Want to improve your fish knowledge? Join us each month for a free Fish Identification Class in REEF's Interpretive Center, led by REEF Volunteers Carlos and Allison Estape. This month's focus is wrasses!
Hosted at Reef Headquarters, 98300 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL
The next workshop will be hosted at Mote Marine Lab in Summerland Key on Wednesday October 24th, and will consist of a morning classroom session and afternoon dives with Captain Hook’s Strike Zone Charters in Big Pine Key.
Join Ellie Splain, REEF's Education Program Manager, as she goes over some of the species (and lots of juveniles) that you will find diving and snorkeling in the seagrass and mangroves in the Tropical Western Atlantic.
Fish taught in this session:
Join Janna Nichols, REEF's Citizen Science Program Manager, and learn how to ID some common fish and inverts that you might find while diving at Edmonds Underwater Park in Edmonds, Washington!
Fishes covered in this session are:
Over the last decade, there has been an alarming deterioration in the conservation status of a large number of marine mammals (whales, dolphins, seals) around the world. Bycatch - the incidental capture of these species in fishing gear - is the most significant threat to these animals. In 2006, the Yangtse River Dolphin was declated functionally extinct, and the Vaquita, endemic to the Gulf of California, is likely next. Scientists have been aware of this situation for decades, but why are marine mammals still slowly disappearing? Who's next? What can be done to address the problem?
REEF's first Field Survey to the Philippines was in April 2016, and we loved the area so much we have decided to return! Surveyors on our 2016 trip recorded an astounding 885 species throughout the two-week trip, including some previously unidentified fish!
Want to improve your fish knowledge? Join us each month for a free Fish Identification Class in REEF's Interpretive Center, led by REEF Volunteers Carlos and Allison Estape.
This month: Wrasses
Hosted at REEF Headquarters, 98300 Overseas Highway, Key Largo, FL
Expand your knowledge of fish id at this lovely seaside resort in the heart of beautiful St. Lucia. The entire region is a protected marine area and excellent, easily accessible beach diving is available directly in front of the resort.
Come celebrate the impact and success of marine conservation and education initiatives in the Florida Keys. REEF Fest eents include educational seminars, social gatherings, diving and eco-adventures alongside some of the most prestigious names in diving and marine conservation.