Great Annual Fish Count Events
Free Fish ID course and Fish Count Dive
Learn to identify & count fish Biscayne National Park
Learn the names of South Florida's reef fish at a FREE fish ID seminar led by Biscayne National Park biologists and REEF staff. Also learn how to conduct REEF fish surveys during any future dive/ snorkel trip. The free seminar will be held at Biscayne National Park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center auditorium from 08:00 11:00 AM. Commencing at 12:00 PM, the afternoon will be dedicated to putting your new fish identification skills to use during a reduced-price dive/snorkel trip to two of the parks coral reefs. Participants should expect to return to the dock before 5 p.m. The park is located at 9700 SW 328th St. Homestead, FL. To participate in the GAFC dive/snorkel trip, you must register with Biscayne National Underwater Park, Inc. (BNUP) at (305) 230-1100. The discounted pric!
e for the 2-tank dive trip is $65.00(plus tax) per person (weights & tanks included). The price for snorkeling is $23.75 (plus tax) per person (mask, fins, snorkel included). An underwater fish ID guide and slate will be on sale from REEF for an additional $10.00. All other gear must be provided by the participant or rented. A limited quantity of rental gear is available at the park. Further details are available by calling (305) 230-1100, or contacting the park concessions at http://www.biscayneunderwater.com.
Free Fish ID course
Free Fish ID course on the boat and survey dives with REEF volunteers. Please arrive at 12:30pm.
For more information contact Sea Dwellers at (305) 451-3640 or email sdwellers@aol.com
Visit the website at www.seadwellers.com
Sea Dwellers Dive Center of Key Largo
Mile Marker 100
Key Largo, FL 330307
8th Annual Northeast GAFC event in Gloucester, MA
Join the 8th Annual Northeast GAFC event in Gloucester, MA on July 25, 2009. Shore dives will be conducted at 8 locations around Cape Ann, MA and Nubble Light, York, Maine. Completed survey forms will enter divers into a free volunteer fish counters raffle currently valued at $8,000.00. Grand prizes include a dive trip to Bonaire, Dive in the New England Aquarium Giant Ocean Tank, Regulators, 3 wetsuits and Split Fins.
Free Fish ID course on snorkel boat
Free Fish ID course on the boat and survey snorkels with REEF volunteers. Please arrive at 8:30 am, boat leaves at 8:30 for the AM trip.
For more informatio contact Keys Divers at (305) 451-1177 or info@keysdiver.com
or visit the website at www.keysdivers.com
99696 Overseas Highway, Unit 1
Key Largo, FL 33037
Free Fish ID course
Free Fish ID course on the boat and survey dives with REEF volunteers. Please arrive at 8am, boat leaves at 8:30 for the AM trip. For the PM trip, please arrive at 12:30pm, boat leaves at 1.
For more information contact Conch Republic Divers at (305)852-1655 or dive@conchrepublicdivers.com
Check out the website at:
http://www.conchrepublicdivers.com/
90800 Overseas Highway #9, Tavernier, FL, 33070, USA
Annual Dive N'Surf Dive Team/GLACD Fish ID Dive
Annual Dive N'Surf Dive Team/GLACD Fish ID Dive at Malaga Cove, 7/19 at 8 am. Directions to the location are at divensurfdiveteam.com as well as at www.glacd.org. Specific details (where to park, etc.) will be posted at the GLACD web page the week before the event.
Location: Malaga Cove, Palos Verdes
Fish Survey Dives
Two dives will be conducted at Clearwater, Florida on Tanks-A-Lot Dive Charter's. Dive Trips will include overview of how to conduct fish survey. Divers should meet at boat ramp at 7:00am to depart by 7:30am.
For more information please contact Heidi Thoricht at 727-798-1269 or at scuba@tanksalotdivecharter.com
Tanks-A-Lot Dive Charters
190 Seminole St, Clearwater, FL, 33755
Free Fish ID course
Free Fish ID course on the boat and survey dives with REEF volunteers. Please arrive at 12:30pm.
For more information contact Sea Dwellers at (305) 451-3640 or email sdwellers@aol.com
Visit the website at www.seadwellers.com
Sea Dwellers Dive Center of Key Largo
Mile Marker 100
Key Largo, FL 330307
Fish Count Dive at Playa Escambron, San Juan, PR
Two dives will be conducted at the Pocita Underwater Park, Playa Escambron to cap off the Fish ID seminar and to launch out our Fish census program. Divers should be ready to enter the water fro the first dive by 9 am.
Free Fish ID course
Free Fish ID course on the boat and survey dives with REEF volunteers. Please arrive at 8am, boat leaves at 8:30 for the AM trip.
For more information, please call (305) 453-3535 or email info@horizondivers.com
Check out the website at:
100 Ocean Drive, Building #1
Key Largo, FL 33037