1st Offshore (FAD) Deployment in USA! Located in FL Deep Water Trenches!

The 1st FAD Deployment in the US!!
The tourism department of Okaloosa County deployed the first four Fish Aggregating Device (FAD) buoys on August 11, 2020. The deployment took place at four locations found 60-80 miles off the Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Pensacola shore and is the first FAD buoy deployment in the continental United States.
The FADs are will improve ecotourism in the area and are already producing fantastic pelagic game fish for offshore anglers.
The deployed buoys were manufactured in Japan, where FADs are widely used. According to County staff, the technology used within these FADs has been fine-tuned for best results.
The approximately 15-foot-tall buoys are attached to a ~32,000lb concrete anchor to prevent shifting from their deployment location. The majority of the structure exists below the waterline, providing habitat or structure for smaller fish species which become food for larger highly sought-after species of pelagic fish like tuna, marlin, and mahi mahi.

[@h.Freeman]

So Florida just catching fish in a barrel now? I'm against them because commercial fisherman just scoop the fish out by the net full around the FAD's

[@stepbrozz]

Do you eat fish?

[@MatysFishing]

nice bro

[@stepbrozz]

Thanks man. Hope to get out there again soon!

[@stepbrozz]

Just subscribed to your channel. Cool stuff!! Pls return the favor so we can grow our channels.

[@not_tito1362]

What are the numbers/coordinates of the fads? Where to find them?

[@stepbrozz]

Thanks for watching the channel. This website has all the numbers for the FADs.
www.getthecoast.com/okaloosa-fad-coordinates/
Thanks!

[@henryeverett7448]

Dude... you spelled "chum" wrong...

[@stepbrozz]

Henry Everett
Yeah it was a typo. Good catch. I need to go in and fix it.

[@henryeverett7448]

It's hilarious, you should leave it be lmao