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New Study To Determine Reach & Effectiveness Of Reef

Pete Sheffield, far left, of Enbridge Inc. was on hand to announce a $250,000 donation to fund new research and study into the effectiveness of the RGV Reef.

Richard Kline surveyed a patch of the Gulf of Mexico about 15 miles northeast of the South Padre Island jetties and found a mostly watery lifeless bottom.  “There were almost no fish in that whole 2.5-square-mile area,” said Kline, a professor of marine sciences at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. “Now, there are hundreds of thousands or more.” The difference between back then – before 2015 – and…

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