REEF Fishinars are fun, live, interactive webinars, open to anyone who wants to learn about ocean life. Our upcoming schedule includes a four-part beginner's course for the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) survey region, which includes Florida, the Caribbean, and The Bahamas. This series will cover the 60 most common fish species in this region and feature plenty of reviews and quizzes. This series will be an excellent resource for anyone who is interested in getting started as a surveyor, as well as provide a great review for advanced TWA surveyors.
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Last week, Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) celebrated the 150,000th fish survey processed in the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) survey region as part of the REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project. Volunteer divers and snorkelers made this significant milestone possible. Over 11,000 REEF volunteers have submitted surveys at over 8,000 sites throughout Florida, the Caribbean, and Bahamas since the program’s beginnings in 1993. You can get involved with the Volunteer Fish Survey Project by attending a Great Annual Fish Count Event, taking place throughout the entire month of July!
Attention REEF surveyors: keep an eye out for the non-native Regal Demoiselle while surveying in the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) region. The Regal Demoiselle, Neopomacentrus cyanomos, is a damselfish native to a wide area of the Indo-Pacific and Red Sea. First reported as an exotic species in the Gulf of Mexico in 2016, recent reports show that the Regal Demoiselle has expanded its non-native range to southeast Florida.
Join the second of a four part series taught by REEF staff on the top 60 fish of the Tropical Western Atlantic (the survey region that includes Florida, the Caribbean and the Bahamas). This course is a great introduction for beginning fishwatchers and a great review for advanced surveyors alike. All are welcome!
Fish species covered in this session are:
Join the third of a four part series taught by REEF staff on the top 60 fish of the Tropical Western Atlantic (the survey region that includes Florida, the Caribbean and the Bahamas). This course is a great introduction for beginning fishwatchers and a great review for advanced surveyors alike. All are welcome!
Fish species taught in this session are:
Are you an experienced REEF surveyor in the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA)? If so, you might want to check out our brand new underwater survey paper featuring an extended list of species. The double-sided list fits on the regular yellow slate. The longer list of species means less write-in species and more efficient data entry. When entering your data, just select the longer list in the "Species View" field at the top of the data entry field. You can find the new paper in REEF's online store here - http://www.reef.org/node/433.
A special opportunity to join marine life author ("Caribbean Reef Life") Mickey Charteris as he shares his passion: marine invertebrates found in the Tropical Western Atlantic region. There will be no Cheat Sheet for this session.
IMPORTANT: Note the time zone and make sure you adjust it as needed for your location!
[photo of Red and White Crinoid Shrimp by Mickey Charteris]
Join the final of a four part series taught by REEF staff on the top 60 fish of the Tropical Western Atlantic (the survey region that includes Florida, the Caribbean and the Bahamas). This course is a great introduction for beginning fishwatchers and a great review for advanced surveyors alike. All are welcome!
Species taught in this session are:
We are proud to announce that on July 1st 2017, the number of REEF Volunteer Fish Survey Project surveys conducted by volunteers in the Tropical Western Atlantic (TWA) region topped 150,000! The 150k surveys have been conducted by 11,123 volunteers at 8,837 sites in the TWA region (which includes the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico). The first surveys in the TWA were conducted 24 years ago in Key Largo.