Northeast Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC) event 7/24

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Just wanted to remind everyone that New England Aquarium Dive Club and REEF are hosting the 9th annual Northeast Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC) event next week,7/24/2010 at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester.

There will be food and raffle prizes. You dont need to be a member of the New England Aquarium Dive Club to participate but in order to submit a survey and take part in the raffles and prizes you need a REEF ID before the event.

There are about $7000 worth of prizes to giveaway, including a trip to Bonaire.


More information available at Great Annual Fish Count


GAFC Info


Participants need to have a REEF Member # prior to the day of the event. A REEF member # is required in order to do a survey and then hand it in to get a raffle ticket.
The process is painless:

•Becoming a REEF member -- Click here to Join Reef and follow the directions on the site.
•Already a member, but forgot your REEF member number? Click here to lookup your Member number. If the email lookup is not working, email data@reef.org and they can look up the number.

Most dives begin at 7-8 am and the Volunteer Coordinator at that site sets time.

After the dives, participants fill out their surveys, and meet at Stage Fort Park. The survey papers are handed in and participants get 1 raffle ticket. (1 raffle ticket / diver no matter how many surveys are handed in).The diver can choose what grand prize they wish to go for, only 1 prize per diver can be won.

There will be food and drinks for sale, as well as a touch-tank and many other activities.

The surveys must be handed in by 1:30 pm, and the Raffle is drawn at 2 pm. The Grand prizes are pulled 1st followed by general raffle prizes drawn in order of descending value. When you turn in your REEF survey this year at Stage Fort Park for the GAFC event you will also get a little gift from the NEADC.
 
Did left side of Folly Cove with my daughter. Wife and younger son did surface support on tandem kayak.
58 min BT, 28 fsw max depth. Temp at depth 53 degrees. Lots of Floundah, saw squid eggs, baby Short Horn Sculpin and flounders
Fed the resident Northern Red Anemone.

We scored well on prizes. My daughter won a sweet lift bag (which I will be glad "borrow"), my wife won the 50/50 raffle. Great day to spend with diver friends.
 
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Two dives at Old Garden Beach - counted lotsa flounder, Cunners, Skates and Pollack. Nice and toasty water temps around 62 degs, gin-clear 25' vis. Fun day, good cause, well done NEADC, REEF and Bob Michelson for organizing. Won two entry passes to Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park in CT :clapping:.
 
It was a great day. It was nice that we were entering the REEF survey data live as it was submitted.

I also won an "I heart DAN" t-shirt. Not too sure if i'd be comfortable wearing that around :-)
 

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