by Cyndi Foisy | Dec 3, 2018 | Blogs, Education, Science, Shark Tagging, Sharks, University of Miami
by Jonathan W. During the shark tagging trip, we caught two nurse sharks, two black tip reef sharks, and a bonnethead, a tiger and and short nose shark. It was really fun. We learned how to measure the sharks, tag the sharks and clip the fins so the University of...
by Cyndi Foisy | Dec 3, 2018 | Education, Giving Back, Science, Shark Tagging, Sharks, University of Miami
by Logan M. Taking a ScubaNauts trip is the best way to get to know fellow Nauts. Last weekend I went to Miami to go shark tagging with 11 other Nauts. On the way down, we had three hours for me to get to know them. During those three hours we had some really...
by Cyndi Foisy | Oct 15, 2018 | Diving, Education, Fish Identification, In the Community, In the News, Science, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
By Sarah V., SCUBAnaut 2nd Class My first reef ball survey dives were earlier this year in July. I was briefed on the data that we were looking to collect and went to work.We conducted two types of survey. The first one eas a general roaming fish survey of any species...
by Cyndi Foisy | Sep 21, 2018 | Diving, Education, Fish Identification, Science, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
by Vivian F., Masternaut candidate Hello again! My Masternaut project has a lot of different parts to it, and each part has many different components. The main part of my project is the fish identification field guide, which was developed using SCUBAnaut divers in the...
by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 5, 2018 | Blogs, coral reefs, Diving, Education, Science, Scientific Diving, Summer Trips
by Anton N., Naut-in-Training Our day started with an early morning as we headed down to Key West to dive the famous Vandenburg wreck. Unfortunately, our trip was cut short as swells were too big to reach the site. This made everyone a little...
by Cyndi Foisy | Aug 2, 2018 | coral reefs, Diving, Education, Scientific Diving, Uncategorized
by Masternaut Mia F. Today Scubanauts dove in Western Sambo Ecological Reserve, a series of reefs near Key West. Like the Looe Key Reef that we have been diving for most of the week, Western Sambo Reef is a protected area in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary....
