Sunday, November 17, 2019
Deeper Blue
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REEF Trips Program and Communications Manager Amy Lee received the 2019 Wave Makers Award at the DEMA Show in Orlando, Florida.
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Thursday, November 7, 2019
Lenfest Post
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The new "Taking Stock" blog series discusses past research supported by the Lenfest Ocean Program and asks how it has informed marine policy and management. This article discusses the Grouper Moon Project.
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Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Scuba & H2O Adventures Magazine
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This article highlighting REEF Fest 2019 was published by SCUBA & H2O Adventures magazine.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Earth Is Blue Magazine
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Earth is Blue is the magazine of NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries. This article is about the Great Annual Fish Count and Volunteer Fish Survey Project, how citizen science helps sanctuaries, and why marine sanctuaries are important for REEF's work.
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Monday, April 8, 2019
Christian Science Monitor
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Christian Science Monitor wrote a feature about the 7th Annual Winter Lionfish Derby, held on March 30, 2019, at Sharkey's Pub and Galley Restaurant in Key Largo.
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Monday, March 25, 2019
Scuba Diving
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We are very proud to share that Dr. Christy Pattengill-Semmens, REEF Director of Science, and Dr. Brice Semmens, Director of California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations and associate professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, have been named Scuba Diving magazine’s April 2019 Sea Heroes! Sponsored by the watch brand Seiko, this award honors the extraordinary work done by scuba divers making a difference for our world’s oceans, reefs and marine life.
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
NPR
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NPR science podcast, Blue Dot, conducted an interview with Dr. Joe Gaydos and Diego Montecino, lead authors of a paper published in Science Advances about the decline of the Sunflower Sea Star in the Pacific northwest. The study's analysis included almost 11,000 REEF surveys collected by our citizen scientists from California to Alaska over the last decade. To date, REEF data have been used in three scientific papers to evaluate the impacts of sea star wasting disease.
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Wednesday, March 13, 2019
PBS Nature
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This article discusses the impacts of citizen science and highlights several citizen science opportunities, including the Volunteer Fish Survey Project.
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Friday, March 8, 2019
NAUI Sources
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REEF's Field Survey Trips Program is prominently featured in this article from NAUI's publication for dive professionals.
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Monday, February 18, 2019
Hakai Magazine
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Hakai Magazine describes the importance of citizen science in studying the ocean, and highlights the Volunteer Fish Survey Project as well as several other prominent ocean citizen science programs.
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