Alecia Adamson will be presenting an introductory Fish ID Course at the Key Largo Library on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010. It will start at 12:30 and will last approximately 2 hours. This is a great opportunity for divers to learn their fish identification skills necessary for participating in the Great Annual Fish Count Survey and to get more info on REEF programs.
Conch Republic divers will be hosting The Great Annual Fish Count Reef Survey on July 17th. The dive boat will depart at 1:00 pm from the Tavernire Creek Marina in Tavernire, FL Keys so please arrive by 12:30 to prepare for the survey. There will also be a Fish ID briefing on the way to the dive spot. The cost is $75.00 per person, which includes Tank and Weights.
Book Dive Here Saturday morning July 10 Reef Advanced Assessment Team members Carol and Gregg Cline will be teaching the Reef Pacific Northwest Fish ID class . After lunch two survey dives will be complete at Sund Rock.
Sunday morning, July 11, Carol and Gregg will conduct the Pacific Northwest Invertebrate ID class. Two survey dives will be conducted immediately after the class.
Join Reef Watch Waikiki to conduct a REEF survey at Hanauma Bay. We will meet at 9am near the ticket booth and stay until 11am. Please bring your own snorkel gear (mask, snorkel, fins), towel and swimsuit, water, rashguard or wetsuit (optional), and a REEF slate (if you have one). We will bring extra REEF slates and survey paper. To participate in this REEF survey, you must first attend a reef fish identification training class.
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Electric Beach (Kahe Point) is the next stop on the FIN circuit. Join us for a REEF survey and enjoy a truly illuminating experience. Watts the date? Saturday, July 17 at 8:30am. Bring your tube or a tank. Survey instructions and materials are available for beginners. Youll be shocked by how much fun you can have while helping to conserve our ocean resources.
The United Divers of Central MA are participating in The Great Annual Fish Count on the 24th of July at Lanes Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Members of REEF's Pacific Advanced Assessment Team (AAT) and other active surveyors gathered in central California earlier this month to survey fish and invertebrate life in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS). Twenty-two divers conducted over 140 REEF surveys at twelve sites during the week-long project. This was the 8th year that the coordinated expedition has been conducted, and the data collected serve as a valuable time-series of information on the status and trends of populations within the Sanctuary.
Happy Summer, REEF Friends. We are excited to bring you this month's issue of REEF-in-Brief. As we approach the half-way mark of our Summer Funraising Campaign, we are about 1/3 of the way towards our goal of raising $60,000. Thanks to all who have already contributed. If you haven't yet donated, please consider doing so today. Because of a generous offer from the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, your contribution (and your impact) with be doubled! Funds raised during this campaign will ensure that REEF is able to continue our valuable marine conservation programs.
REEF Staff and Board members are proud to announce the release of our 2009 Annual Report. To view a PDF of the report online, click here. In this report, you will find updates on our membership, the Volunteer Fish Survey Project, regional activities, special projects (e.g. invasive lionfish and Grouper Moon), data use and publications, our upcoming plans, and finances. We are truly grateful for all your support that made 2009 such a success!
Earlier this month, on World Oceans Day, we kicked off REEF's Summer Fundraising Campaign with a goal of raising $60,000 by July 31. Thanks to the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation, who has generously offered to match your donations, we are over one-third of the way to our goal with $10,345 donated and matched so far. To all of our members who have already donated, we extend our sincere gratitude. If you haven't yet had a chance, please contribute today.