Teams compete for cash prizes for most, largest, and smallest lionfish!
Click here for more information, including registry info, on REEF's Lionfish Derby webpage.
REEF is offering a lionfish workshop on June 15th at the Key Largo Library from 6:30 to about 8:00. All workshop participants will be eligible for a federal permit to collect lionfish, with nets or slurguns, from the no-take zones, the Sanctuary Preservation Areas (SPAs) in the FL Keys National Marine Sanctuary using nets. The permits will be issued a week or two following the workshop.
Level 2 fish ID
Free Online Fishinar - California Fish ID
Wednesday, May 25th, 7pm - Odds n Ends: A smorgasbord of fish to know - Register:
Free Online Fishinar - California Fish ID
Tuesday, May 24th, 8pm - Scalawag Sculpins: Sculpins and Gobies - Register:
Free Online Fishinar - California Fish ID
Tuesday, May 24th, 7pm - Pesky Perch: Perch, Chubs and Grunts - Register:
Free Online Fishinar - Pacific NW Invertebrate ID
Thursday, May 19th, 8pm - Stars and Squirts - Sea Stars, Urchins and more (Echinodermata) and Tunicates or Sea Squirts (Urochordata) - Register:
Free Online Fishinar - Pacific NW Invertebrate ID
Thursday, May 19th, 7pm - Marvelous Molluscs - Snails, Nudibranchs, Octos and more (Mollusca) - Register:
BBQ season is in full swing and we are happy to announce our next summer BBQ - June 5 at at Porteau Cove. Meet us at 9am for a day of diving, burgers and fun.
This will also mark the kick off of our Fish Survey events. Join us as we complete our first (or many) fish survey's of the area. Not sure how to participate - we are hosting an orientation night on May 30th to teach you how!
Ocean Pro Divers is now a REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) Field Station. REEF was founded in 1990, out of growing concern about the health of the marine environment, and the desire to provide the SCUBA diving community a way to contribute to the understanding and protection of marine populations. REEF achieves this goal primarily through its volunteer fish monitoring program, the REEF Fish Survey Project. Participants in the Project not only learn about the environment they are diving in, but they also produce valuable information.