- Take A Dive Vacation That Counts!
- REF Volunteers Conduct Fish and Invertebrate Assessments Along Washington's Olympic Peninsula
- How Are REEF Data Used?
- REEF in Review - 2004
- Regional Capacity Building Seminars
- 2005 Sustainer's Event
- Educators Advisory Committee Summit
- The 14th Great Annual Fish Count
- Golden Hamlet Club
- Online Data Entry Has Arrived!
- Two Exciting Products Available for REEF's Online Store
- 2005 Field Survey Schedule
- Grouper Moon 2005: Studying the Wanderings of Grouper
- Fish Size and Biodiversity Assessments at Gray's Reef
- Biscayne National Park Species Inventory Project
- REEF's Next Geographic Region: American Samoa
- REEF Volunteers Discover New Fish Species in Mexico
- REEF Data - Now Safer Than Ever!
- REEF Survey Effort: Hotspots of activity and need
- REEF Success in 2003 - Our Annual Report
- REEF Welcomes New Staff: Bryan Diaz and Joseph Cavanaugh
- Partnership Programs: Field Stations and Affiliates
- 2003 Volunteers of the Year - Janna Nichols and Wes Nicholson
In December 2003, legislation was passed to protect grouper spawning aggregations throughout the Cayman Islands over the next eight years. The new legislation succeeds a less stringent policy issued in December 2002 of alternate fishing years and a per boat limit on the number of fish that could be taken from the sites. This decision comes in part because of the Reef Environmental Education Foundation's (REEF) ongoing effort to assess the status of grouper spawning aggregations in the Cayman Islands.
As part of a joint project to train marine park staff, enforcement, dive professionals and volunteers, the Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) recently completed a four-day education and data gathering program with the Parque Marino Nacional Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, also known as the Veracruz Marine Park, in Mexico. The park, established as Mexico's first national marine park in 1992, encompasses over 52,000 hectares of underwater habitat, including many nearshore coral reef systems.
Key Largo, FL. The Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) recently received prestigious recognition form a group of conservation peers. At the annual meeting of the Treasure Coast Chapter of the Florida Association of Environmental Professionals, REEF was presented with the "Program of the Year" award for its efforts in educating the public and gathering data on fish distributions and populations. REEF Director of Development, Andrea Fullman, accepted the award before the more than 100 attendees on behalf of REEF's members, staff, and board for their long term commitment to the e
- REEF Celebrates 10 Years
- GAFC Makes a Splash in 2003
- MPA News - Protection of Caye in Belize Consolidates Large Area as Marine Reserve
- REEF Data Used in the 'Caribbean Reefs at Risk' Report
- Great Fishwatching Finds
- Survey Recognition Certificates
- 2002 Volunteer of the Year - Dr. Michael Coyne
- A Decade of Counting- 10 Years (and more) of REEF
- Timeline of REEF Milestones
- 2002 Annual Report Available
- REEF Member Profile - Kitty Philips
- REEF Celebrates Earth Day
- Welcome New Board and Staff
- MPA News - Islands in the Sea of Cortez Purchased for Conservation
- REEF's Florida Keys Zone Monitoring Program Report
- REEF Submits Data to SRCFA
- 2004 Field Survey Schedule Announced
- Ocean Watch
- GAFC 2003
- Pacific Northwest Critter Watchers
- REEF 10 Year Anniversary - A Decade of Counting
- Team Building in Key Largo
- REEF Field Station Feature - Pacific Northwest Scuba (supplemental material)
- Member Article - Bari Reef's
'What we do to our planet and our oceans is going to have a significant and long-term effect on what happens to us.' Laddie Akins executive director, REEF
The SouthCarolina Aquarium celebrated Earth Day early Tuesday by unveiling a series of programs focusing on a part of the Earth people seldom see - the reefs below the ocean surface.
Reefs will be the subject of Gardens of the Ocean, a series of programs at the aquarium through the end of summer.