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December 29th, 2010 | Comments Off on Support Marine Conservation With a Year-End Contribution
Our winter fundraising campaign is underway, and we would like to thank those of you have already donated. If you haven’t had a chance to make a contribution yet, it’s not too late – just click here now.
As a special thank you, individuals who make a contribution of $250 or more will receive this signed 11×14 limited-edition print of a spectacular coral grouper. Don’t miss your chance to get this 2010 print.
This year was full of amazing adventures! The following are some of REEF’s major accomplishments in 2010:
Expanded the Volunteer Fish Survey Project through an enhanced Field Station program, new home study courses, and increased public presentations throughout our project regions, as well as launching a new survey region in … Read entire article »
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December 25th, 2010 | Comments Off on Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from Divetalking.com
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December 24th, 2010 | 1 Comment
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December 24th, 2010 | Comments Off on Making It Count – December 2010
As 2010 comes to a close, please remember REEF in your year-end giving.
For those members who have already contributed during our Fall Fundraising Campaign, a big thank you! If you haven’t yet, donate today using our secure online form, call REEF HQ at 305-852-0030, or mail in your donation to REEF, PO Box 246, Key Largo, FL 33037.
Members who donate $250 or more will receive a limited, signed, and numbered print from REEF co-founder and renowned underwater photographer, Paul Humann. This year’s print is of a beautiful coral grouper.
Happy holidays and a peaceful new year to you all.
Putting It to Work: Who’s Using REEF Data, December 2010
By Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Director of Science
Every month, scientists, government agencies, and other groups request raw data from REEF’s Fish Survey Project database. Here is … Read entire article »
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December 20th, 2010 | Comments Off on Jacksonville plans new reef off Ponte Vedra at Floyd’s Folly
Ponte Vedra will be site for what is hoped to boost marine business.
Posted: December 20, 2010 – 12:00am
By Steve Patterson
A patch of ocean floor where Jacksonville built a concrete reef last year could have another one by next summer.
See the article posted on Divetalking.com about 2009 placement. Here is another link from TISIRI on FLoyds Folly.
At least 700 tons of scrap concrete – old beams, junctions boxes, whatever castoffs the city can find – could be barged to a spot called Floyd’s Folly and deposited into the water off Ponte Vedra Beach.
Man-made reefs become fish magnets – and destinations for fishermen – because they’re full of gaps and hiding places where smaller fish try to hide from bigger predators.
Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has offered … Read entire article »
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December 18th, 2010 | Comments Off on Cozumel – August 13 – 20, 2011
Cozumel Mexico – August 13 – 20, 2011
This is a call to divers. I may not have met you and you me but I am sending out this invitation asking if you would like to join a team of divers from Open water to Master Instructors on a trip to Cozumel Mexico, on any number of days between August 13 – August 20, 2011. The goal, dive and have fun. Meet new people and make new connections.
I am producing a documentary on Lionfish and perhaps you could be one of the lucky divers to be filmed capturing and eating your catch for dinner that very night. Because of the location of the lionfish, expert diving skills will be required.
There will be more than just filming lionfish, there are wonderful drift dives … Read entire article »
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December 9th, 2010 | Comments Off on Your Contribution Is Needed For Marine Conservation
Reef Environmental Education Foundation
Our year-end fundraising campaign is well underway, and we would like to thank those of you have already donated. If you haven’t had a chance to make a contribution yet, it’s not too late to get your donation in for the 2010 tax year – just click here now to donate securely online. You can also call REEF Headquarters (305-852-0030) to make a contribution over the phone, or mail your check to REEF, PO Box 246, Key Largo, FL 33037.
Thanks to thousands of volunteers, as well as financial support from members like you, REEF’s Volunteer Fish Survey database now has over 143,000 surveys! REEF’s database – the largest marine life species database in the world – is frequently used to address marine conservation issues and has been featured in … Read entire article »
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November 30th, 2010 | Comments Off on Making It Count — November 2010
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Making It Count – November 2010
Putting it to Work: Who’s Using REEF Data, November 2010
By Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Director of Science
Every month, scientists, government agencies, and other groups request raw data from REEF’s Fish Survey Project database. Here is a sampling of who has asked for REEF data recently and what they are using it for:
– Researchers at the World Resources Institute are using western Atlantic REEF data in an analysis of threats to the world’s coral reefs called Reefs at Risk Revisited.
– A scientist from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is evaluating population trends of rock scallop in preparation for harvest rule updates.
– Researchers from the Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands GAP Analysis Project are creating species … Read entire article »
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November 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off on Please vote for this suggestion
TISIRI has put in for a grant through the Pepsi Refresh program. TISIRI needs your vote.
Visit the TISIRI suggestion for the Pepsi Refresh Grant and vote for the idea by clicking right HERE
Pass the word on and get your buddies to vote.
