SPRING 2002 REEFREEF NOTESNOTES Environmental Education Foundation Protecting Marine Life Through Education, Service and Research

REEF Board of Trustees IN THIS ISSUE Director’s Corner Paul H. Humann, founder Marine life author and Recent REEF Happenings: photographer Grouper Moon Project, REEF Marine Conservation Center, REEF/RECON Workshop, Venezuela Expedition, Fishwatching Evolution, Ned DeLoach, founder President, GAFC and Aquarius Mission New World Publications REEF Science News and MPA News Member Article, Staff Additions, and Intern Report James P.Dalle Pazze The Numbers and Details Partner, Contributions, Field Survey Schedule, Survey Counts, REEF Field Station Herdeg, duPont, and Dalle Pazze, LLP James Bohnsack, PhD Grouper Moon Project Research Fishery Biologist Gina Green By Douglass Rankin Director, and Will Ruggles /Latin America, The Nature Conservancy David Taylor Groupers lead interesting lives, Executive Editor, especially when it comes to Rodale Magazine sex. Normally solitary and territorial, during the winter full REEF Advisory Board moons they travel, sometimes great distances, and “group” Billy Causey together to spawn. About fifty Dr. Ken Deaver spawning aggregation sites Kalli de Meyer have been recorded through- Grouper Moon Project team. Front row: Huw Evans, Cathy Deena Wells Couglin, Douglass Rankin, Leslie Whaylen, Croy McCoy. out the Caribbean. Historically, Back row: Mark Boardman, Denise Mizell, Will Ruggles, Stephen Frink once discovered, grouper Phil Bush, Jon Clamp, and Henri Fourie. Professor Robert Ginsburg aggregation sites have Dr. Steven Gittings become synonymous with fish- Wolcott Henry erman aggregation sites. Due to the This winter, REEF coordinated a ground- William Horn timing and site fidelity of the spawning breaking expedition to the Cayman Islands - the Grouper Moon Project. The Peter Hughes aggregations, and the ease with which these relative loners can be caught Project’s objectives were to observe the Dr. Tom Isgar while congregating by the hundreds Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) Jennifer Lash and thousands to spawn, one-third to aggregation off the western tip of Little Dr. Carol Lorenz one-half of the known Caribbean Cayman, and to develop a protocol for Ken Marks aggregation sites are now inactive. The monitoring their numbers and activity at Chris Ostrom Cayman Islands used to be home to the site. For eleven days, a team of Dr. Emily Schmitt-Lavin five spawning sites. Today, four of these divers that included REEF’s Field Opera- Dr. Edwin Steiner sites are dormant or depleted. tions Coordinator, Leslie Whaylen, five Dr. Kathleen Sullivan Sealey REEF volunteers, and staff members from Anne Walton the Cayman Islands Department of Environment and Southern Cross Club REEF Staff visited the aggregation site and nearby reefs. Laddie Akins Executive Director During the first days of the Project, the Leda Cunningham divers located the aggregation site and Office Manager their adventure began. Several hundred Dr. Christy Pattengill-Semmens Nassau grouper were seen swimming Scientific Coordinator over an underwater plateau about half the size of a football field at a depth of Alex Score 80-100 ft. Hundreds more milled along Education/Outreach Coordinator the wall edge adjoining the plateau. All Leslie Whaylen Field Operations Coordinator Little Cayman’s spawning Nassau groupers. continued on page 4 DirDirector’sector’s CorCornerner “A changed world.” We have heard the REEF in Brief - What’s New words often since September. For much of what we do, and for our outlook on This winter, REEF led a coordinat- life, those events have awakened a new ed effort to document Nassau sense of priorities in us. As horrendous as grouper spawning aggregations recent events have seemed, from our around Little Cayman. The Grouper Moon Project provided new vantage point there may be positive footage of spawning grouper outcome. and collected baseline data on grouper populations from nearby Renewed value of family and communi- reefs. ty, revised priorities, and rededication to REEF moved into its new home in our goals have been affected since September. Has the environment been September 2001. The REEF Marine pushed to the back burner? Those of us working to protect the environment Conservation Center, located at have all wondered how public opinion and support would change. The jury MM 98 in Key Largo, will serve as a location for REEF HQ and as a remains out and the decision is in your hands. place where visitors can learn more about REEF’s activities, the The situation of the marine environment, however, remains precarious. Heavy Keys environment and marine conservation. fishing , the effects of local and global pollution, and the lack of both data and public awareness of the issues, continue to plague our underwater The second in a series of fish and world. REEF’s mission in addressing these issues has not changed. And through benthic monitoring workshops your efforts, we are making grand steps along the road. was held in St. Thomas in October. Over 40 local residents and six REEF AAT members participated The annual Great American Fish Count is expanding in leaps and bounds. It has and conducted surveys. now become an international event, renamed the Great Annual Fish Count to reflect its new scope. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the count started REEF expert fish watchers and Paul Humann surveyed the east- by Dr. Gary Davis in California. REEF’s new Marine Conservation Center is help- ern coast of Venezuela in ing to create a strong presence in the Florida Keys, educating visitors and others November. Exciting finds of 200 on marine environmental issues. REEF's partnerships with the Florida Fish and species of fish included three new species not pictured before in Wildlife Conservation Commission (artificial reefs), the National Park Service (Dry either the Reef Fish Identification Tortugas) the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FL Keys), and NOAA’s book or the ReefNet CD-Rom. Coastal Zone Management Program (Caribbean) have all helped provide valu- able training and data on fish populations in those areas. REEF’s upcoming spe- The GAFC is turning 10 this year, and with the birthday comes a cial projects in education, documentation of exotic species, grouper and snap- name change to reflect the per spawning aggregations and ship grounding assessments continue to lead annual event’s success and the way in providing information, awareness and data on marine systems. And expansion – the Great Annual Fish you, as REEF members and volunteers, are leading the way. The REEF database Count. now contains over 40,000 surveys and the REEF membership roles have topped The REEF database continues to the 20,000 mark. Your support and your focus are critical in continuing the pro- be a source of information for tection of marine environments around the world. researchers. Recent requests for data include Pacific Northwest invertebrate data on sea pens In a new era, as we reflect upon what is important, as priorities shift and focuses and pink hydrocoral, and change above the water, don’t forget that the marine environment remains Florida/US Caribbean snapper under siege. Join us in maintaining marine environmental issues as a high priority and grouper data. and helping to protect resources that benefit every one of us. REEF staff participated in a recent science mission at the underwa- Best Fishes, ter habitat in Key Largo known as the Aquarius. Goals of the proj- ect included evaluating the effect of diver presence and SCUBA bubbles on fish census data. Lad Akins Executive Director page 2 SPRING 2002 REEFnotes HAPPENINGSHAPPENINGS && UPDAUPDATESTES

