LEAVERS PRESENTATION

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Continuation of the MBRS Synoptic

Monitoring Program (SMP).

Daily bird and turtle monitoring.

Incidental sightings program.

Continuation of weekly beach cleans

English language and environmental

education classes to the people of Punta
Allen.

PADI dive training

 MBRS FISH AND CORAL MONITORING
The data on fish we gather during the SMP helps us determine the abundance and the size
of fish to understand the changes in the community dynamics and will lead us to identify the
human impacts in the area.

The coral and sessile (anemones, algae etc) data can be used to understand
the growth/recovery rates as well as giving us an ongoing view on the overall
health of the reef.
Monitoring finished earlier
this year:
PSJ10
PP10
PC10
SMDR20
PL05
PJ05
PJ10
PL10
PL20

And finished in the last 4

weeks:

PP05
SMDR05
 ADULT FISH ABUNDANCE PL05

French Grunt

Foureye Butterflyfish

White Grunt

Caesar Grunt

Grey Angelfish

Bar Jack

Stoplight Parrotfish

Blue Tang

Ocean Surgeonfish

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
JUVENILE FISH ABUNDANCE PL05

Bicolor Damselfish

Ocean Surgeonfish

Bluehead Wrasse

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
 CORAL ABUNDANCE PL05

Orbicella annularis

Undaria agaricites

Montastraea cavernosa

Pseudodiploria clivosa

Dichocoenia stokesii

Pseudodiploria strigosa

Porites porites

Siderastrea siderea

Millepora complanata

Porites astreoides

Millepora alcicornis

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
 PI PL05

Tunicate

Corallimorph

Bare rock

Sponges

Gorgonians

Blue-green Algae

Macroalgae

Hermatypic coral

Dictyota

Rubble

Coralline Algae

Halimeda

Turf Algae

0 50 100 150 200 250

 Plastic pieces 8346
The last months you helped Other plastic/foam packaging 3470
collect 599 kg of trash and Bottle caps (plastic) 3275
54 kg of recyclables! Forks, knives, spoons 715
Foam pieces 2848
Straws/stirrers 384
On 1207 m of beach! Cups & Plates (plastic) 303
Lollypop Sticks 638
Beverage bottles (plastic) 889
A total of 20 116 objects Lids (plastic) 280
The last months you helped
collect 599 kg of trash and
54 kg of recyclables!
Incidental sightings
Southern Stingray 37
Loggerhead Turtle 21
Nurse Shark 19
Green Turtle 12
Hawksbill Turtle 12
Goldspotted Eel 11
Caribbean Stingray 11
Green Moray 8
Dolphins 4
Spotted Eagle Ray 3
Spotted Moray 2
Turtle Sp 2
Lesser Electric Ray 2
Goldentail Moray 1
Bull Shark 1
Grand Total 146

#1 spotters of this month: Hector

with 6 spots
INCIDENTAL SIGHTINGS
 BIRDS
(of the last month)
 CORALWATCH
Last year we did
94 Coral watch surveys
With 1852 Corals recorded

So far in 2017 we have done 61

Coral Watch surveys

This month you helped with: 23 Coral watch surveys

With 460 Corals recorded

Go to http://www.coralwatch.org to see reports with your data!

 LIONFISH

In 2015 In 2016 In 2017

515 Lionfish 539 Lionfish 231 Lionfish and
And killed 96 And killed 105 killed 128
(= 18.6%) (= 19.5%) (= 55%)

#1 spotter of the month: Taylor

Most kills: Sabine
Biggest 33cm
 TURTLES
THIS SEASON 55 TURTLE TRACKS

52 FALSE CRAWLS AND 33 NESTS RECORDED

BIGGEST TURTLE TRACKS RECORDED

135cm GREEN TURTLE
 WHERE DATA GOES?

MBRS program Use for regional management

decisions

ASK Quarterly and Annual reports

CONANP Annual reports. Use to modify local

and regional management strategies

OBIS SEAMAP Marine mammal, sea bird and

sea turtle data

Coral Watch Coral bleaching

Healthy Reefs for Healthy People initiative

Report every two/three years on status of
MBRS
COMMUNITY PROJECT
 COMMUNITY PROJECT

This month we assisted

the summer camp.
Attendance: 20 kids
every Wednesday

Topics: Ecotourism and Sports

Crafts with recycling materials
from base
Games with English
vocabulary
And so much fun!!!
COMMUNITY PROJECT
 DONT FORGET THE VALUABLE AND UNIQUE
SKILLS YOU HAVE LEARNT HERE!

PADI (Advanced) Open Water

EFR Primary & Secondary Care
PADI Rescue Diver
Coral Reef Ecology advanced survey techniques
Coral Watch
Community programs
PADI Coral Reef Research Distinctive Specialty
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