The Coastal Conservation Association of Florida commissioned Reef Cells to create an artificial reef memorial for Robert Burton, a life long member of CCA.


The Bob Burton Memorial Reef was successfully deployed off the coast of Delray Beach with the family and CCA in attendance. Bob Burton was a CCA Life Member from Palm Beach, Florida and was one of the most active volunteers CCA has ever known. He served on a couple different fisheries management panels and would attend every CCA board meeting and pretty much every CCA statewide event. Everyone that knew Bob knew that “if you fished with him, he would make you join CCA!” In addition to serving as a living memorial for Bob, this reef provides long-term ecosystem services to a wide variety of marine life and it creates sustainable live-bottom habitat where none existed before. The memorial reef was deployed approximately ½ mile off Delray Beach in 65 feet of water and is surrounded by limestone boulders. CCA and Reef Cells extend many thanks to the Palm Beach County Environmental Resource Management Department, McCulley Marine Services, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the many donors for making the project a success.





