program deployed a 70-foot fishing vessel named "Jana Marie" on the DEC's 12-mile reef. Watch the video below to see the "Janna Marie" sink beneath the surface and end up on the sea floor.

The "Janna Marie" was donated by the Oakland family in memory of avid fisherman Doug Oakland. Mr. Oakland loved to fish so when he passed away of pancreatic cancer his son Christian and daughter Caroline put together a charity fishing tournament called the Purple Tuna Tournament.

Now Doug's boat "Janna Marie" has been placed more than 100-feet deep about 12 miles south of Shinnecock and Moriches Inlets. Now the "Janna Marie" will serve as habitat for many marine species.