Join Lynnhaven Dive Center for their second annual GAFC survey dive at Chesapeake Light Tower!
Date: August 10th, 2017
Location: Lynnhaven Dive Center, Virginia Beach, VA
Great Annual Fish Count- Hosted by Southwest Florida Women's Dive Club/Ocean Pro Dive Shop
Date of Event: Sunday, July 30th, 2017
Time: 7:30 a.m. ET
Location: Offshore Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, Florida
RSVP: Contact Lisa Rigas, swflwomensdiveclub@gmail.com, call (941) 315-0586, or register on our Meetup site at: https://www.meetup.com/SouthwestFloridaWomensDiveClub/events/240749519/
Master Instructor Michael Hays of Ocean Pro Dive Shop will conduct a fish ID class prior to the survey on Thursday, July 27th 2017 (6:30 p.m.ET) The survey dive will take place on Sunday, July 30, 2017 (7:30 a.m.)
Great Annual Fish Count Fish Survey Dive hosted by Captain Slate's Dive Center.
Date of Event: Saturday, July 29th, 2017
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Captain Slate's Scuba Adventures, 90791 Old Hwy, Tavernier, FL 33070
RSVP: Sign up for the dive by contacting Captain Slate's Scuba Adventures at Tel: 305.451.3020 or 800.331.3483, or online at http://www.captainslate.com/
Whether or not this is your first time conducting fish surveys on your dives, or your 100th, you are welcome to join REEF staff & interns on fish survey dives with Captain Slate's! REEF will provide all survey materials for free, and instruction on how to conduct surveys if it is your first time.
FREE FISH ID CLASS – PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT ANNUAL FISH COUNT!
In July, participate in REEF’s Great Annual Fish Count by learning how to ID fish seen on Florida Keys reefs and submitting a REEF fish ID survey. Join Allison & Carlos Estape at REEF Headquarters (MM 98.3, Key Largo) at 7 pm on Thursday, July 6th and July 27th to learn how to ID fish seen on Florida Keys Reefs. On your next dive/snorkel trip, fill in a REEF Volunteer Fish Survey and become a citizen scientist by submitting your sightings to REEF’s Global Fish Survey Database. Visit www.100fishid.com & www.REEF.org to learn more.
Dates of upcoming classes: July 6th, July 27th, August 31st
Time and Location: Classes start at 7 pm EST at REEF HQ (MM 98.3)
For more information, contact Allison Estape at (305) 794-5081
Great Annual Fish Count- Hosted by Southwest Florida Women's Dive Club/Ocean Pro Dive Shop
Date of Event: Thursday, July 27th, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM ET
Location: Offshore Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton, Florida
RSVP: Contact Lisa Rigas, swflwomensdiveclub@gmail.com, call (941) 315-0586, or register on our Meetup site at: https://www.meetup.com/SouthwestFloridaWomensDiveClub/events/240749519/
Master Instructor Michael Hays of Ocean Pro Dive Shop will conduct prior to the survey on Thursday, July 27th 2017 (6:30 p.m.ET) The survey dive will take place on Sunday, July 30, 2017 (7:30 a.m.)
Great Annual Fish Count- Hosted by Horizon Divers
Date of Event: Monday, July 24th, 2017
Time: 8 a.m. ET
Location: Key Largo, Florida
RSVP: Contact Horizon Divers at 1-800-984-DIVE (3483) or info@horizondivers.com
Whether or not this is your first time conducting fish surveys on your dives, or your 100th, you are welcome to join REEF staff & interns on fish survey dives with Horizon Divers! REEF will provide all survey materials for free, and instruction on how to conduct surveys if it is your first time.
Great Annual Fish Count Fish Survey Dive hosted by Key Dives.
Date of Event: Sunday, July 23rd, 2017
Time: 8:00 AM EST
Location: Key Dives, 79851 Overseas Hwy, Islamorada, FL 33036
RSVP: Sign up for the dive by contacting Key Dives at Tel: 305-644-2211 or online at http://keydives.com/
Whether or not this is your first time conducting fish surveys on your dives, or your 100th, you are welcome to join REEF staff & interns on fish survey dives with Key Dives! REEF will provide all survey materials for free, and instruction on how to conduct surveys if it is your first time.
The event sponsored by CoCo View Resort and hosted by Patti and Scott Chandler, of ReefNet, Inc. and Fishid.us.
Patti and Scott have been documenting fish in the Caribbean waters since 1990 and are enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge.
This is the 11th consecutive year that the GAFC event has been sponsored by, and held at CoCo View Resort who is a REEF Field Station.
Dates are in one week sessions at CoCo View Resort:
Please visit http://www.cocoviewresort.com/fish-count.php for even more info about GAFC
2017 GAFC at Carrying Cove (94010007)
Our Sixth Annual GAFC will be held on Saturday, July 22 at New River Beach. (New Brunswick)
High Tide is at 11:22 with a Tidal Range of 20.7 feet. (ADT, using Dipper Harbour West)
The entry time to do the least amount of walking would be approximately 10:20. For a one hour dive.
Meet and greet at 10:05 to review species recorded at the site and to be in the group picture.
After the dive(s) we will compare sighting while enjoying water and snacks as well as some swag.
You can do another dive if desired.
This location is for divers of all abilities, as it is usually a spot for check outs.
For more info please contact: michaeljmurphy17@gmail.com
REEF Great Annual Fish Count dives at Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA
Event Time: 11:00am-1:30pm: Picnic, 2:00pm: Photo, followed by the Raffle
Celebration Location: Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA
Each year divers help researchers by surveying fish populations. Join the largest survey in North America! Multiple dive locations and fabulous raffle prizes! $7 donation for lunch. Divers turning in surveys will receive 1 raffle ticket. Pick up trash whenever you can both above and below water and at lunch bring a bottle for free drink re-fills!
There are several fish-count dives the week before the event. Register for the dives with the shops AND at the GAFC page. Then count what marine life you see, and then on July 22, come to the Fish Count and log in the data.
Multiple dive sites, and pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, please visit www.neadc.org/gafc.