More Free REEF online FISHINARS

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From the fun folks at REEF: more Free REEF online ID classes
Want to learn or refresh your skills? Here's your chance to do so - and it's free!

REEF Fishinars (online webinars) are designed to help divers know what they're looking at on their dives. (The ultimate goal, of course, is hoping we'll enlist you to help with our Volunteer Survey Project)


Place: Live, online webinar!
Cost: Free!

http://www.reef.org/resources/webinars

Here's the upcoming schedule :

California Invertebrate ID
Wednesday, Feb 6th, 7pm - 9pm
Thursday, Feb 7th, 7pm - 9pm

Hamlets: To Be or Not To Be...Top 12 Hamlets of the Greater Caribbean
Tuesday, February 12th 8pm EST

Bodacious Butterflies of Hawaii
Thursday, Feb 21 7pm PST

Triggers and Files: The ID Tools of the Trade
Top 12 Trigger and Filefish of the Greater Caribbean
Thursday March 21 8pm EST


If you can't tune in, the webinars are archived for later viewing. Check out the archive for webinars on other topics.

 

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[h=2]Puffers and Boxes: A Hard Act To Swallow
Top 12 Puffer & Boxfish of the Caribbean[/h]Feeling puffy? Boxed in when it comes to identifying fish in these two families? Well, fear not, because REEF fish ID expert Jonathan Lavan will tell you everything you need to know.
Instructor: Jonathan Lavan
Thursday, April 11th at 8pm EDT - Register

[h=2]Florida's Blue Heron Bridge Revisited[/h]A followup to our popular BHB fishinar we did last year. Lureen Ferretti is a bridge-a-holic and will show you some of the cooler fish that can be found under the bridge.
Instructor: Lureen Ferretti
Tuesday, April 16th at 8pm EDT - Register

[h=2]Cleanliness is Next to Fishiness
All about Cleaning Stations with Ned and Anna DeLoach[/h]Instructor: Ned and Anna DeLoach
Wednesday, May 15th at 8pm EDT - Register

[h=2]Sharkinar![/h]Instructors: Marty Snyderman and Andy Dehart
Tuesday, May 28th at 8pm EDT - Register

 

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Here's another great Fishinar, specially for ScubaBoarders. If you are heading to Bonaire, don't miss it!

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/in...shinar-scubaboards-2013-bonaire-invasion.html

 

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UPCOMING FISHINARS -- FEATURING A GREAT LINE UP OF GUEST SPEAKERS
By Janna Nichols, REEF Outreach Coordinator
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REEF has lined up a great Fishinar schedule for 2014, including talks by marine fish icons Milton Love and Ray Troll! We also will see an east versus west fish face off between Andy Lamb and Andy Martinez, a "Coralinar" and a "Crabinar", and more. Not sure what Fishinar is? These popular online REEF webinar training sessions provide fishie fun in the comfort of your own home. Fishinars are free, and open to all REEF members. You need to register for each session you want to attend. No special software is required, just a web browser. Upcoming sessions include:
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• Spineless Critters Series: Pacific NW Invertebrate ID - Taught by Janna Nichols -- January 8, 9, 15, and 16th, including Sponges and Stingers, Gettin' Crabby, Marvelous Molluscs, and Stars and Squirts
• Squirrels, Soldiers & Cardinals: Seeing Red? Count on It!- Taught by Jonathan Lavan -- January 21
• California Lookalikes! - Taught by Janna Nichols -- February 5th
  
• Top 25 Fish in the South Atlantic States - Taught by Christy Pattengill-Semmens -- February 25th
  
• Crabinar! - Taught by Greg Jensen -- February 26th
  
• What I Did On My Fall Vacation – Research on the Fishes of Southern California Oil/Gas Platforms - With Milton Love -- March 25th
  
• A Few Mind-Blowing Fish Every Ichthyo-Geek Should Know About - With Ray Troll -- April 16th
  
• Coralinar! - Taught by Marilyn Brandt -- May 29th
  
• East Coast vs. West Coast - With Andy Martinez and Andy Lamb -- June 19th
  

New Fishinars are always being added. Check out the Webinar Training page (www.REEF.org/fishinars) for the most up-to-date listing and to register for each session.

 

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Thanks for sharing these. Our Spineless Critters series was a success and is now in archives in case you missed it.

Please join us next week for another fun Fishinar: Seeing Red.

 

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Thanks REEF for setting up our own ScubaBoard Fishinar - March 20th. Everyone is invited!

More info here: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/sc...-fishinar-top-25-fish-roatan.html#post7008787