Region:
North America
Scholar Date:
1984
“When I stop to think about how far we are from Key West and that we are surrounded by a huge expanse of open ocean, it makes me feel like I have fallen off the face
Fish Survey Diving REEF’s volunteer fish survey project begun in 1990 and has since accumulated over 160,500 surveys. The project (and REEF itself in a way) is built on the idea of the “citizen scientist”—everyday people
“With Loggerhead nests declining more than 40% on index beaches in Florida from 1998-2006…clearly Florida’s turtles are not able to hold up to such a treacherous environment. That is why work like Kristen’s is so important…”
For the first 15 feet of our descent, the cloudy green water only allowed views of up to 10 feet ahead – I was limited to watching the tank and bubbles of Matt Hanks, my dive