Oasis Divers & Osprey Beach Hotel


Join REEF Co-Founder and renowned underwater photographer and author, Paul Humann, for a week in beautiful Grand Turk. This trip is designed for divers and snorkelers who are interested in learning more about marine life and the environment to enhance their diving experiences. Paul will give presentations about reef fish and creature identification and behavior.

Anthony's Key Resort


Ned and Anna DeLoach will delight trip participants with amazing pictures, videos, and stories, covering fish ID and behavior. The group will also search for many of the fish species restricted to this region, such as the Filament Blenny, Bearded Toadfish, and Kuna Goby. This is sure to be a great week of diving and camaraderie.

Invasive Lionfish Control Study – Explorer Ventures Liveaboard

Wall to Wall Diving & Comfort Suites and Resort


A great trip for beginners and experienced surveyors alike, and a perfect destination for your non-diving companions. We will be diving with Wall to Wall Diving, an operation with a great reputation among REEF surveyors. REEF Expert and Fishinar Instructor, Jonathan Lavan, will teach daily seminars using many of his own award-winning underwater photographs.

Last Chance to Join REEFs Annual Lionfish Control Study in Curaçao

Join us for the second annual project to Curacao to document the establishment and consequences of invasive lionfish as part of REEF's ongoing effort to minimize the Indo-Pacific predator's impact on native fish populations. Participants will have an opportunity to be trained in lionfish collection and dissections of specimens to document prey. This unique research trip is led by REEF’s Director of Special Projects, Lad Akins and dive industry legend, Peter Hughes.

Sixth Annual Green Turtle Cay Lionfish Derby a Huge Success: Numbers and Sizes Both Down!

For the sixth year in a row, avid lionfish hunters on Green Turtle Cay set out at the crack of dawn on June 28th to participate in the world’s longest running lionfish derby. Conditions on the water could not have been better as the teams removed invasive lionfish from the Sea of Abaco on June 28th. Vying for more than $7,000 in cash prizes, 17 participating teams brought in 908 lionfish to the Green Turtle Club during the sunrise until 4:30 pm event. Numbers of lionfish caught and the sizes of fish landed were both down from last year.

FL Keys 100 Fish ID Challenge: Identifying 100+ Fish Species on 1 Dive

Lecture on identifying 100+ fish species on 1 dive in the Florida Keys.  

Lecture will discuss fish biodiversity in the Florida Keys, how to do a Century Dive (identifying 100+ species on 1 dive), the top fish biodiversity dive sites in the Upper Keys for a Century Dive, and a thorough dive briefing on how to do a Century Dive on Alligator Ledge (where to find the fish in their different habitats, how to manage your dive...).  

Visit www.100fishid.com to learn more & study the top 100+ fish found in the FL Keys

Great Annual Fish Count at Bathtub Reef

The Florida Oceanographic Society (FOS) REEF Field Station is again hosting their GAFC event on July 18, 2014 at Bathtub Reef in Stuart, Florida. At 10 am we will conduct a Fish ID course of the Top 25 fish found at Bathtub Reef at the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center (890 NE Ocean Blvd. Stuart, FL 34996). Instruction will be provided by REEF instructor Lureen Ferretti. Following the course, we will then head down to Bathtub Beach (1585 SE MacArthur Blvd.

TWA GAFC: Jupiter Dive Center

Date of Event: July 26

Location: Jupiter Dive Center

How to sign up: call Jupiter Dive Center at 561-745-7807 or email lisa@jupiterdivecenter.com


Instructor Heather Anderson

Fish ID class, followed by lunch and a 2 tank survey dive.

 

 

 

REEF Surveyors Find Rare Fish on Belize Field Survey

REEF’s recent Field Survey Trip to Belize was wonderful in many ways, but two events were of particular scientific interest. First, everybody’s favorite, the Sharpnose Pufferfish were spawning so there were literally hundreds seen on every single dive. More importantly, trip leader Jonathan Lavan got a photo of the rarely seen Glover’s Reef Toadfish (Vladichthys gloverensis) down in a sponge. It was thought to only live on Glover’s Reef, Belize, but this animal was photographed on an adjacent reef in Turneffe Atoll so perhaps a common name change is in order.

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