Fish and Benthic Monitoring Workshop Survey Expedition to Venezuela Yields Last October, in col- Exciting Finds laboration with The Ocean Conservancy Despite having the and funding support longest continuous from NOAA’s Coastal coastline in the Zone Management Caribbean, very few (CZM) Program, the REEF surveys have second in a series of been conducted monitoring workshops along the eastern was held on St. coast of Venezuela. St. Thomas Workshop REEF staff and AAT: Thomas, USVI. The Last November, a Bob Bishop, Brice Semmens, Mark Kaehler, week-long program group of expert REEF Doug Harder, Jessie Armacost, Christy Sem- was targeted at local surveyors led by Paul Paul Humann ‘speaking fish’ to CIPLC mens, Barb Modafari, and Deena Wells. stakeholders and was Humann teamed up Elementary School students in Venezuela. offered free of with the HORISUB Dive charge. A total of 48 participants Shop to begin filling in some of the survey and photographic took part in the program, including “blank spaces” around Venezuela's Mochima National Park. dive industry professionals, educators, The park is located between Barcelona and Cumana and college/graduate students, and pro- encompasses 32 islands and a portion of the adjacent moun- active sport divers. Ten children aged tain range. The group visited 14 sites and identified 200 12-16 from the Bovoni Weed and species of fish. Several of the species included those found in Seed youth prevention program were the Brazilian Fish Appendix in the 3rd Edition of Reef Fish among the participants. The work- Identification. Some of the most interesting sightings included shop featured classroom and field Southern Stargazer, Diamond Pipefish, Sapo Cano, Spiny Sailfin training in taxonomic identification of Blenny, Saddle Bass, Redbanner Blenny,Twinspot Bass and the local fishes, , algae, and key Resh Pikeblenny, all species newly included in the 3rd Edition. invertebrates and in the survey methodologies of REEF's Fish Survey Workshop participants Three new species, not pictured in Project and The Ocean getting ready for a either Reef Fish Identification or the survey dive. Conservancy’s Reef Ecosystem ReefNet CD-ROM, were document- Monitoring Program (RECON). As part ed and identified by Paul. The Key of the program, six members of REEF’s Advanced Worm Eel, Ahlia egmontis, is a small Assessment Team were enlisted to assist in the training and eel, about as big around as your lit- collect survey data. The AAT conducted 188 surveys and tle finger, a foot or so long, tan to documented 224 fish pale yellow, and distinguished from Key Worm Eel species during the similar species by a dorsal fin that week. These data rep- starts about half way back on the resent a valuable addi- body above the anus. Rarely tion to the REEF data- observed (but relatively common base, more than tripling at one dive site), they live and for- the survey effort for St. age in small holes and openings in Thomas. The workshops the substrate of rubble areas adja- provide REEF an excit- cent to reefs. Distribution ranges REEF workshop leader Brice Semmens from North Carolina to Brazil, includ- ing opportunity to Spotjaw Blenny and REEF AAT members Deena Wells, involve local divers to ing the Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico Doug Harder and Jessie Armacost enjoy- contribute meaningful and all the Caribbean. The ing themselves before a day on the information on the reef second was the Spotjaw Blenny, water with the workshop participants. ecosystems that are in Acanthemblemaria rivasi, a shallow their own backyards water, barnacle shell dweller easily and we are look forward to continuing this program. To find distinguished by numerous out more about the project, view the final report posted at bluespots on the head and large www.reef.org/data/ VIreport.pdf. A special thanks to Bill brown spots on the rear jaw. Letts, the St. Thomas Diving Club, and the Bolongo Bay Previous to these sightings, this Southern Guitarfish Resort for hosting the workshop, to Ed Kruse of the CZM, and species was know only from the to the AAT members who participated. waters of Panama and Costa Rica. The third was a Southern Guitarfish, Rhinobatos percellens, which can be distinguished from the Atlantic Guitarfish by less numerous but larger white spots on the back. Its known range is the Southern Caribbean to Argentina.

Sound interesting? Then join Paul Humann on a Field Survey to the park, August 31-September 7. For more information, see the Field Survey Schedule on page 10.

REEFnotes SPRING 2002 page 3 HAPPENINGSHAPPENINGS && UPDAUPDATESTES REEF Marine Conservation Center

REEF members heeded the call! After more than a year of searching for the right property and working out purchase arrangements, REEF has purchased and moved into its new Marine Conservation Center! Funded largely by a generous grant from the J. Edward Mahoney Foundation, a loan from REEF Sustainers, and significant contributions by REEF mem- bers, REEF founder Paul Humann signed on the dotted line on September 14th. The new space and provisions to accept visitors now allows REEF to expand programs and services to help protect the marine environment.

Following a month of preparations (including a complete rewiring of the building for phone, computer networking and DSL service by REEF Volunteers Lauren Penner and Clint and Carol Whitaker), REEF officially moved into the Marine Conservation Center in October and began operations. Built in 1936, just after the Labor Day hurricane, the historic build- ing, contains over 2000 square feet of workspace. Located in Jon Moss, Shannon Lyday, Leslie Whaylen, Leda Cunningham, Audrey Smith, and Laddie Akins in front of the REEF Marine the median of US Hwy 1 in Key Largo, the Center is divided Conservation Center. into three separate offices, a retail area, an information center and an upstairs loft that is used as workspace and storage. An area of the property next to the building contains data accessible. Additionally, REEF work and volunteer hardwoods and palms and will be landscaped with native opportunities will be displayed. The information center will vegetation, signage and picnic tables for use by visitors. be staffed through the REEF intern program and local volun- teers. REEF will be looking for funding and office equipment Inside the office, one area will provide visitor information, dis- to outfit and staff the new information areas. Those interest- playing the projects that REEF conducts around the regions, ed in contributing should contact Lad Akins or Leda as well as local and regional information on the Cunningham at (305) 852-0030. research of other organizations. Volunteer opportunities and a local community calendar will also be displayed. Plans for Thank you, again, for all of the generous contributions for the REEF's old office space include the establishment of another new center. If any of you are in the Keys, please be sure to visitor information center. The Florida Department of stop by. The address of the new Marine Conservation Environmental Protection will provide a large reef com- Center is 98300 Overseas Hwy, Key Largo, FL 33037. The old munity display for permanent loan at the center. A computer office (to be information center) is located at 105950 station will be set up at the center with the REEF website and Overseas Hwy.

($250.00 + contributors) Grouper Moon Project Kathy Aguilar Jeff Hutchinson Douglas Rankin & from page one Patricia Ayers Edward Johnson Will Ruggles Alan Beadle Jean & Bob Kirkpatrick Gregory Roche Norris Boone Gail & Alyssa Klepper Pamela Roe of the fish were large (50-85 cm) and most displayed the Jean Anne Booth Karen Kniebbe Jane & Douglas Rorex Ann Brambl Ann Kugel Julie Rosenfeld white belly (with faded bars on top), dark, and bicolor repro- Walter Briney Bob Lamberton Holly Scott ductive color phases. Over the next six evenings, the team Donna Brown Beverly Leonard William Sheppard Beth Bruton Chuck & Mellie Lewis Dave Simson documented changes in the numbers, positioning and color Don Buck JoAnne Lightner Kenneth Sinibaldi phases of the fish as courting behaviors such as following Paul Caputo George Lindley Ken & Audrey Smith Lynn Carey Frances Lipscomb Riley Smith and nudging intensified. Abdomens seemed to distend daily. Mindy Cooper-Smith James Lommel Capt Bill Spencer On the seventh evening, the group witnessed an act of Lin Creel Carol Lorenz & Michael Stanfield nature they will never forget – the spawning of hundreds of Jonathan Creighton David Preston Suzanne Staton David Da Costa Joseph Maggiore Karen Stiles Nassau grouper. That night, approximately ninety percent of Ned & Anna DeLoach Wayne Manning Darcy Stottlemyer the fish were in a bicolor phase, and the fish had formed a Barry Dorf Eric McClary Maureeen Sweeney Dave & Noreen Downs Mel McCombie Lawrence Talt III huge, densely packed cone. Five or six fish in the bicolor Troy Edwards Fred McConnaughey Brian Taniguchi phase would begin by chasing a larger dark phase fish hori- Neil Ericsson & Karen Florini William Miller Margaret Terhar Joy Faber Marsha Millinig Jim Tompkins zontally through the large mass of groupers. The movement Deborah Fulton Mark Mintz Nicholas Torre would pick up pace, shift diagonally, and suddenly as many Dr. Julian Fuerst Holly Mirchel Caroline Vetterling Ed & Donna Gerrard Harley Moody Stephen Vinitsky as forty fish would shoot upward above the swirling cone, Robert Gerzoff Teresa Faye Morris Pam Wade twist around each other, release gametes in translucent Bruce Gilmore Franklin Neal Anne Walton Dr. Stephen Gittings Jeffrey Nehms Paul Walukewicz clouds, and then drift downward like falling stars to rejoin the Corrine & Sy Halberg David & Pat Orr John Ware milling mass. Other fish were there too, coming to feed on the Fritz Hayes Gary Pattengil Michael Weddle Brian Heath Frank Peloso Catherine Wegrzyn clouds of gametes and to join in the spawning mêlée! Packs Kevin Henke Ole Peloso Don & Carol Whaylen of horse eye jacks, hundreds of bar jacks flashing yellow tails Marta Hilton Ken Puglisi Clint & Carol Whitaker Brenda & Richard Hitt Sandra Purcell Michael Whitaker and dusky body bars just before spawning, thousands of Randy Holley Neal & Cathy Rakov D & Don Wogaman mackerel scad, and courting black jacks with white tail tips David & Carol Hull Jackie & Stu Wunsh Paul Humann Cary Yost and black speckled rear halves. An aggregation of tiger continued on next page

