Ditch your normal holiday plans and join Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) staff on our new Serving the World’s Imperiled Marine life (SWIM) destination eco tour program in Key Largo to help keep our reefs natural!
On this Invasive Species Removal eco tour, you will learn specialized skills and work with LMC biologists and Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) in Key Largo to help combat the threat of lionfish on our south Florida reefs. Accommodation, meals, dive costs* and equipment all included.
Dates for 2016 include:
- May 27 - 29, 2016
*Wet suit not included
Highlights:
•Reduce and control the spread of both terrestrial and marine invasive species
•Full day SCUBA excursion in the Upper Keys
•Lionfish collection workshop and training session
•Florida Keys Fish Identification seminar
Detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Invasive Plant Removal & Marine Ecology Lesson
•Half day terrestrial invasive species removal with Palm Beach County biologists
•Dinner at iconic Florida Keys restaurant
•Evening Marine Ecology seminar
Day 2: Lionfish Collection Workshop & Reef Dive
•Project orientation
•Lionfish Collection workshop
•Two-tank dive collection excursion
Day 3: Fish Identification Workshop & Underwater Fish Survey
•Fish identification class
•Underwater fish survey & data collection
For more information on how to become involved and to book your SWIM program, visit www.marinelife.org/SWIM or contact Hannah at hcampbell@marinelife.org.
On this Invasive Species Removal eco tour, you will learn specialized skills and work with LMC biologists and Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) in Key Largo to help combat the threat of lionfish on our south Florida reefs. Accommodation, meals, dive costs* and equipment all included.
Dates for 2016 include:
- May 27 - 29, 2016
*Wet suit not included
Highlights:
•Reduce and control the spread of both terrestrial and marine invasive species
•Full day SCUBA excursion in the Upper Keys
•Lionfish collection workshop and training session
•Florida Keys Fish Identification seminar
Detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Invasive Plant Removal & Marine Ecology Lesson
•Half day terrestrial invasive species removal with Palm Beach County biologists
•Dinner at iconic Florida Keys restaurant
•Evening Marine Ecology seminar
Day 2: Lionfish Collection Workshop & Reef Dive
•Project orientation
•Lionfish Collection workshop
•Two-tank dive collection excursion
Day 3: Fish Identification Workshop & Underwater Fish Survey
•Fish identification class
•Underwater fish survey & data collection
For more information on how to become involved and to book your SWIM program, visit www.marinelife.org/SWIM or contact Hannah at hcampbell@marinelife.org.
