It’s been a year since the The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Artificial Reef Program sunk a monster watercraft nearly 60 miles offshore from Galveston in the Gulf of Mexico and it’s brimming with life.
A 371-foot long vessel named “The Kraken” was repurposed at the Gulf’s bottom after staring out as a cargo ship in Japan. Built in 1984, the ship was towed from Trinidad to Brownsville in May 2016 and was sunk in order to become a reef.
A video posted online from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows fish swarming around the metal beast. The agency says the Kraken has attracted nearly 50 seperate species of fish since it was sunk.
The sinking of the Kraken was approved in 2014, costing $3.9 million. It was approved in 2014 and financed by donations and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill natural resource damage settlement funds.
The Kraken is a mythical sea creature known for its gigantic size. The creature has been used across all forms of pop culture including “Moby Dick,” Pirates of the Caribbean movies and numerous video games.
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Source: Chron