page 4 SPRING 2002 REEFnotes REEFREEF NOTESNOTES Aquarius During the 8 day mission, two different methods During the first two weeks were used by both the saturation and the in September, Laddie Akins divers to collect data. The Stationery and Alex Score participat- Visual method was used to gather exact num- ed in a research project bers and sizes of fish species in a defined cylindri- with the National Marine cal area around , while the REEF Roving Sanctuary Program and Diver Technique gathered presence/absence the National Undersea and relative abundance information during Research Center to evalu- exploratory area swims. Both methods provided ate how different dive valuable information on the composition of fish technologies affect fish on the reef. counts. Fish surveys were conducted using the Prism Cathy Sakas, James Linholm, Billy Causey, Jay Some of the most interesting species observed closed circuit rebreather Styron, Mike Smith and Lad Akins saturated inside during the mission included two sightings of an unit and regular open cir- the Aquarius habitat. extremely rare red cornetfish, numerous sight- cuit scuba. The focus of ings of yellowbelly hamlets and a threeline the research was to determine whether the bubbles pro- basslet found under a ledge at 90 feet. Unusual schooling duced by open circuit scuba (the standard equipment used behavior of hundreds of gray angelfish and hogfish were by most recreational divers and science divers) frighten or also observed immediately following the passage of a attract certain fish or change their natural behavior. tropical storm halfway through the mission. Initial results of the data suggest that there were few differences between Lad’s part of the mission involved saturating in the habitat for rebreather and saturation dive data. This may seem surpris- eight days in order to collect extensive data on the fish assem- ing until one realizes that Conch Reef has been under pro- blages of Conch Reef. Lad spent 11,000 minutes of bottom tected status since 1997 and the fish did not seem wary of time in Aquarius, the only research habitat in the world. diver presence. Heavily harvested areas could show signifi- Aquarius is located in 60 feet of water on Conch Reef in the cant differences. Florida Keys. Alex used rebreather technology from day boats to gather the same information. Alex reported that one of the Other members of the rebreather dive team included Otto advantages of diving with was the ability to hear Ruten, Jack Javitch and John Halas. Saturation divers includ- the grunting sounds of the bluestriped grunts, the midnight ed Billy Causey, Cathy Sakas and James Lindholm. For more parrots grinding pieces of coral rock, and your buddy talking information on the Aquarius, including summaries of the and singing during the dive. It was like being in a different Sanctuary mission, visit www.uncwil.edu/nurc/aquarius/. For a underwater world and enjoying the natural sounds of the reef. look at the REEF data collected during the mission visit the It was so enjoyable that spending 2 hours in one 60 foot dive REEF website and view projects. As new technologies (one of the other advantages using a rebreather unit is become available for the visual gathering of fish data, REEF increased bottom time with a constant oxy- will be working with the Sanctuary System to help test and gen) was definitely not enough time!! validate these technologies.

Grouper Moon Project limit the catch to 12 fish per boat per During the Grouper Moon Project, REEF from page four day during open years. As a direct worked in cooperation with the result of the data from the Grouper Cayman Islands Department of Moon Project and the knowledge that Environment, the Southern Cross Club, grouper in their tricolor mating phase the fish often re-aggregate during the Sam McCoy’s Diving Lodge, and the also joined in the flurry, buzzing around February full moon, the Assembly Alliance. There was also gen- like bees on the ocean floor. Every pushed forward the ruling’s effective erous support from Peter Hillenbrand, minute or two, spawning bursts would date for the 12 fish limit to February 2002 Island Air, the Little Cayman Beach form and as quickly disappear. (rather than December 2002), thus offer- Resort, and Paradise Villas. For more ing some protection to a second aggre- information about the Project, please Throughout the Project, a disconcerting gation that may occur at the Little contact Leslie Whaylen at reality was the ongoing harvest of fish. Cayman west end location in late [email protected] or call the REEF office at The team’s initial estimates of the aggre- February. 305-852-0030. gation were between 3,000 and 4,000 Nassau grouper. During the two-week REEF is planning to return to Little Visit the Grouper Moon Project project, the government estimated that Cayman for the February 2002 full page on REEF’s Website – over 2,000 fish were harvested, and most moon, and again in the winter of 2003 to www.reef.org/data/groupermoon.html were still gravid, indicating that they had continue documenting this important to view video clips, images, and results not yet completed spawning. During the event. Results from the Grouper Moon of the Project. previous year, more than 2,000 grouper Project will be used to better understand were taken from this same aggregation. grouper population density and viability of grouper aggregations. REEF hopes But actions have been taken – the that the information and the awareness Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly that grows from this Project will provide passed laws to prohibit harvest on all resource agencies and policy adminis- designated Cayman Island grouper trators the tools to ensure healthy aggregations every other year, and to grouper populations into the future.

