{"id":3723,"date":"2011-03-25T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-25T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3723"},"modified":"2011-04-03T20:12:49","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T00:12:49","slug":"lionfish-and-whaleshark-expeditions-september-3-10-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3723","title":{"rendered":"Lionfish and Whaleshark Expeditions September 3-10, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">September 3 &#8211; 10, 2011 I will be visiting Cozumel to create a documentary on the subject of Lionfish.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Lionfish<\/h2>\n<p>I am opening the Lionfish expedition up to individuals who have a need to experience Lionfish handling and would like to experience the consumption of any lionfish caught the day of your expedition. Your time will begin with about a 1 hour introduction to the nature of Lionfish, where they are from, what they mean to the local environment, techniques for safely handling. We will then proceed to the boat, heading to locations to begin the hunt for the lionfish. The days diving ends with the proper handing to clean and prepare the lionfish caught that day for consumption. Yes, you will be eating any lionfish caught that day. A lionfish cookbook is provided as part of your package.<\/p>\n<p>There are three days of lionfish diving\/filming planned to allow enough time to film and to provide enough opportunity for all those showing interest.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited on the Lionfish expeditions to a max of 8 guest divers for each day of filming. For those who wish to earn a certification, Lionfish specialty certification is being offered for those who would like to receive one.<\/p>\n<h2>Whaleshark<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Rhtyp_u0_white_bg.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Rhtyp_u0_white_bg.gif\" alt=\"File:Rhtyp u0 white bg.gif\" width=\"351\" height=\"155\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Rhtyp_u0_white_bg.gif\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Whaleshark <\/span>trip is an all day all inclusive\u00a0event. Only one trip is planned this week and this Sunday trip\u00a0is the one\u00a0you want to take. Food and drinks will be provided in both directions, with lunch at a restaurant on our\u00a0return trip.\u00a0If you plan on attending, I strongly encourage a digital camera. Whalesharks are filter feeding sharks. Known to man as the largest fish in the ocean. The largest palegic shark\u00a0recorded had a\u00a0length of 41.5 ft.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\"><a title=\"Biological classification\" href=\"\/wiki\/Biological_classification\">Scientific classification<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kingdom:<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Animal\" href=\"\/wiki\/Animal\">Animalia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Phylum:<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Chordate\" href=\"\/wiki\/Chordate\">Chordata<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Class:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wiki\/Chondrichthyes\">Chondrichthyes<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Subclass:<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/wiki\/Elasmobranchii\">Elasmobranchii<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Order:<\/td>\n<td>Orectolobiformes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Family:<\/td>\n<td><strong>Rhincodontidae<\/strong><br \/>\n<small>(<a title=\"Johannes Peter M\u00fcller\" href=\"\/wiki\/Johannes_Peter_M%C3%BCller\">M\u00fcller<\/a> and <a title=\"Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle\" href=\"\/wiki\/Friedrich_Gustav_Jakob_Henle\">Henle<\/a>, 1839)<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Genus:<\/td>\n<td><em><strong>Rhincodon<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<small><a title=\"Andrew Smith (zoologist)\" href=\"\/wiki\/Andrew_Smith_(zoologist)\">Smith<\/a>, 1829<\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Species:<\/td>\n<td><em><strong>R. typus<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the course of the trip to Holbox we will hold discussions on whalesharks, what to expect, how to perform around whalesharks, picture taking opportunies, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The weeks planned Schedule of events:<\/p>\n<p>9\/3 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Saturday <\/span>Arrival<\/p>\n<p>9\/4 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Sunday <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Whaleshark <\/span>&#8211; ALL DAY<\/p>\n<p>9\/5 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Monday <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lionfish <\/span>AM \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3744\" target=\"_blank\">Photography\/videography Deep Diving <\/a>PM<\/p>\n<p>9\/6 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Tuesday <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lionfish <\/span>AM \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3744\" target=\"_blank\">Photography\/videography Deep Diving <\/a>PM<\/p>\n<p>9\/7 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Wednesday <\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Lionfish <\/span>AM \/ Drift PM<\/p>\n<p>9\/8 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thursday <\/span>Diving AM \/ Drift Diving PM<\/p>\n<p>9\/9 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Friday <\/span>Cenote Diving AM \/ Off Gasing PM<\/p>\n<p>9\/10 &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Saturday <\/span>Depart<\/p>\n<p>The whaleshark trip is all inclusive which includes round trip ferry, ground transportation, boat to Holbox island and of course transportation back to Cozumel. The trip includes soft drinks, purified water, sandwiches or bread on the ground transportation and on the boat, lunch after the trip at a restaurant in Holbox.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in being a participant in one or both expeditions, click on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?page_id=2249\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Larry<\/a> link and send me an email, or phone me for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 3 &#8211; 10, 2011 I will be visiting Cozumel to create a documentary on the subject of Lionfish.<br \/>\nLionfish<br \/>\nI am opening the Lionfish expedition up to individuals who have a need to experience Lionfish handling and would like to experience the consumption of any lionfish caught the day of your expedition. Your time will begin with about a 1 hour introduction to the nature of Lionfish, where they are from, what they mean to the local environment, techniques for safely handling. We will then proceed to the boat, heading to locations to begin the hunt for the lionfish. The days diving ends with the proper handing to clean and prepare the lionfish caught that day for consumption. Yes, you will be eating any lionfish caught that day. A lionfish cookbook is provided as part of your package.<br \/>\nThere are three days of lionfish diving\/filming planned to allow enough time to film &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,42,20,7,43,50,23,40,45,8,5,3,9,37,11,32,48,44,17,15,19,10,52,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aow","category-artificial-reefs","category-boats","category-cavern","category-dm","category-diver","category-drift","category-events","category-featured","category-fish","category-instructor","category-master-diver","category-ow","category-photography","category-promotions","category-reefs","category-reference","category-sharks","category-specialties","category-training","category-travel","category-trip-invitations","category-videography","category-whaleshark","category-wrecks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lionfish and Whaleshark Expeditions September 3-10, 2011 - 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=3723\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lionfish and Whaleshark Expeditions September 3-10, 2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3723\" \/>\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=\"2011-03-25T16:59:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-04-04T00:12:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/1\/11\/Rhtyp_u0_white_bg.gif\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3723#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3723\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02d5721103fd9d171fcc8cfb74d80947\"},\"headline\":\"Lionfish and Whaleshark Expeditions September 3-10, 2011\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-25T16:59:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-04T00:12:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3723\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3723#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/upload.wikimedia.org\\\/wikipedia\\\/commons\\\/1\\\/11\\\/Rhtyp_u0_white_bg.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Adv. 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