The Volunteer Fish Survey Project started in the Florida Keys in 1993. Since then, the program has grown and now surveys are conducted worldwide! Check out the timeline of our survey regions below to see how the Volunteer Fish Survey Project has grown! You can read more about the VFSP here.
• 1993: Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) - Florida, Caribbean, The Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico.
• 1997: West Coast of the United States and Canada (PAC) - California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska.
• 2000: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) - Gulf of California to the Galapagos Islands, West coast of Central America, Colombia and Ecuador.
• 2001: Hawaiian Islands (HAW) - main archipelago, northwest islands, Johnston Atoll.
• 2001: Northeast US & Canada (NE) - Virginia through Newfoundland.
• 2004: South Pacific (SOP) - Fiji, Samoan Archipelago, Line Islands, Cook Islands
• 2013: South Atlantic States (SAS) - Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina
• 2013: Central Indo-Pacific (CIP) - Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Australia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southern Japan, Micronesia.
• 2014: Eastern Atlantic & Mediterranean (EAM) - Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Mediterranean, Irish, North and Baltic Seas.
• 2019: Indian Ocean & Red Sea (IORS) - Bay of Bengal, Maldives, Red Sea, East Coast of Africa, Madagascar and Indian Ocean Islands.