REEFnotes SPRING 2002 page 5 REEFREEF NOTESNOTES

The Evolution of Fishwatching

Fishwatching …. This is the term we use to describe our hobby, what we do each time we put our face in the water. Geographic Range Not Fully Established It seems like such a normal word to us, but when you tell The concept of REEF was first imagined because there is so others about it, you often get a weird look. You might then little known about fish distributions. Over the past 9 years, say, "You know, like birdwatching, but underwater", and that REEF members have filled in gaps for many species. seems to partially explain it. Of course, divers have always However, as additional species are realized, more gaps looked at fish, but we at REEF would like to think that as the arise. In the 3rd edition of Reef Fish Identification, there are organization comes up on its 10th year of coordinating vol- several species that list the geographic range as unknown unteer fish monitoring, the ‘science’ of fishwatching has and refer readers to REEF if these species are sighted. These evolved and improved. REEF members, through the activity species include the Yellowfin Chromis (a species currently of fishwatching, have become better natu- known from Bermuda and Brazil), the Snow ralists, keenly aware of what is common, Bass (photographed in Belize and south what is rare, and what does not belong (as Florida), the Yellow Garden Eel (known from is the case with exotic species). a few locations in Florida), and several oth- ers. As additional REEF surveys are con- Over the past year, updated versions of two ducted throughout the region, we look for- Caribbean fish identification guides have ward to developing distribution coverages been released that are a testament to this for these species. evolution – the ReefNet CD-ROM Version 2 and Humann and DeLoach’s Reef Fish Supplemental Information Identification, 3rd edition. Between these The momentum of fishwatching is rapidly two resources, we now have our hands on increasing, and so are discoveries of information for over 600 species of fish and “new” species (not new in the scientific access to over 2,800 images. Despite this Orangespotted Blenny sense, but new to the fishwatching world) wealth of knowledge, REEF members contin- and the development of additional visual ue to find "mystery" fish that are not in either identification characteristics. The static of these or other common reference nature of products such as books and guides. Fortunately, the authors/creators of CD-ROMs prohibit them from staying both of these new references work with current. Therefore, REEF will periodically REEF staff on a continuing basis to help solve provide updates on mystery species mysteries, as well as update us on the deter- identifications, color phases, additional mination of species ranges and identifica- identification characteristics, and tion characteristics. Through our newsletter modified ranges in a special section of and website, we will share these updates. the Member Forum on our website (www.reef.org/member/forum). Common Name Changes In all of REEF’s materials, we use a standard- Tesselated Blenny For example, with the help of Kris and Les ized set of common names. For the Wilk, creators of the ReefNet CD-ROM, we Caribbean/ Atlantic region, we follow Reef recently figured out a mystery blenny that Fish Identification, which follows the AFS our members have been seeing for years Common Names list. Below are a list of in Bonaire. The Orangespotted Blenny name changes in the 3rd Edition. (Hypleurochilus springeri) looks somewhat like a Tessellated Blenny. However, the Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) - was pattern of markings on the head can be Jewfish used to distinguish the two species (see the webiste for color photos). The Tessellated Cave Basslett, Peppermint Basslett, and Blenny has spots on the snout that are Wrasse Basslett (Liopropoma spp.) - All were round and well defined and the polygo- previously “Bass” but now join the other nal red/orange spots behind the eye and member of the genus, the Candy Basslett, in Darkheaded Blenny upper head are well defined by black using the name “Basslet,”which means small edging. The Orangespotted Blenny's bass. orange markings are more random in form, Yellowtail Parrotfish (Sparisoma rubripinne) - less well defined and lack any black edg- was Redfin Parrotfish ing. The snout shape and cirri pattern are Darkhead Blenny (Emblemariopsis spp.) - Was originally listed as one species, the blackhead blenny (Coralliozetus bahamensis). However ichthyologists at the Smithsonian have concluded that there are at least six species that are visually indistin- guishable in the field. The six species are now lumped in the REEF database under the common name Darkhead Blenny. Yellowfin Chromis page 6 SPRING 2002 REEFnotes MEMBERMEMBER ARARTICLETICLE MaMa andand PaPa DiveDive SiteSite #1:#1: Point White Pier, Washington One of the many fishes that can by REEF Member John F. Williams be found at Pt. White Pier, the penpoint gunnel is often seen If you’re an airplane pilot, chances are you’ve read The Canni- hiding in with the algae. bal Queen, Stephen Coontz’ account of taking his son for a tour of the country in a restored biplane. Their motive wasn’t to land side of the island is a mile-wide channel, and into the channel in the largest airports in the country, nor to fly as high as possible sticks the Point White pier. Constrictions at each end of the or to search for the flashiest Hard Rock Café. Instead, the channel prevent the huge tidal swings from roaring too rapidly author chronicled, among other mundane things, "ma and pa" down the channel in the vicinity of the pier. Currents can still be landing strips in the 48 contiguous states, discovering the free- strong. I have crawled hand over hand across the bottom dom and hominess of these endangered bits of Americana. when my choice of dive times wasn’t auspicious. Fortunately, the entry point is next to the pier, so even if there is an appre- Around the Puget Sound, there is a wide variety of dive sites. ciable current, there is plenty to see without having to swim There are the big draw sites that feature rock walls, sunken much of anywhere. boats, wolf-eels, octopus, and even the occasional six-gill shark. Then there are the ma & pa dive sites. Divers frequent these lat- If you dive the Point White Pier on a warm, summer day, watch ter sites because they are close, convenient, familiar, and overhead for falling children. The sunshine seems to suck them believe it or not, they can be endlessly fascinating. off the end of the pier into the water.

But are they good places to conduct REEF surveys? This is an excerpt of John’s Favorite Fish Spot Article. To read the entire thing, visit the REEF Member Forum at West of Seattle, across six miles of protected waters, lies Bain- www.reef.org/member/forum and click on the bridge Island, a rural community easily accessible by ferry from Favorite Fish Spot button. Seattle or by bridge from the Kitsap Peninsula. Along the west

GAFC Is Turning 10!!! To commemorate the origin of the GAFC, This year marks the 10th year anniversary a special 10th year anniversary celebration for the Great American Fish Count (GAFC). and kick-off event will take place with the This is a milestone for the GAFC and a Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. great occasion to celebrate its success The founder of the GAFC, Dr. Gary and expansion over the last decade. Due Davis, will speak about the beginnings, to the exponential growth the GAFC had last accomplishments, and future of the year, with over 900 people participating and Great Annual Fish Count. This promises to be over 1900 surveys conducted during the a fun and exciting year for the GAFC. Stay tuned to month of July, the National Marine Sanctuary the GAFC website at www.fishcount.org for listings of Program and REEF have decided that this would be a good events, seminars, and survey dives! opportunity to change the official name to the Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC). Through the GAFC, REEF will encourage vol- unteers to take fish surveys in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central Fishwatching in our America, South America and Canada. Fish have no nationality National Marine Sanctuaries and pay no attention to political or geographical boundaries. Many migrate between countries and spawn in areas far from Do you have a great photo depicting the fish life or their usual habitat. The GAFC will become an International REEF surveying in one of our National Marine Sanctuar- event that will focus on the ies? In celebration of the Great Annual Fish Count's 10 education of the recreation- year anniversary, REEF is holding a digital photo contest. al diving and One image from each sanctuary where the REEF pro- community and will raise gram is in place will be selected to be part of a digital international awareness display at the anniversary celebration to be held in regarding the conditions of the world’s fisheries, coral Santa Barbara, CA, in June 2002. The number of entries reefs, and the marine envi- per person is not limited, but entries will not be returned. ronment. Of course, we will Submit entries by May 1, either electronically to con- continue to support and [email protected] or via mail to REEF HQ. Be sure to include encourage increased focus which sanctuary is featured. Please see on our National Marine Laddie Akins and REEF member Chatten Hayes conducting a REEF www.fishcount.org/contest for full contest rules. Sanctuaries. survey at Molikini, Hawaii. REEFnotes SPRING 2002 page 7 SCIENCESCIENCE UPDAUPDATETE ■ REEF’s Scientific Coordinator, Christy Pattengill-Semmens, presented “Using Volunteers as a Tool” at the MPA Power Tools Conference last October in British Columbia. She discussed the path REEF has taken in developing our volunteer monitoring program, lessons learned along the way, and advice for others. ■ Even though the Living REEF Project’s Pacific Northwest Invertebrate program is just getting started, the data are already being put to use. • The Marine Conservation Biology Institute recently used survey data on pink hydrocoral (Stylaster spp.) in a study on cold water corals. • University of Washington researchers will be using REEF data to assist mapping historical and current beds in Washington State. The pink hydrocoral is one of the species ■ The National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Center is currently included in the Pacific Northwest Invertebrate using REEF data in stock assessments of yellowtail snapper and other program and is an indicator of high current harvested species in Florida and the Caribbean. areas. Photo by Rick Harbo.

MPA News

REEF believes that Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for the protection of marine ecosystems, and we urge our members to stay informed of MPA initiatives and funding issues. In each issue of REEFNotes, the MPA News fea- ture brings you recent and noteworthy happenings.

California Marine Life Protection Act As is the case with all coastal areas, the famous beach- es and shoreline cliffs of California are under tremen- dous pressure from multiple threats. Many of the marine creatures that call California home have declined dra- matically as a result of these threats. While there are currently over 100 marine protected areas in California, most of these were created on a case-by-case basis and there are many legislative inconsistencies in the current network. The vast majority of these MPAs pro- A diver descends through an amazing kelp forest in the vide very little protection to marine life and only 0.2% of Channel Islands. Photo by Kip Evans, courtesy of the CINMS. state waters is fully protected from all harvest. In an effort to improve the protection of the state’s coastal and ocean areas, the California Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) was signed into law in 1999. As a result of Join REEF on Field Surveys to two of the MLPA’s passage, the state is currently developing a California’s most treasured MPAs! master plan that will guide state agencies in siting and managing the state’s MPA network. As part of this plan, Monterey Bay NMS, April 10-14. all existing and new MLPAs will be one of three types - This weekend getaway is perfect for the entire family • State Marine Reserve - Access and use (such as and will feature six boat dives, plenty of time to walking, swimming, boating and diving) may be explore historic Cannery Row and a tour of the restricted and no commercial or recreational take Monterey Bay Aquarium. will be allowed. Channel Islands NMS, Sept. 17-21. • State Marine Park - Access is allowed but may be restricted and no commercial take will be allowed. We will share this livaboard dive trip aboard the Recreational take for specific species will be M/V Conception with Sanctuary staff and naturalists. allowed but may be restricted. For more information, see the Field Survey Schedule on page 10. • State Marine Conservation Area - Access is allowed. Certain commercial and recreational take will be allowed. CORRECTION: In the PNW Invertebrate Monitoring Article that was in the last In 2001, multiple public hearings were held. A draft plan issue of REEFNotes, the surveyor pictured with the lingcod was is currently being developed by the California Fish and Ton Schaefer, not Jan Honda. Sorry, Tom! Game Commission and a final plan is due to be imple- mented sometime in 2003. To find out more, to view maps of the current proposed network, and to submit comments, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/mlpa/. page 8 SPRING 2002 REEFnotes REEFREEF NOTESNOTES

