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A week with Reef Ci in Belize

Marshall University's Tropical Ecology 2019 spent two weeks in Belize. After a quick trip to Tikal the class went to BFREE (www.bfreebz.org) for a rain forest experience. The coral reef portion of the trip was spent with ReefCi on Tom Owens Caye. The island is less than 100 m long and is surrounded by reef. It sets about 300 m west from the main reef crest of the Belizian barrier reef, the second largest in the world. ReefCi focus is on reef and fisheries assessment. After a few warm up dives, most dives had specific objectives for students to complete. They assessed harvestable fin fish populations, lobster populations, fish communities at multiple dive sites, reduced lion fish ecology by spear fishing and a general reef assessment including photo logging linear transects. Frank and the staff were very knowledgeable and wonderful to work with. We will definitely return, your class or group should spend a week on Tom Owens Caye (www.reefci.com). This video was created by my undergraduate student Quaid Pendleberry.