Meet our July Fish of the Month, the Yellow Boxfish (Ostracion cubicus)!
When a REEF volunteer surveyor submits 1,000 surveys, he or she becomes a member of the Golden Hamlet Club. We are very pleased to welcome Judith Cucco as the newest Golden Hamlet Club member! Every one of Judith's 1,000 REEF surveys were conducted while snorkeling in Hawaii, where she lives on O'ahu and is in the water almost every day. Judith has been a REEF member for over 10 years, and is an expert level 5 surveyor in the Hawaii (HAW) survey region.
Welcome to the Citizen Science Corner, a new feature highlighting those who recently reached a milestone in our Volunteer Fish Survey Project. Each quarter, we'll feature our surveyors' achievements from the past several months.
Experience Level Advancements
Please join REEF for another fun FISHY HOUR with a game of Fishardy - a fish Jeopardy-style game. This version will be for fish found in our Tropical Western Atlantic region!
During this challenging time we hope all
of our intern alumni are staying safe and
healthy. Even though the REEF Campus
has been closed this past month due to
Covid-19, this hasn't stopped our
Marine Conservation Interns from
accomplishing so much. Amelia, Maddi
and Riley have all been working
diligently from home on graphic designs,
projects for Grouper Moon, online
outreach and plans for the future.
One way to stay connected with REEF
while staying safe at home is to join us
This past month the Marine Conservation
Interns as a team successfully planned and
executed a Lionfish Jewelry Workshop.
Twenty members of the local community
attended this event to learn about invasive
lionfish and had the opportunity to create
earrings and necklaces out of their fins.
Attendees received all of the materials
necessary to create the jewelry, were
presented with a short demonstration and
then given creative freedom. The final
products were all original and beautiful! The
From outreach events like the Baygrass Bluegrass
Festival, to Fish & Friends and educational programs,
January has been jam packed with events! With the
help and direction of their intern coordinator, David
Ehlert, and lead interns, Maya Ganapathy and Stacey
Henderson, the Spring 2020 Marine Conservation
Interns have already accomplished so much! Maddi,
Amelia and Riley have been working as a team to
successfully plan a Lionfish Jewelry Workshop, which
will take place at REEF HQ on February 27.
Dive into the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest with REEF in the SeaDoc Society's latest episode of Salish Sea Wild, The Natural History of the Fish Geek. The episode is a lighthearted take on SeaDoc's citizen science partnership with REEF to support the Volunteer Fish Survey Project.
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On World Oceans Day, we kicked our summer fundraising campaign with a goal of raising $70,000 by August 8! Will you support our citizen science, education, and research programs by donating today? All donations will be matched dollar for dollar, doubling your impact for the oceans! What's more, if you initiate a new monthly recurring donation this summer, your first three months of gifts will be doubled!