Wow! Linda Ridley is now officially the 6th entrant into the Golden Hamlet Club (GHC) which has as its main membership requirement entrants having completed 1,000 fish id surveys. Linda Ridley joins Lad Akins, Linda Baker, Judie Clee, Peter Leahy, Linda Schillinger (what is it with the name Linda anyway, maybe should be renamed the Linda Hamlet Club?). This really is a tremendous achievement and those of you who survey regularly understand just how much work goes into completing 100 surveys and submitting all that data , now imagine 1,000 surveys.
Here are a few notes and news bits we'd like you to know about:
REEF is excited to announce the launch of a completely redesigned REEF.org website! A unique look, enhanced features, and pages of fresh content ... the address is the same but almost everything else about the REEF website is new.
5 nights/6 days - $260, includes 3 days of boat diving (2 days of 2 tank diving and 1 day of 3 tank diving) with Cypress Charters and an organized day of shore diving at Pt. Lobos Marine Reserve. This package does not include lodging - options include Monterey Plaza Hotel (group rate of $785 per person double-occ for diving and lodging) and the Cypress Tree Inn ($50 - $150 per night). We will also be doing a behind-the-scenes tour of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. *REEF Fee is $125. (non-diver price at Monterey Plaza Hotel $525; day-diving prices also available)
This week is for divers and snorkelers who are interested in learning more about marine life and seeing more during their time in the water. World-renowned marine naturalists, Ned and Anna DeLoach, authors of Reef Fish Identification and Reef Fish Behavior, will be your leaders and will schedule several short slide and video fish behavior presentations during the week to teach and discuss the wonderful world of marine life behavior. Topics will include feeding, predation, and reproduction.
Catch up with REEF at the annual Diving Equipment & Marketing Association (DEMA) trade show! The biggest annual dive and travel trade show is in Orlando again this year. REEF is at booth 1133 and is running 2 seminars on the new home-study DVD for Florida, the Caribbean and Bahamas: Reef Fish Identification-A Beginning Course. We hope to see you there!To find out more, visit the DEMA Webpage.
Please call Jackie at Dive St. Vincent at 784-457-4928 or email to bill2s@DiveStVincent.com to inquire about this trip. 8 days/7 nights - $1,105 per diver per week, includes lodging, 10 dives, daily breakfast, hotel taxes and service charges, and r/t airport transfers. Divers can elect to sign up for one week or both.
NORFOLK, Va. -- A decommissioned Air Force ship, that once tracked Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space launches off Florida, is being prepared in a Virginia shipyard to become a new habitat for marine life and an attraction for recreational divers in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Read more.....
NORFOLK , Va. — A decommissioned Air Force ship is being prepared at a Virginia shipyard to become a new habitat for marine life and an attraction for recreational divers in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Read More.....
Elisabeth Eaves, Slate.com writer, provides a first-hand account of her experiences during the 2007 REEF Field Survey to St. Vincent and the value of “Voluntourism”.