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You can help with reef survey
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Budding environmentalists are again being urged to volunteer to help monitor the health of Bermuda’s reef systems.


Citizen scientists invited to participate in Reef Watch
Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Islanders are being invited to become citizen scientists while helping to protect Bermuda’s reef system at the second annual Reef Watch event.


Plans Gear Up As Reef Watch 2014 Approaches
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Reef Watch 2014 is scheduled for Saturday, June 28th and members of the community are invited to become Citizen Scientists and participate in an island-wide effort to help monitor the health of Bermuda’s reef systems.


Staff and volunteers praised for their work
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

The volunteers, staff and organisations that helped to make Bermuda’s celebration of World Oceans Day a success are being praised for their “amazing work”.


Charities benefit from $303,640 raised by Catlin End-to-End
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

The Catlin End-to-End Walk raised more than $300,000 for a host of local charities.



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Reef Watch raise more than $15k
Bermuda Sun
Wednesday, September 04, 2013

By Sarah Laran, Sub-editor/Writer
Wednesday, September 04, 2013 9:25 AM

The inaugural Reef Watch citizen science research and awareness drive on Saturday has so far so far raised some $15k.

The money will go towards the continued conservation and research of Bermuda’s economically critical reef systems.

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Survey: Volunteers saw lots of parrot fish but hardly
any groupers and snappers.
 *Photo Chris Burville.

The inaugural event organized by the Bermuda Zoological Society attracted some 100 participants — in 20 boats. Chief scientist Thaddeus Murdoch told
the Bermuda Sun: “We were thrilled to see so many people sign up for the first year was great.

“We have not been through all the data yet but so far we have seen that coral bleaching is a factor which we expected because it has  been a very hot summer for the reefs of Bermuda. As part of the fish surveys done on the day, we also saw there were lots of parrot fish but not a lot of predatory fish like groupers and snappers which is a big shame.”