New Staff Additions REEF Interns

Alex Score, REEF’s new Education Shannon Lyday arrived at the end of August from Outreach Coordinator, joined Colorado. She recently graduated in Environmental REEF’s team late July 2001, replac- Science from the University of Colorado and was seeking ing Julie Dutcher who decided to work experience and immersion in fish counting. She quick- move closer to her family in ly became involved during the FKNMS/NURC Aquarius mis- Tennessee. Alex relocated to Key sion and was able to dive to the Largo from Savannah, Georgia, habitat. At the office Shannon where she worked for NOAA’s processed memberships, orders, Gray’s Reef National Marine Alex Score after a incoming data, and helped with Sanctuary. Her duties at Gray’s rebreather dive in Key Largo. the move to the new office. She Reef included reef fish monitoring, also designed and produced a reef invertebrate characterization studies, managing a log- brochure on exotic species that gerhead sea turtle satellite tagging project, leading educa- will be available soon. Shannon tional and distance learning programs, creating outreach dis- tripled her total number of dives plays, and producing habitat characterizations using GIS. in the Keys and during the Alex has a B.S. degree in from Florida Institute Bermuda Field Survey. During her of Technology and a M.S. degree in Biology from Georgia 4 month internship, Shannon vol- Shannon between Southern University. Alex is not new to REEF’s projects and mis- unteered in several different dives in Key Largo. sion. While living in California and working as a research asso- areas, including teaching fish ID ciate studying aquarium biological mechanisms, she volun- seminars for Coral Shores High School, and working a few teered with the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary times at the Dolphin Research Center and with the Dolphin during various fish surveys and the Great American Fish Ecology Project. Before leaving REEF,Shannon passed the Count (GAFC) in 1993. She was also fortunate to participate advanced fish quiz and is now a Level 4. Shannon is looking in the Sustainable Seas Expedition, along with Laddie Akins, for a position on the west coast to pursue a career in piloting the manned submersible DeepWorker 2000, while tak- marine conservation. ing invertebrate surveys at Gray’s Reef and conducting fish counts on the West Coast of Florida. Her duties at REEF Late one night in the computer include coordinating the GAFC, developing education mate- rooms at Heriot-Watt University in rials and school programs, managing REEF’s Field Station pro- Edinburgh, Jon Moss stumbled gram, working with new partners, and leading the monitoring upon REEF’s website while com- of several artificial reefs in the Florida Keys. pleting his thesis on overfishing in Indonesia. Intrigued by the simple, Leda Cunningham is REEF’s new Office Manager or OM, an yet effective idea of using recre- appropriate epithet considering her interest in yoga and in ational divers to collect survey generally bringing harmony to REEF HQ. She began as an data, Jon applied to be an Intern intern in Fall 2000 and was hired full time in August, 2001 to and arrived at the REEF offices in keep the books; oversee membership, orders, and inventory; September. REEF was in the midst and to coordinate the Marine Conservation Internship pro- Jon Moss at REEF HQ. of moving offices and Jon gram. Leda earned a BA in biology from Macalester jumped right in, helping with the College, St. Paul, Minnesota and hopes to one day pursue a move and setting up the new Masters degree in international non-profit management. In computer systems. He got the chance to attend the Dry early 2001, Leda received a grant from PADI Project AWARE Tortugas Field Survey and enjoyed some superb diving Foundation to help start a marine education program at there, and got to see first hand what REEF was all about. He Chumbe Island Coral Park, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Highlights of volunteered for the Dolphin Ecology Project with Laura Leda’s career with REEF include helping Engelby and witnessed the mud circle fishing technique the the staff grow into our new space at dolphins use, which is thought unique to the area. Jon has 98300 Overseas Highway, improving the recently graduated with a MSc in Marine Resource Internship program, and helping Christy Development and Protection and is returning to England lead the Field Survey to Curacao in where he plans to pursue a career in marine conservation. November 2001. She has also developed a latent interest (and talent?) in accounting, a shock to many, her mother Fish Seminars most of all. The most enjoyable part of If you will be teaching a fish identification this job, she says, is being part of the HQ seminar in your area, we can post your Leda Cunningham team. When she is not processing Fall information on REEF's website. Please 2001 solicitations, Leda likes to cook on the Curacao provide date, location, time, and contact 2001 Field Survey. exotic vegetarian meals, jog down Overseas Highway, and read, read, read. information to [email protected].

q REEFnotes SPRING 2002 page 9 Visit the online Field Survey Log to read past trip reports: FIELDFIELD SURSURVEYSVEYS www.reef.org/member/forum/fslog.htm

