The Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association’s Junior Mate Reef Project recently received a shipment of 32 reef balls to be deployed this month.

John Lewis, association president, said each ball is approximately 3 feet in diameter and 3 feet high, and weighs 1,300 pounds.

“They look like igloos, and they create habitat for all the bottom-dwelling plants and creatures in our area,” he said.

The association is working with the U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Group and the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Lewis said this will be the project’s second deployment this year.