The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, September 9, 1994              TAG: 9409090647
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

SOON, A HAVEN FOR FISH

ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by MARTIN SMITH-RODDEN/

The Virginia Marine Resources Commission sank a barge Thursday in an

inlet 8 miles off Wachapreague on the Eastern Shore to establish an

artificial fish reef. A Navy demolition team set up the charge that

sank the riprap-laden barge, which was donated by the Coast Guard,

but a tire was blown away from the area by the explosion.

by CNB