REEF 2002 Trip Schedule Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary • April 10-14 Limit 15 participants REEF Field Surveys are your opportunity to take a vacation that counts! These week-long diving adventures are not only fun, but educational and environmentally Package: 4 nights/5 days - $580 includes lodging just minutes from important. Informative, interactive discussions and presentations will be led by Cannery Row at the Monterey Plaza Hotel, diving (three 2-tank AM knowledgeable fish experts and include identification, habitat and behavior boat dives and optional shore dive) with the Monterey Bay Dive information on local species. Spend a week with REEF and get excited about diving! Center, and 2 breakfasts. We will also be touring the Monterey Bay An additional $200 REEF fee will be added to each trip to cover the cost of the trip Aquarium. *$100 REEF fee. leader(s), seminars, and survey materials needed throughout the week. The REEF fee Long Island, Southern Bahamas • Stella Maris • April 28 - May 5 is tax-deductible. (*Fee is lower on short trips). Limit 13 divers For 2002 trips, please contact REEF’s travel agent affiliate, Dive Reservations, Inc at Package: 8 Days/7 Nights - $1527, includes all meals, lodging, 2 to 4 888-363-3345 (tollfree) or email [email protected]. Prices do not include airfare. All prices are per person based on double occupancy unless otherwise noted. dives per day, r/t airfare from Nassau to Long Island, and r/t airport transfers. Chinchorro Bank & Yucatan, Mexico • Maya Ha Resort • May 18-25 Limit 15 participants Package: 8 days/7 nights - $1095 includes lodging, food, and diving and Conduct REEF Fish Surveys r/t transportation from Cancun. in Celebration of Earth Day Guanaja, Bay Islands Honduras • Pasada Del Sol Resort • June 22 – 29 Limit 15 participants REEF would like to invite all of our members to Package: 8 days/7 nights - $1,184, includes all meals, lodging and 6 participate in this year’s “Dive In To Earth Day” days of 3 boat dives per day, one night dive, unlimited shore diving, and event and conduct fish surveys. Tens of thou- airport transfers from San Pedro. sands of scuba divers, snorkelers and ocean Little Cayman • Southern Cross Club • July 13 -20 lovers from around the world will be celebrat- Limit 11 participants ing Earth Day underwater by Diving In, April 15- Package: 8 days/7 nights - $1,860, includes lodging in beachfront 22, 2002. Make a dive that counts! Register you events on the Dive cabanas, food, 3 boat dives per day, and airport transfers. In website at divein.coralreefalliance.org/. Flower Garden Banks NMS Research Trip • M/V Spree • July 28 - Aug. 2 Limit 13 divers Dive In is an international event that encourages people to partici- Package: 6 days/5 nights - $600, includes all meals, diving and lodging pate in marine-related activities during the week of Earth Day (held on ; trip will be shared with Sanctuary researchers. each year on April 22). For the past two years, The (CORAL) has organized Dive In To Earth Day, with the help Midway Island, NW Hawaiian Islands • August 10-17 of other environmental organizations, divers, scientists, aquariums, Limit 11 divers - FULL Key Largo Coral Spawning Project • August 27-September 2 and students from around the world. Limit 19 participants Package: 6 nights/7days - $685, includes lodging at Amy Slate’s Amoray WWW.REEF.ORG - What’s New? Dive Resort, 5 days of 2 tank dives, 3 one tank night dives to witness the coral spawning, and continental breakfasts. ■ REEF’s database, which is accessible online, has topped the Venezuela • (led by Paul Humann) • August 31 – September 7 40,000 mark! Through the data interface page, you can gener- OR August 31 - September 10 with extension ate summary reports on species distribution, sightings list for a Limit 18 divers given area, and your own data. www.reef.org/data. Details will be posted to the website soon. British Columbia • God's Pocket Resort • Fish & Invertebrates • Sep. 8 -14 ■ Online Store. We have added several identification books, Limit 14 divers including Stokes’ Caribbean fish book and guides for Hawaii, the Package: 7 days/6 nights - $821.50, includes lodging, food and diving Northeast, and Pacific Northwest invertebrates. (2 boat dives per day, unlimited shore diving), and r/t transportation from www.reef.org/cgi-bin/shop.cgi. Port Hardy. This project will also include invertebrate identification seminars and surveying. ■ Fishes of the National Marine Sanctuaries. This new section fea- Channel Islands Nat’l Marine Sanctuary • M/V Conception • Sept 17-21 tures each of the Sanctuaries that REEF members are currently Limit 14 divers surveying. A gallery of interesting species that call each site Package: 4 days/3nights - $430, includes all meals, lodging, food, and home, the top ten fishes, links to data summaries, and general diving on liveaboard . *$100 REEF fee. information about each location is given. www.reef.org/sanctuaries. Gulf of California/Sea of Cortez • Don Jose (led by Ned DeLoach) • Oct. 6 - 13 Limit 10 divers Package: 8 days/7 nights - $1550, includes lodging, food, and diving, aboard liveaboard dive boat. Grenada • True Blue Resort and Eco-Dive • November 16-23 Limit 15 divers Package: 8 days/7 nights - $715, includes lodging and 5 days of 2 tank diving. Puerto Rico REEF Discovery Tour (led by Paul Humann) • Nov. 2- 9 Limit 18 participants Package: 8 days/7 nights – $885, includes accommodations at Copa Marina Resort and 5 days of 2 tank diving. This week is for divers and snorkelers who are interested in learning more about marine life and seeing more in the water. Several short slide presentations will be Flower Gardens Banks NMS Field Bermuda Field Survey participants and scheduled during the week to teach and discuss reef fish and creature Survey – August 8-12, 2001. Bermuda locals – Sept. 22-29, 2001. identification and behavior. page 10 SPRING 2002 REEFnotes Field Stations are instrumental as centers for dissemination of REEF information and materials. Field Stations regularly promote and teach Fish Identification Courses, organize dives built around fish watching and taking surveys, promote REEF membership, and serve as FIELDFIELD STSTAATIONSTIONS distribution centers for REEF materials and survey forms. Visit the REEF website for direct links and more information on REEF’s Field Stations. USA and Canada Field Stations California REEF Field Station of Aqua Safari Oceanside – Under Water Schools of America 760-722-7826 Riverside - Scuba Schools of America 909-689-2422 By Sheryl Shea Connecticut New England Ski & Scuba LLC 860-872-0013 Florida As one of the world's top diving destinations, Cozumel was in dire Bonita Springs – Eagle Ray 941-992-2237 need of a REEF Field Station, and Aqua Safari filled the bill by sign- Islamorada – Lady Cyana Divers 800-221-8717 Juno Beach - Marine Life Center 561-627-8280 ing on in January 2001. Since then, local divers, visiting divers, and Key Largo- Diver’s Direct Outlet 305-451-8034 Aqua Safari staff have all joined in to enhance the Cozumel sur- Key Largo – Amy Slate’s Amoray Dive Resort 305-451-3595 vey database by completing over 250 surveys. In July, our first Key Largo – Horizon Divers 305-453-3535 Marathon – FL Keys Nat'l Marine Sanctuary 305-743-2437 annual GAFC was held with a team of 18 divers from the US and Riviera Beach – Jim Abernethy Adventures 561-691-5808 Mexico and with the participation of Cozumel Reefs National Park Hawaii staff. As a GAFC Challenge grand prize donor, thanks to Bill Horn’s Honolulu - Island Divers Hawaii 808 947 6583 Honolulu - Midway Phoenix Corporation 808-599-5400 generosity and support, Aqua Safari hosted the lucky winner, Tina Kailna.Kona – Eco Adventures 808-329-7116 Fisher, for a week of diving and fish surveying in December. In Louisiana September, all of the dive masters were trained in the REEF New Orleans – 504-276-4887 REEF Field Station of Northern Gulf of Mexico method, and besides having great fun doing their first surveys, they Michigan now have a practical way of putting their knowledge of the Ann Arbor – Huron Scuba Adventures 734-994-3483 underwater world to use. They are always on the lookout for new Minnesota Rochester - MDC Sports 507-288-8802 and unusual species, such as the spotted spoon-nose eel recently New Jersey sighted by Asuncion Mex Puc. We offer REEF fish ID courses, books, Belle Mead - The Scuba Connection 908-359-1250 survey materials and of course, help with questions on fish seen New York Rome - Delta Divers 315-337-2300 during a dive. Texas Lancaster – Island Time 972-227-6678 Individuals or groups Washington wishing to include the San Juan and Orcas – Island Dive and Sports 360-376-7615 REEF program as part Vancouver - Thunder Reef Divers 360-573-8507 Vancouver - Ocean Odyssey Scuba Center, Inc. 360-883-2621 of their dive trip can Canada, Alberta be easily accommo- Lethbridge – Anderson Aquatics 403-328-5040 dated for both diving Canada, British Colombia and lodging. Victoria – Living Oceans Society 250-920-0733 Overseas Field Stations Fishwatching courses Aruba from one to four days Paradera - Windie’s WaterSport 297-87-2281 Bahamas are available in our Cat Island – Dive Cat Island 800-688-4752 REEF classroom, and Nassau – Custom Aquatics 242-362-1492 the Safari Inn, conve- training class – Sept 2002. Back Belize row from left: Orlando May Marentes, Sergio Belize City - Seasports Belize 501-2-35505 niently located right Munoz, Ivan Carvajal, Elpidio May Ramos, Bermuda above the dive shop, Mariano Mex Puc, Porfirio Maldonado, Ricardo Flats - Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo 441-293-2727 is an economical Gutierrez. Front row from left: Georgina Bonaire Kralendijk- Buddy Dive Resort 599-717-5080 choice, comfortably Tuxpan, Jose Canche, Sheryl Shea. Kralendijk – Plaza Resort Bonaire 599-717-2500 accommodating up Kralendijk – Green Submarine 599-717-2929 to 5 divers per room. We are located on the web at Kralendijk – Sand Dollar 800-288-4773 British Virgin Islands www.aquasafari.com and in Cozumel on the downtown water- Tortola – Baskin in the Sun 284-494-2858 front between 5th and 7th Sts. Cayman Islands Grand Cayman – Wall to Wall Diving 345-942-6608 Stop in while in Cozumel to "speak fish"! Little Cayman - Southern Cross Club 345-948-1099 Cuba Salty Dog Adventures 636-677-7504 Curacao Curacao Sea Aquarium 0599-9-461-6666 Honduras – Utila Lodge Resort 504-425-3143 Mexico Chinchorro – Maya Ha Resort 512-891-9812 (US) Cozumel - Aqua Safari 011-52-987-872-0661 La Paz - Baja Quest 011-52-612-123-5320 Puerto Aventuras – Dive Aventuras 011-52-987-35129 Yucatan Peninsula - Akumal Dive Adventures 505-992-3333 Puerto Rico Culebra – Reeflink Divers 787-742-0581 Rincon - Oceans Unlimited 787-823-7436 Turks and Caicos M/V Wind Dancer (Peter Hughes Diving) 800-9DANCER M/V Sea Dancer (Peter Hughes Diving) 800-9DANCER Providenciales - Big Blue Unlimited 649-946-5034 US Virgin Islands St Croix – St Croix Ultimate Blue Water Adventures 340-773-5994 St Thomas – Aqua Action Dive Center 340-775-6285 St Thomas – St. Thomas Diving Club 340-776-2381 Venezuela Puerto La Cruz - Horisub 58-81-814878 Los Roques – M/V Antares (Peter Hughes) 800-9DANCER ! West Indies GAFC winner Tina Fisher (left) in Cozumel with Sheryl Shea at Aqua Safari. ! St. Vincent – Dive St. Vincent 784-457-4928

