Tag: monitoring
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AGRRA Monitoring
I finally finished my training with Healthy Reefs which I started in Punta Allen last year!! This means that I can assist Healthy Reefs when they monitor the Mesoamerican coral reef, going out with other trained people to count fish. Roughly the methodology is you lay a 30m transect and count all of the fish that…
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The New Year
After spending Christmas at home I am back to full pace in Mexico. We have had a few new projects in the pipeline and everything seemed to need attention as soon as we were back on base. Miguel had two weeks in the British Virgin Islands booked, so while he was sailing around getting a…
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Punta Allen
I was booked onto some training to learn AGRRA monitoring which is the protocol that is used to monitor the health of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef. The training does not happen often as there are only a few people who deliver it, and as you can imagine it takes some coordinating to get trainers from…
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Hi!
It has been a while, and I have so much with which to update you. After injuring my knee I was pretty down in the dumps. It was possibly the most painful injury I have had, certainly in the last ten years, and I found working and looking after the puppies while getting around on…
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Chinchorro
Leaving Chinchorro made me feel more emotional than I expected after 5 days there. It has been hard to put into words what it was like there, and the impact it had. Instead I have tried to describe the island and what we did there. This experience definitely touched me more than I expected……..Jumping off…
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Chinchorro the monitoring.
In 2022 I was a volunteer here in Puerto Morelos. GVI work with partners at CRIP to monitor the Queen Conch at Chinchorro. Queen Conch are so beautiful, and apparently they are also delicious. The meat is sold, and the adults shells are so beautiful they are also bought by tourists as souvenirs. Years ago…
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Task list
I am getting stuff done!! I’ve taken over a few jobs now at work, and made a spreadsheet to keep a record of staff on call days and days off. It’s beautiful. It took ages and was a case of remembering long forgotten Excel training from my MA in Management. In the words of my…
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