The Faces of REEF: Phil Green

REEF members are at the heart of our grassroots marine conservation programs. Over 50,000 divers, snorkelers, students, and armchair naturalists stand behind our mission.

This month we highlight Phil Green, a REEF member since 2005. An active surveyor who lives on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands of Washington State. Phil has conducted almost 400 surveys to date and is a member of REEF's Advanced Assessment Team for the Pacific region. Here's what he had to say about REEF:

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Be On The Lookout - Indo-Pacific Damsel Reported in Gulf of Mexico

We are encouraging all REEF surveyors in the Tropical Western Atlantic region to be on the lookout for a new non-native fish! Researchers from the University of Veracruz have documented a new non-native species in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico with the potential to spread throughout the region. Sightings of the Regal Demoiselle (Neopomacentrus cyanamos) have recently come from the nearshore reef systems south of Veracruz, Mexico. The species is native to a broad region of the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea.

Islamorada Dive Center & Postcard Inn

Sea Saba Dive Center & Juliana's Hotel

Dive BVI & Guavaberry Spring Bay Suites

Invasive Lionfish Research Study at Laguna Beach Resort in Utila

Invasive Lionfish Research Study with Dive Dominica and Castle Comfort Lodge

Invasive Lionfish Research Study with GO WEST Diving and Kura Hulanda Lodge


 Join REEF's fourth annual Lionfish Research Project to Curacao to document the establishment and consequences of invasive lionfish as part of REEF's ongoing effort to minimize the Indo-Pacific predator's impact on native fish populations. Participants will have an opportunity to be trained in lionfish collection and dissections of specimens to document prey.

Chili Charters & Safari Inn or Casa Mexicana

Dive Bermuda & Grotto Bay Beach Resort

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