REEFnotes SPRING 2002 page 11 SURSURVEYVEY NUMBERSNUMBERS

TWA Pamela Cefaratti (80) (Tropical Western Atlantic) Tracy Hamilton (80) Karen Garcia (80) Over 100 Lauren Penner (79) Laddie Akins (777) Karen Florini (79) Linda Schillinger (646) Kern Spencer (79) Leslie Whaylen (546) Jean Gasen (77) Deena Wells (505) Robyn Osborn (77) Joe Thomas (471) Robert Doyle (76) Christy Semmens (441) Cassandra Weith (75) Cathy Coughlin (400) Rick Halpern (74) Little Cayman Field Survey participants and Jean Kirkpatrick (385) Wes Nicholson (73) Joe Meyer IV (38) Sheryl Shea (365) Ralph Dickerson (71) Donna Gerrard (37) Southern Cross Club staff – July 14-21, 2001. Judie Clee (329) Susan Thompson (69) Susan Siegel (37) Emily Schmitt Lavin (302) Ann Outlaw (69) John Kelly (37) Cassandra Warn (27) John Pitcairn (302) Richard Hitt (68) Denny Lutz (37) Kathy Bonanno (27) Monty Doyle (287) Corinne Halberg (66) Alex Score (37) Judy Keller (27) Peter Leahy (283) Connie Dolan (66) Gail Klepper (37) Keith Phillips (27) Edwin Steiner (280) Audrey Smith (65) Linda Meyer (37) Seymour Halberg (27) Ken Deaver (273) Dave Downs (64) Mark Springer (36) Les Wilk (27) Brice Semmens (262) Jane Rorex (63) Ed Gerrard (36) Rebekah Moore (26) Elaine Morden (260) Dennis Schneider (63) Wade Bevier (36) Claudia Campos (26) Jessica Armacost (247) Monica Vega (63) Rob Mccall (36) Belal Hansrod (26) Clive Petrovic (234) Pug Pugliese (62) Robert Draper (36) Pete Wyman (26) Ken Marks (224) Janet Earnshaw (62) Janet Phipps (36) Edith Summey (26) Patricia Ayers (217) Jacquie Tinker (61) Barbara Kirchner (36) Blair Bertaccini (26) Joyce Schulke (211) Tim Gurney (60) Annie Glasspool (35) Alyssa Klepper (26) Linda Baker (209) Ditte Preker (60) Kathleen Gunderson (35) Matthew S. Kendall (26) Doug Rorex (201) Edgar Tomei (60) Carolyn Kennedy (35) Jeffrey Nehms (26) Bruce Purdy (200) Robert Antonelli (59) Andrea Valerioti (35) Mark Mcalpin (26) Ann Knollenberg (198) Marjorie Nelson (59) Randy Holley (35) Lana Smithson (26) Tom Isgar (198) Wayne Manning (58) Mark Messersmith (35) Shannon Lyday (26) Darlene Gehringer (194) Charles (bob) Hersey (58) Gaylynn Dickerson (34) Kathleen Wean (25) David Preston (194) James Vaughn (57) Jennifer Stuart (34) Dillon Harder (25) Carol Lorenz (193) Michele Vaughn (57) Kandie Vactor (34) Jessica Lorek (25) Will Ruggles (188) Anthony Kajfez (56) Muns Farestad (34) Sharon Stockholm (25) Douglass Rankin (187) Denny Howley (56) Lin Creel (34) Roger Stockholm (25) Jerry Ligon (178) Kathy Aguilar (56) Lynn Hubert (34) Kristi Klomp (25) Kris Wilk (173) Anna Deloach (55) Kevin Buch (34) Roger Wiandt (25) Clint Whitaker (157) Walter Briney M.D. (55) Jeana Hodges (34) Douglas Harder (156) Julie Dutcher (55) David Colvard (33) Bob Bishop (151) Gijs Van Hoorn (54) Lisa Canty (33) PAC Julie Overing (149) Clive R. Wood (53) Brett Sussman (33) (Pacific) Barbara Modafari (144) Woody Brooks (53) Craig Scott (33) James Brooke (136) Brenda Berliner (53) Joseph Thomas (32) Over 100 Randy Keil (135) Matt Hoelscher (53) Steve Boutelle (32) Rachid Feretti (166) Betsy Saunders (132) David Mulvey (53) David Siegel (32) Margaret Cowin (127) Kevin Henke (52) Melissa Keyes (32) Over 50 Kathie Comerford (126) Chuck Jirka (52) Pat Lommel (32) John Williams (94) Scott Fowler (119) Lillian Kenney (52) Norris Boone (32) Kirby Johnson (73) Hilary Harder (119) Noreen Downs (52) Eddie Gerrard (32) Wes Nicholson (45) Mark Kaehler (118) Melody Hamilton (52) John Stuart (32) Matthew Dowell (36) Patricia Chandler (117) Michael Phelan (52) Jill A. Mashburn (32) John Wolfe (34) Dave Grenda (117) Glen Thiel (51) Lynn Carey (32) Bruce Higgins (33) Carol Whitaker (114) Jonathon Tromm (51) Susan Cable (32) Kurt Steinbach (32) Kitty Philips (109) Gibran Tuxpan (51) Rosalinda Garcia (32) Christy Semmens (30) Pamela Bezuidehout (107) Gustavo Vazquez (50) Robert Schauer (31) Sarah Tamblyn (29) Chris Koepfer (107) Bobbii Cartwright (50) Karel Cantelar Ramos (31) Janna Nichols (29) Cindy Snell (105) Arnold Walker (31) Alan Dower (29) Jim Morabito (104) Over 25 Mark Bailey (30) Bryan Nichols (27) Any Wilk (104) Robert Winters (49) Beth Bruton (30) Tracy Siani (101) Jonathan Edwards (48) Jesse Meyer (30) Don Buck (100) Sara Thomas (47) Katia Pronzati (30) TEP Donella Wilson (47) Ken Smith (29) (Tropical Eastern Pacific) Over 50 Sandra Percell (47) Ronald Moss (29) Currier Randall (98) Todd Aikins (46) Van Duncan (29) Over 50 Carol Reichert (98) Chris Ostrom (46) James Lommel (29) Richard Baker (93) Denise Mizell (97) Joseph Froelich (44) Phyllis Robinson (29) Kandie Vactor (65) Greg Bunch (96) Leda Cunningham (44) Edward Sullivan (29) Cheri Arnold (92) Sanford Robbins M.d. (44) Gary Lenning (29) Over 25 Connie Bishop (90) Cristi Korbeck (44) Michaela Dethlefsen (29) Beth Bruton (37) Brenda Hitt (89) Jo Ann Nucifora (43) John Lane (29) Kathleen Scott (88) Peter Rennemann (43) Jenifer Adams (29) HAW Dr. Stephen Gittings (88) Eric Riesch (42) Cathy Springer (28) (Hawaii) Lorraine Sommer (88) Jose Kirchner (42) Stephen J Vinitsky (28) Neil Ericsson (88) Steve Ganon (41) Bryan Nichols (28) Over 25 Paul Humann (87) Emma Hickerson (41) Bob Bonanno (28) James Vaughn (44) Andy Dehart (87) Tony Ramirez (41) Cheva Heck (28) Michele Vaughn (44) Shelley Tyre (85) Chris Jeffrey (40) Sascha Steiner (28) Fred Litt (33) Jim Modafari (84) Robert Grist (39) Patricia Pachuta (28) Liz Foote (30) Rhian Lewis (83) Mike Chambers (39) Sarah JHenke (27) Gail Tomei (82) Robert Burnett (39) Christy Sims (27) Tony Sebastian (81) Shawn Edwards (38) Roxanne Chavanne (27) Kirsten Bassion (80) William Horn (38) John Summey (27) page 12 SPRING 2002 REEFnotes Reminder: please fill out surveys in pencil only and erase thoroughly THANKTHANK YOUYOU

