Fish Counting Crossed Many Boundaries

REEF celebrated the Great Annual Fish Count 10th year with great success! The 2002 GAFC included over 90 seminars, 300 scheduled dive events, and over 1500 surveys throughout REEF's survey regions.  Due to the increased international interest over the past few years, this year we changed the name of the Great American Fish Count to the Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC). Events took place throughout the US, British Columbia, Ontario, Cozumel, Gulf of California, Jamaica, Belize, Honduras, Bermuda, Bonaire, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and the Cayman Islands.

Fall 2002

  • Fish Count Crossing Geographic Boundaries
  • GAFC Photo Contest Winners
  • Third in a Series of Fish and Benthic Monitoring Workshops Held on San Andres Island
  • Symposia and Workshops
  • Dry Tortugas National Park Monitoring
  • MPA News - The San Andres Archipelago and the Seaflower Biosphere Reserve
  • REEF's 2003 Grouper Moon Project Needs You
  • Wellwood Restoration Monitoring
  • Spiegel Grove Finally Down!

Summer 2002

  • Great Annual Fish Count - 10 Years and Counting
  • American Samoa - REEF Visits South of the Equator
  • Jean Michel Cousteau Dives with REEF and Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
  • Exotic Species Sighting Program
  • MPA News - Diver Group in British Columbia Working to Create Reserve Boundaries Around Buoys
  • Instructor Training Workshops
  • SPAG Update
  • Bicolor Damselfish Tumors
  • REEF a Big Hit with High School Students
  • Sustainers Event and Volunteer of the Year

South-Atlantic Divers take action on non-native fish issues

During recent months, there have been many reports of non-native indo-pacific and Red Sea fishes including the lionfish, which have been sighted in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.  The number of lionfish observed indicates that some are surviving the winter water temperatures and expanding their range. Recreational divers and snorkelers are a valuable source of information for tracking fish species including exotic fish because they are looking, taking notice of rare things, and often know what does not belong.

Spring 2002

  • Grouper Moon Project
  • 2nd Fish and Benthic Monitoring Workshop
  • Survey Expedition to Venezuela Yields Exciting Finds
  • REEF Marine Conservation Center
  • Aquarius
  • The Evolution of Fishwatching
  • Member Article - Ma and Pa Dive Site #1
  • GAFC is turning 10!
  • Fishwatching in our National Marine Sanctuaries Photo Contest
  • Science Update - Applications for Pacific Northwest Invertebrate Data
  • MPA News- California Marine Life Protection Act
  • New Staff Additions
  • WWW.REEF.ORG - What's New

Fall 2001

  • REEF Headquarters Relocates
  • Divers and Snorkelers Make the GAFC a Great Success
  • REEF Goes to the Boy Scout Jamboree
  • REEF Adds New Components to the Fish Survey Project
  • Pacific Northwest Invertebrate Monitoring
  • Sea Turtle Sighting Program
  • Jewfish Now Called Goliath Grouper
  • Member Article - Hawaiian Parrotfish....Not Your Typical Fish Story
  • Chevron Conservation Award
  • Science Update
  • MPA News
  • Third Annual Event Celebrates REEF's Success
  • Volunteer of the Year - Audrey Smith

Summer 2001

  • REEF Tours California
  • The Great American Fish Count is Here!
  • Fish and Benthic Monitoring Workshop Conducted in La Parguera, Puerto Rico
  • MPA News
  • Tortugas Ecological Reserve Becomes a Reality
  • Member Article - Fish Identification Skills
  • REEF Wins Gulf Guardian Award
  • REEF Internship
  • School Groups Participate in Fish Survey Project
  • Vandenberg Survey Project
  • You're Never Too Old...Or Too Young
  • Recycling at REEF
  • Books Benefit

December 2000

  • Moving Into the New Millennium - REEF.org Gets a New Look
  • New Board Member Joins REEF
  • New Garden Eel Discovered in the Caribbean
  • Exotic Batfish Gets New Home
  • One Fish, Two Fish - REEF's Annual Fish Count
  • MPA News - The Tortugas Ecological Reserve
  • Jewfish Population Study
  • Member Article - The California Sheephead
  • Product Review: The ReefNet CD-ROM
  • Go With High IQ Dive Guides
  • REEF Internship
  • Tran boundary Reserve in the Pacific Northwest
  • A View From the Kelp

Spring/Summer 2000

  • Caribbean Livaboards Offering Fish Counts
  • Second Advisory Board Meeting and Sustainer's Social A "Fishy" Time
  • REEF Certificates of Merit Available
  • Bonaire Dive Festival
  • Monitoring Contracts
  • MPA News
  • REEF Internship
  • Volunteer of the Year 1999 - Tom Isgar
  • Great American Fish Count: Event Focused on Partnerships
  • What's Happening in Research - Bonaire Marine Park, AGRRA, Florida Keys NMS
  • NOAA's Biogeography Program Looking At REEF Data in New Ways

Winter 2000

  • REEF Joins Forces with Florida's Department of Environmental Protection
  • First Annual Sustainer's Social Sponsored by Cayman Islands a Big Hit
  • REEF Collaborates on a Research Expedition to the Cayman Islands
  • REEF Field Station of Northwest Florida Off to a Fast-Swimming Start
  • Research Happenings
  • Sustainable Seas... Onward and Downward
  • What Are Marine Reserves? What Can You Do?
  • Expansions- Gulf of California and the Pacific Northwest
  • Divers Outlet Gears Up For Fish ID
  • Fenn Valley Supports REEF

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