For more information please visit www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies
For more information please visit www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies
For more information please visit www.reef.org/lionfish/derbies
This is a month long GAFC event presented at CocoView Resort, Roatan, Honduras for the 7th year in a row. The program will begin on Sunday and conclude Friday evening for four consecutive weeks starting June 20th and continuing daily through July 19th. CoCoView guests will enjoy several free multimedia Fish ID seminars for novices to advanced fish watchers during their stay, including one seminar on the unusual fish found in Roatan waters.
This is a REEF GAFC: Great Annual Fish Count survey dive at Tommy's / Carrying Cove. This dive site is an easy entry, low current site, great for new divers as well as those with more experience.
There will also be an ID class held at The Dive Shack prior to this dive. Stay tuned.
To register contact Loribeth Armstrong: loribeth_armstrong@rogers.com
This paper is part of the larger body of genetic research being conducted on Nassau Grouper in the Caribbean. The authors identified ten polymorphic microsatellite loci for Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) by cross-amplification of loci isolated in Gulf coney (Epinephelus acanthistius). Samples from three geographic localities were scored for these loci –Glovers Reef off Belize (n = 50), Little Cayman (n = 50) and Grammanik Bank in the U.S. Virgin Islands (n = 50). Screening samples yielded 8 to 27 alleles per locus with observed levels of heterozygosity ranging from 0.30 to 0.96.
2010 Our World Underwater Scholar and Grouper Moon researcher, Josh Stewart, recounts his time in the field studying the iconic Nassau Grouper as part of REEF's Grouper Moon Project. The article provides an overview of the research being done and why protecting the Nassau Grouper's spawning aggregations makes sense to ensure the future of the species.
An analysis of how overfishing is altering coral reefs around the world. The author, Grouper Moon researcher Josh Stewart, discusses the plight of aggregating species such as Nassau Grouper as one example and shares his experiences with research being conducted by REEF in the Cayman Islands.
There will be a GAFC: Great Annual Fish Count (our second) at Deer Island Campground at the following slack tides:
High Tide is 10:02 and Low Tide is 16:10, all times are NB times.
- GAFC: Great Annual Fish Count
- REEF Representatives will be onboard and ready to help divers conduct REEF surveys.
- FREE fish ID seminar offered in the weeks leading up to the event, at the local Dive Shack, to refresh or learn fish ID skills.
- BBQ and event to follow.
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