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REEFnotes SPRING 2002 page 13 I.D.I.D. BooksBooks andand CDCD RomsRoms

Caribbeanibbean && NorNorth Atlantic Guides Temperate & Tropical Pacificic GuidesGuides Nudibranchs and Sea Snails: Indo-Pacific Field Guide - $44.95 Reef Fish Identification – Florida, Coastal Fish ID Helmut Debelius Caribbean, Bahamas - 3rd Edition - $39.95 (California - Alaska) - $32.95 This guide features more than 1,000 pho- Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach Paul Human, with Howard Hall tos of shelled and shelless snails from the This comprehensive fish ID book was and Neil McDaniel tropical Pacific. designed for divers. The new 3rd edition is This comprehensive guide of the US West packed with 857 classic marine life photo- Coast features 270 images and informa- Snorkeling Guide to Marine Life – Florida, graphs of 594 species. tion about 250 fishes. Caribbean, Bahamas - $12.95 Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach Caribbean Reef Creature ID - Whelks to Whales: Coastal Marine Life of Includes 280 photos of fish, corals, plants, 2nd Edition - $37.95 the Pacific Northwest - $19.95 and creatures that you will see in less than Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach Rick Harbo 15 feet of water. There is more to see underwater than just An easy to use, and all in one guide that fish. Learn to identify crabs, lobsters, jellies, features over 500 color photos, including In-a-Pocket Waterproof worms, shrimp, sponges, mollusks and all the invertebrates included in the Living Identification Booklets - $10 more. The new 2nd edition has 698 color REEF Project Pacific Northwest invertebrate These handy guides fit right in your BCD photographs. monitoring program. pocket. Please specify which booklet when ordering-- Caribbean Fish-in-a- Caribbean Reef Coral ID - Galapagos Fish ID - $34.95 Pocket, Caribbean Creature-In-A-Pocket, 2nd Edition - $32.95 Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach Indo-Pacific Fish-In-A-Pocket. Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach A comprehensive guide for the This guide contains 530 color photographs Galapagos, it also includes many fishes Traveler's Book Case (empty) - $25 that display stony corals, gorgonians, fire seen throughout the tropical eastern This handy, custom-made and weather- coral and black corals. There are also sec- Pacific including the Gulf of California. The resistant Cordura case is perfect for the tions on coral disease, coral reproduction, book includes 260 color images and 192 traveling diver. It will hold up to three of and marine algae. species accounts. the New World Publication ID books, and JJfeatures an additional zippered pouch for The Reef Set - $115 Shore Fishes of Hawai'i – $19.95 a slate, pencils, pens and notes. Paul Humann and Ned DeLoach John Randall The complete ID set for coral, fish, and A comprehensive informative ID refer- Identificaication CD-ROMs creatures- all three Caribbean marine life ence, written by one of the world's most identification books come packaged renowned ichthyologists. The book ReefNet Fish ID CD-ROM together in a handy shelf case. includes concise species accounts for 342 (2nd Edition) - $64.95 fishes found in Hawaii. This updated version, 2 CD set contains Stokes Fishes of the Caribbean - $12.95 over 1,400 pictures and 200 video clips for F.Joseph Stokes Other Guides 500 Caribbean reef fishes. Features include This is a must have for avid fishwatchers. It learning games, a mystery fish query features color sketches of 460 species and Anemone Fishes and their Host Sea interface and a customizable slide show. many species are illustrated in several Anemones - $29.95 phases. Daphne Fautin and Gerald Allen Reef Fish ID CD-ROM - $39.95 The only comprehensive field guide to the A companion to the Humann and Reef Fish Behavior - $39.95 fascinating world of the anemonefish and DeLoach Caribbean Reef Fish Ned DeLoach their host anemones. Identification book, it features over 1,600 The groundbreaking text offers underwater images, fish ID games, a fish finder, and log naturalists a detailed overview of what is A Guide to Angelfish and Butterflyfish - $39.95 book. presently known about the behavior and Gerald Allen, Roger Steene, Mark Allen ecology of reef fishes that inhabit the This book is the definitive guide to all Reef Creature/Coral ID CD-ROM - $39.95 waters of Florida, the Caribbean and known marine angelfish and butterflyfish. A combination of the Humann and Bahamas. The guide contains 475 color DeLoach Caribbean creature and coral photos. Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific - $44.95 books, this CD features over 2,300 images Terrence M. Gosliner, David W. Behrens, and learning games. Marine Life of the North Atlantic - $30.00 Gary C. Williams Andrew Martinez This comprehensive reference cov- An informative guide for marine life of the ers more than100 marine animals coastal northeast Atlantic. Fishes, inverte- from all major invertebrate groups. brates and marine plants are included in Includes: Africa to Hawaii with a this single volume. 360 species are illustrat- special emphasis on the western ed with 378 underwater photographs. Pacific.

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Survey Forms (Scanforms) - free The basis of the REEF monitoring program, you can get these by either calling REEF HQ, send- ing an email, or using the online store. Please specifywhich region.

REEF Starter Kit The basic kit for all fish watchers. Contains REEF underwater slate, underwater survey paper, 2 REEF scanforms, and a REEF BC tag. A waterproof color REEF T Shirt - $15 100% cotton T-shirt displaying the ID card is also included in all regions except the REEF logo on the back, underscored by tropical western Atlantic Kit, which contains the "We Speak Fish." Sizes: M, L, XL waterproof Fish-in-a-Pocket. • Tropical Western Atlantic (Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, Mid-Atlantic States) - $25.00 (includes Fish in a Pocket) • Northeast US & Canada (Virginia - Newfoundland) w/ cold water slate- $20.00 • California - $15.00 • California w/cold water slate- $20.00 • Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia)- $15.00 • Pacific Northwest w/cold water slate - $20.00 • Tropical Eastern Pacific (Gulf of California to the Galapagos Islands) - $15.00 REEF Golf Shirt - $35 • Hawaii - $15.00 100% heavy cotton pique short sleeved with REEF logo embroidered on front. Sizes: M, L, XL. Please specify color: light blue or Survey Slates turquoise. REEF Yellow Fish ID Slate - $9.95 Slate has 60 spaces to list fish sightings and blank profiles to sketch "mystery fish". Includes attachable pencil and is designed to work with REEF waterproof survey paper.

Cold Water Survey Slate - $15 Specifically designed for conducting a survey in high currents and cold water, this slate is slightly larger than our regular yellow slate and features a lanyard, an attached pencil and bolts to secure the waterproof paper and color id card.

Waterproof Survey Paper - $0.60 REEF Cap - $15 One sheet of double sided waterproof paper, good for 2 surveys. Please specify region. Six panel, 100% cotton pigment-dyed cap with embroidered REEF logo on front Project AWARE Identification Courses - $105 and "We Speak Fish" over back opening. Courses include curriculum, slides, sample starter kit, and introductory video. Courses are One size, please specify color combination: available for the following regions: Tropical Western Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast US, forest crown with sand visor, khaki crown Flower Garden Banks NMS, Gulf of California, Southern California, Northern California, Pacif- with forest visor, khaki crown with navy visor. ic Northwest Fish, Pacific Northwest Invertebrates, and Hawaii.

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