Join REEF for an evening of eating and entertainment at Piccolo Ristorante. The event will include a four course tapas style lionfish dinner, complimentary wine and beer, lionfish education, filleting demonstration, and cooking instruction by Piccolo's very own Chef Andres Avayu.
REEF interns were invited to present a Fish Identification presentation in the Dagny Johnson Lecture Series 'The Delicate Balance of Nature 2013' from 730-830pm at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park Visitor Center located in Key Largo (MM102.5 Oceanside). Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please bring a cushion for added seating comfort. During this lecture, REEF interns will teach the public how to properly identify common reef fish in the Keys, and how to get involved with our Volunteer Fish Survey project!
REEF will have a booth set up at the Nautical Flea Market at Founders Park in Islamorada both Saturday and Sunday starting at 8am. Come visit us to learn about our programs and see what merchandise we have for sale!
This spring's new interns will be presenting a free fish identification presentation at the REEF house (98300 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037). This event is open to the public and will be presented at 630-730pm.
REEF will have a booth set up at the entrance of Zoo Miami's Python Challenge Awards Event talking about the lionfish invasion. The event is from 10am-4pm.
We have a full line-up of dive show appearances planned this year. If you are in the area of one of these shows, please stop by the REEF booth to find out what new and exciting things are happening. In 2013, we will be at: Our World Underwater (Chicago, February 15-17), Beneath the Sea (NJ/NY, March 22-23), Northwest Dive & Travel Expo (WA, April 20-21), and Northern California Dive & Travel Expo (Bay Area CA, May 11-12). We are always looking for volunteers to help at the booth.
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REEF scientists and volunteers just wrapped up another season of the Grouper Moon Project, a collaborative research effort with the Cayman Islands Department of the Environment (CIDOE). Our research focuses on Little Cayman, which has one of the largest (and one of just a few) known spawning aggregations of Nassau Grouper in the Caribbean. Over 4,000 grouper amass in one location for 7-10 days following winter full moons.
If you haven't yet booked your space on one of our 2013 REEF Field Surveys, don't delay. They are filling up fast. A last minute opening is available on the Fiji trip aboard the Nai'a liveaboard, May 11-21 - we just had a cancellation, so if you want to join REEF Founder Paul Humann, REEF Director of Science Christy Semmens, and a boat full of enthusiastic South Pacific fishwatchers, get in touch with our travel agent at Caradonna right away - 1-877-295-REEF (7333) or REEF@caradonna.com.