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October 29th, 2010 | Comments Off on Making It Count – October 2010
We are proud to share our completely revised e-newsletter, “Making It Count”. We have put more focus on how REEF members, partners, and the survey project database are making an impact in communities and marine conservation. We hope you enjoy the new format! Feel free to send us feedback. A special thanks to California REEF member Jackie Patay for designing the newsletter banner.
Putting it to Work: Who’s Using REEF Data
By Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Director of Science
Every month, scientists, government agencies, and other groups request raw data from REEF’s Fish Survey Project database. Here is a sampling of who has asked for REEF data recently and what they are using it for:- A biologist from Fisheries and Oceans Canada is evaluating fish and invertebrate populations in Race Rocks outside of Victoria BC, in … Read entire article »
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October 27th, 2010 | Comments Off on Costa Rica, Intentional Ignorance
Costa Rica, you’ve heard of the country. Lush forests, zip lines which they attach you to a long line and you sail through the trees while attached to a long wire cable spanning a forest tree to a forest tree. You’ve seen the beautiful waters off their shores, the culture and the history. I lot of US dive shops put together trips to Costa Rica for the adventure and the diving. I have banned Costa Rica as a place for leisure travel and I do not recommend Costa Rica to anyone.
Humans kill over 100 million sharks a year, and this is what they do it for fins for soup, bone for jewelry, souvenirs, belts and wallets, cartilage for cures, liver oil for cosmetics and much more.
Costa Rica is well known … Read entire article »
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October 23rd, 2010 | 1 Comment
This film clip of a manta ray was taken Friday October 22, 2010 off the coast of Jacksonville Florida.
The divers reported the scale was at least a 20 foot wing span. This is a first. I never knew they came this close to our coast line.
October 22, 2010, a Friday to remember for these divers who not only saw the Manta Ray but filmed her. The TISIRI team was once again working on the environment. Out collecting trash as part of a grant by West Marine. The days events were being documented on film. Joe Kistel, as the last diver to enter the water explains the story to me like this: I was just about the enter the water when Ed pops up yelling “hey big bam rayjama smellow.” The captain … Read entire article »
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October 21st, 2010 | Comments Off on Ancient City Gamefish Association
Tuesday October 19, 2010 TISIRI team members, except Ed Kalakauskis whom claims he could not attend due to a Honey Do, presented a brief 15 minute presentation of Artificial Reefs and included the new Andy King Reef placed a few months ago, 7 miles off the coast of St. Augustine, Florida to St. Augustine’s Ancient City Gamefish Association.
Here is a video of the material being collected for placement at Andy King Reef.
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Here is side scan sonar of the Andy King site soon after the second placement provided by LAMP
What an awesome group. Very Inspirational . The gratitude and support offered by it’s members to TISIRI and its members was well received, welcomed and appreciated. They assured us they will be helping us get offshore to continue diving the … Read entire article »
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October 18th, 2010 | Comments Off on Recent Post on facebook
I placed this post out under PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors) Discussion Topics area this morning.
Why are Instructors excluded from being a choice for students to select when registering/signing up elearning? a few years ago, PICs were available online
except for Instructors. Now elearning is online and ALL Teaching Status Instructors are
not listed as a contact for the prospective student.
Take the total number of Teaching Status Instructors there are in the database. Divide the number of IRRAs into that number and tell me if the quotent is a realistic number?
That number represents the number of instructors / IRRA. It’s over a 100 instructors / IRRA. What is the average number of Instructors / IRRA? Perhaps 10. Why is there such a deviation between the two numbers? Now, take that difference, … Read entire article »
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October 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment
On October 14, 2010 Dr Lindberg spoke on the impact of artificial reefs on ocean life at Whitney Labs lecture Hall, Marineland Fla. Dr. William J. Lindberg, associate professor of fisheries and aquatic science at the University of Florida, spoke on “How enhanced reef habitat might improve some fisheries populations.”
tritonshall.com
I carried my camera and captured some pictures and video.
Here are some pictures of Dr. Lindberg describing how artificial reefs play a role in life of grouper. A very good presentation.
Here are some of the most knowledgeable people I have the pleasure kmowing. There is a lot of knowledge and experience on this team.
here is some Audio of that eventing. I will put together a small video for you to view.
Larry
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October 1st, 2010 | Comments Off on REEF-in-Brief September 2010
REEF-in-Brief September 2010
Introduction
By Paul Humann, REEF Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board
Greetings!
While fall used to be a slower time here at REEF, this year we are busier than ever. In addition to working with scientists to get them up-to-date species data and continuing to coordinate and expand the citizen science Fish Survey Project to new regions, the REEF staff is involved in a variety of marine conservation issues including the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean and associated waters and endangered species spawning aggregation research. This issue of REEF-in-Brief features updates from several of these programs.
None of this critically important work would be possible without continued financial contributions from our members. We greatly appreciate your support and commitment to our efforts, and hope you enjoy this issue. If you are inspired … Read entire article »
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