Leavers Presentation

Aims and Objectives

Continuation of the MBRS

Synoptic Monitoring Program
(SMP).
Daily bird 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
The data
data on
on fish
fish we
we gather
gather during
during the
the SMP
SMP helps
helps us
us determine
determine the
the abundance
abundance and and the
the size
size
of
of fish
fish to
to understand
understand the the changes
changes inin the
the community
community dynamics
dynamics and
and will
will lead
lead us
us to
to identify
identify the
the
human
human impacts
impacts inin the
the area.
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:
Paso Campechen
PJ10 (Coral)
PL10 and PL20 Paso Lagrimas
Punta Paila
Punta Juana
Pez Maya

... And finished in the

last 4 weeks:

PP10
PC10
La Colonia
PC10
Corals and Benthos at PL10
Coral Diversity @ PL10
 The last months you On 630 m of beach!
helped collect 129.5 kg
of trash and 12 kg of
recyclables!

Plastic pieces 3135

Foam Pieces 3523

Other plastic/foam packaging 1400

Bottle caps (plastic) 615

Forks, knives, spoons 142

Lollypop sticks 95

Other plastic bottles 130

Plastic bottles 196

Straws/stirrers 117

Shoes 63

A total of 8378 objects

 Incidental
sightings

Eels 2
Green Moray 1
Spotted Moray 1
Rays 4
Caribbean Stingray 3
Southern Stingray 1
Sharks 2
Nurse Shark 2
Turtles 5
Hawksbill Turtle 2
Loggerhead Turtle 3
Eels 2
Green Moray 1
Spotted Moray 1

The number one spotters of

this month: Pete with 3
spots
Incidental sightings

57
 Birds (of the last month)

Brown Pelican 178

Royal Tern 115
Ruddy Turnstone 96
White Ibis 83
Magnificent Frigatebird 76
Great-tailed Grackle 66
Semipalmated Plover 57
Black catbird 46
Tropical Mockingbird 34
Snowy Plover 30
Coralwatc
h
Last year we did
94 Coral watch surveys
With 1852 Corals recorded

This month you helped with:

9 Coral watch surveys
With 94 Corals recorded

Go to
http://www.coralwatch.org
to see reports with your data!
Lionfi
sh
Last year we The last month
In 2015
saw we saw
515 Lionfish
539 Lionfish 16 Lionfish and
And killed 96
And killed 105 killed 12
(= 18.6%)
(= 19.5%) (= 75 %)
Average length 19.3
cm (2-45 cm) Average length 20.7 Average length 18.7
cm (4-45 cm) cm (12-28 cm)

Its Important to
record your
sightings!

The number one

spotter of the month:
Friso
Most kills:
Friso/Emma/Namat
e
Where has the data
gone?
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
 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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