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REEF Fish and Friends

FREE Seminars and Lectures Focused on Fish!

Join Us the 2nd Tuesday of Each Month for this exciting series!

6:00 - 7:30 PM at the James E. Lockwood Jr. REEF Headquarters, Key Largo, MM 98.3 in the median.

Open to the public – Everyone is welcome

Learn how you can make a dive or snorkel that counts. Become a citizen scientist and meet others who share your passion for the underwater world. Snorkelers, divers and armchair naturalists welcome.

Schedule

  • March 10th, 2009 -- Program Kick Off - Paul Humann, Presents "The History of REEF"

    • REEF – the Reef Environmental Education Foundation – is the Florida Keys homegrown ocean environmental organization. Learn how the concept became reality from one of the men who changed how reef fish are identified. Paul Humann is an award winning, renowned underwater photographer/ author and one of the founders of REEF. Paul will be signing books beforehand.

  • April 14th, 2009 -- Lad Akins, "Born in the Wrong Sea"

    • Lad will present the important marine conservation research and outreach that REEF is conducting on the invasion of the Indo-Pacific Lionfish into the Atlantic and Caribbean.

  • May 12th, 2009 -- Lad Akins, "The Amazing Lives and Identification of Parrotfish and Wrasse"

    • Lad will present a mini ID session on these tricky families. He will cover identification techniques, habitat and behavior. These hermaphrodites are fascinating and are sure to provide fodder for an interesting presentation.

  • June 9, 2009, 6PM -- Lisa Mitchell, "How to Do a REEF Survey"

    • REEF's Executive Director will cover the nuts and bolts of getting ready to do your survey, how to do a survey and how REEF data are used.

  • Future topics and presenters TBA