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The Ventura County Star recently joined Reef Check California on their survey trip to the Channel Islands. Click here to watch the video: http://www.vcstar.com/news/outdoors/volunteer-divers-help-monitor-ocean-health_73103174
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This week`s Reef Rendezvous features travels of the talented @ian.uhalt.images 📸 The backstories to all of these images paints a picture on the importance of protecting reefs and collecting reef health data.
1. Coral reef in Bora Bora
This was a patch of new coral head near where I stayed in Bora Bora. It is one of the most protected lagoons I have ever seen. This shot was at sunrise while most of the reef fish were still tucked away in their holes.
2. Heteractis magnifica Moorea
This is a patch of magnificent anemones near shore in Moorea. In the shallows we can find fields of these large and beautiful anemones.
3. Catalina Island, Dominican Republic
This was both an amazing and a sad dive. Due to the corruption in government and the impact of the drug trade, many areas of the reefs are unprotected. We saw numerous coral and sea fans knocked over.
4. Costa Rica
This was on a little sea mount off the coast of Playa Hermosa in Costa Rica. The reef was very distressed, but the fish life here was abundant, including this very friendly French Angelfish.
5. Catalina Island, Dominican Republic
Another amazing yet sad dive. We would see beautiful coral heads like this one, and twenty feet away was one torn up by a boat anchor.
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Results are in!
Our dedicated Reef Check California team has been hard at work on kelp forest monitoring and restoration. See the results from August 2023, and stay tuned for updates from the California Fish & Game Commission on the future of urchin barren management.
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Our ecosystems would collapse. See what the team at @reefcheckmalaysia has done to bring Tioman Island coral cover to OVER 60% (which is well over the national average).
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Cheers to the volunteers who made the Sonoma Coast Campout a great success! We surveyed 3.5 sites in 2 days!! Gerstle Cove, Salt Point, Pebble Beach and Stillwater.
North Coast strong 💪 🌊 🤿
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Congrats to the newest group of divers to complete the Reef Check training in Fort Bragg! We look forward to surveys with all of you this season!
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We need your help!
Reef Check just launched a huge campaign to support our Kelp Forest Restoration and Monitoring project, and we need your help to get the word out.
Share our campaign page with your friends, and if you’re able, donate a few dollars to the cause.
Our kelp forests appreciate you!
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