Snorkelers and divers are welcome to come out for a local Great Annual Fish Count community event. This is a beach dive at Commercial Pier and starts at 12:00 noon. Bring a buddy, your gear, tanks and slates. Take these weeks ahead to study your fish and get ready for the big day at the end of the month. A quick Fish ID class will be given for those interested.
Horizon Divers at 100 Ocean Drive in Key Largo, FL will host a Fish ID Class from 10:00am to noon on Saturday, July 11th, followed by an afternoon dive and fish survey. Fish ID and survey materials will be provided for the afternoon dives. The cost for the afternoon dive is $80.00 per person, which includes tank and weights.
Alecia Adamson will be presenting an introductory Fish ID Course at the Key Largo Library on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. It will start at 12:30 and will last approximately 2 hours. This is a great opportunity for divers to learn their fish identification skills necessary for participating in the Great Annual Fish Count Survey and to get more info on REEF programs.
Conch Republic divers will be hosting The Great Annual Fish Count Reef Survey on July 17th. The dive boat will depart at 1:00 pm from the Tavernire Creek Marina in Tavernire, FL Keys so please arrive by 12:30 to prepare for the survey. There will also be a Fish ID briefing on the way to the dive spot. The cost is $75.00 per person, which includes Tank and Weights.
Book Dive Here Saturday morning July 10 Reef Advanced Assessment Team members Carol and Gregg Cline will be teaching the Reef Pacific Northwest Fish ID class . After lunch two survey dives will be complete at Sund Rock.
Sunday morning, July 11, Carol and Gregg will conduct the Pacific Northwest Invertebrate ID class. Two survey dives will be conducted immediately after the class.
Join Reef Watch Waikiki to conduct a REEF survey at Hanauma Bay. We will meet at 9am near the ticket booth and stay until 11am. Please bring your own snorkel gear (mask, snorkel, fins), towel and swimsuit, water, rashguard or wetsuit (optional), and a REEF slate (if you have one). We will bring extra REEF slates and survey paper. To participate in this REEF survey, you must first attend a reef fish identification training class.
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Electric Beach (Kahe Point) is the next stop on the FIN circuit. Join us for a REEF survey and enjoy a truly illuminating experience. Watts the date? Saturday, July 17 at 8:30am. Bring your tube or a tank. Survey instructions and materials are available for beginners. Youll be shocked by how much fun you can have while helping to conserve our ocean resources.
The United Divers of Central MA are participating in The Great Annual Fish Count on the 24th of July at Lanes Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Members of REEF's Pacific Advanced Assessment Team (AAT) and other active surveyors gathered in central California earlier this month to survey fish and invertebrate life in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). Twenty-two divers conducted over 140 REEF surveys at twelve sites during the week-long project. This was the 8th year that the coordinated expedition has been conducted, and the data collected serve as a valuable time-series of information on the status and trends of populations within the Sanctuary.
Happy Summer, REEF Friends. We are excited to bring you this month's issue of REEF-in-Brief. As we approach the half-way mark of our Summer Funraising Campaign, we are about 1/3 of the way towards our goal of raising $60,000. Thanks to all who have already contributed. If you haven't yet donated, please consider doing so today. Because of a generous offer from the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, your contribution (and your impact) with be doubled! Funds raised during this campaign will ensure that REEF is able to continue our valuable marine conservation programs.