Join REEF volunteer and former staff member, Amy Lee as she takes us on a virtual journey to the Tropical Pacific! Come learn all about the interesting Cardinalfishes of that region and how to identify them.
Photo by Ken Marks
List of species covered in this session:
Blackstripe Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus
Striped Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus angustatus
Yellowstriped Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus cyanosoma
Split-banded Cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus compressus
Join us for a FREE fish ID class at the Trans World Radio (TWR) Bonaire Headquarters on Tuesday, December 16th at 7:00 pm AST! Expert REEF surveyors Carmen Toanchina and Dana Kowalsick will be discussing silvery fish, focusing on Mullets, Bonefish, Needlefish, and Halfbeaks.
What to Expect:
• Learn to identify local species of fish in Bonaire
• Explore what it means to be a citizen scientist and contribute data to the Volunteer Fish Survey Project
• Gather with fellow ocean lovers. All are welcome!
REEF Into the Blue Book Club will be discussing The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea by Jack E. Davis for the November session.
REEF Into the Blue Book Club will be discussing Indigenous Pacific Islander Eco-Literatures, edited by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Leora Kava, and Craig Santos Perez for the July session.
All are invited to join in this meeting, whether you have read the book or not. For more details about Into the Blue Book Club, visit www.REEF.org/bookclub.
This meeting will be led by Hilary Penner, REEF Director of Program Development and Sammy Brown, REEF Fellow.
REEF Into the Blue Book Club will be discussing Great Tide Rising: Finding Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change by Dr. Kathleen Dean Moore for the April session.
Great Tide Rising: Finding Clarity and Moral Courage in a Time of Planetary Change is a culmination of a decade of thinking and speaking about a moral response to the devastation of the planets life supporting systems.
Join us for a FREE fish ID class at the Trans World Radio (TWR) Bonaire Headquarters on Tuesday, November 25, 7:00 PM AST! Expert REEF surveyors, Carmen Toanchina and Dana Kowalsick, will be discussing silvery fishes, with a focus on Mojarras, Chubs, Scads and Porgies.
What to Expect:
• Learn to identify local species of fish in Bonaire
• Explore what it means to be a citizen scientist and contribute data to the Volunteer Fish Survey Project
• Gather with fellow ocean lovers. All are welcome!
Join us for a FREE Fish ID class at the Trans World Radio (TWR) Bonaire Headquarters on Tuesday, September 30, starting at 7:00 PM AST!
As a continuation of last month’s class, expert REEF surveyors Carmen Toanchina and Dana Kowalsick will be diving deeper into the world of Blennies.
What to Expect:
• Learn to identify local species of Blennies in Bonaire
• Explore what it means to be a citizen scientist and contribute data to the Volunteer Fish Survey Project
• Gather with fellow ocean lovers. All are welcome!
Join us for a FREE Fish ID Class at Trans World Radio (TWR) Bonaire Headquarters on Tuesday, August 26, starting at 7:00pm AST! During this class, Expert Surveyors, Carmen Toanchina and Dana Kowalsick will be diving into the world of Blennies. Don't miss this opportunity to learn more about those cute, charismatic, and wonderfully little reef dwellers.
The School for Field Studies (SFS) in Turks and Caicos is hosting a Great Annual Fish Count event where they will be teaching their students fish ID and how to conduct REEF surveys as part of the Volunteer Fish Survey Project!
Fish ID Class: July 17, 7:30 PM EDT
Survey Dive/Snorkel (SFS students only): July 30 8:00 AM & 2:00 PM
This Great Annual Fish Count, join Dive Friends Bonaire for a fish ID class, followed by a survey dusk dive! Don't miss this opportunity to learn about the biodiversity you can find on Bonaire, as well as how you can be a citizen scientist thorugh REEF's Volunteer Fish Survey Project.
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