{"id":3284,"date":"2010-12-29T18:16:13","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T22:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2010-12-30T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T13:57:19","slug":"support-marine-conservation-with-a-year-end-contribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3284","title":{"rendered":"Support Marine Conservation With a Year-End Contribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Our winter fundraising campaign is underway,  and we would like to thank those of you have already donated. <strong>If you  haven\u2019t had a chance to make a contribution yet, it\u2019s not too late &#8211; <\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\">just click here  now<\/a><\/strong><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\">.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a special thank you, individuals who make  a contribution of $250 or more will receive this signed 11&#215;14 limited-edition  print of a spectacular coral grouper. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to get this 2010  print.<\/td>\n<td>\n<div><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/images\/coralgrouper.img_assist_custom-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This year was full of amazing adventures! The  following are some of REEF\u2019s major accomplishments in 2010:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Expanded the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/programs\/volunteersurvey\" target=\"_blank\">Volunteer Fish  Survey Project<\/a><\/strong> 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 the South Pacific with an opening  ceremony in American Samoa;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continued the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/programs\/grouper_moon\" target=\"_blank\">Grouper Moon  Project<\/a><\/strong>, field research aimed at better understanding  endangered Nassau Grouper  spawning, which included monitoring spawning aggregations and acoustic tag  tracking studies throughout the Cayman Islands to ensure long-term protections  before legislation expires in early 2011; and,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continued the <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/programs\/exotic\/lionfish\" target=\"_blank\">Invasive Lionfish  Program<\/a><\/strong> work by conducting extensive research, leading  workshops to raise awareness, developing rapid response plans for dealing with  the invasive fish in Florida, the Bahamas, and Caribbean; and publishing a Lionfish  Cookbook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/contribute.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Please donate to REEF today to help protect  marine  ecosystems for generations to come. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\">Donating is fast, easy, and secure through our  website.<\/a> You can also call REEF HQ at 305-852-0030 to  donate over the phone, or mail your donation to REEF, PO Box 246, Key  Largo, FL 33037.\u00a0On behalf of all of us at REEF, thank you for your  support and your investment in REEF&#8217;s future &#8211; we couldn&#8217;t do it without  you!<\/p>\n<p>Best fishes and happy holidays,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/images\/PaulSignature.thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"62\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Humann<\/p>\n<p>President, REEF Board of  Trustees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our winter fundraising campaign is underway,  and we would like to thank those of you have already donated. If you  haven\u2019t had a chance to make a contribution yet, it\u2019s not too late &#8211; just click here  now.<br \/>\nAs a special thank you, individuals who make  a contribution of $250 or more will receive this signed 11&#215;14 limited-edition  print of a spectacular coral grouper. Don&#8217;t miss your chance to get this 2010  print.<\/p>\n<p>This year was full of amazing adventures! The  following are some of REEF\u2019s major accomplishments in 2010:<\/p>\n<p>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 the South Pacific with an opening  ceremony in American Samoa;<br \/>\nContinued the Grouper Moon  Project, field research aimed at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,23,45,9,37,11,32,31,17,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aow","category-artificial-reefs","category-events","category-fish","category-photography","category-promotions","category-reefs","category-reference","category-report","category-training","category-videography","category-wrecks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Support Marine Conservation With a Year-End Contribution - Divetalking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3284\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Support Marine Conservation With a Year-End Contribution\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3284\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-29T22:16:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-12-30T13:57:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/images\/coralgrouper.img_assist_custom-250x167.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3284#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3284\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02d5721103fd9d171fcc8cfb74d80947\"},\"headline\":\"Support Marine Conservation With a Year-End Contribution\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-29T22:16:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-12-30T13:57:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3284\"},\"wordCount\":304,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3284#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.reef.org\\\/reef_files\\\/images\\\/coralgrouper.img_assist_custom-250x167.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Adv. 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