pez maya end of phase presentation 151-3
DESCRIPTION
End of quarter presentation from Pez maya, marine conservation programme, with the data gathered from coral reef, fish, incidental sightings, beach clean ups and community work, as well as how to cotinue to be involved with GVITRANSCRIPT
Aims and Objectives
Continuation of the MBRS Synoptic Monitoring
Program (SMP).
Daily bird monitoring.
Incidental sightings program.
Continuation of weekly beach cleans within the
reserve, monitoring waste composition and
trends.
English language and environmental education
classes to the people of Punta Allen.
PADI Dive Training.
MBRS fish and coral monitoring
We finished 3 sites for fish (PJ05, PJ10, PL20) and 4 for coral (PJ05,
PJ10, PL20, PL10) !
Here they are!
Lets start with fish
Adults
Individuals: 62
Density: 0.0645 ind/m
Richness: 9 especies / 7 Familias
Dominant Family: Acanthuridae
Paso Lagrimas 20 m. PL20
Juvis
Individuals: 69
Density: 0.143 ind/m
Richness: 8 especies/ 4 Familias
Dominante Family: Labridae
Paso Juana 10 m. PJ10
Adultos Individuals : 31
Density: 0.031 ind/m
Richness: 9 especies / 6 familias Dominant family: Acanthuridae
Juvis
Individuals: 49
Density: 0.102 ind/m
Richness: 6 especies/ 4 Familias Dominat family: Labridae
Paso Juana 5 m. PJ05
Adult Individuals: 37
Density: 0.0385 ind/m
Richness: 6 especies / familias Dominant family: Acanthuridae
Juvis
Individuals: 43
Density: 0.089 ind/m
Richness: 9 especies/ 4 Familias Dominant family: Labridae
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PL20
PJ10
PJ05
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PL20
PJ10
PJ05
Adult
Juvi
A Few Cheeky CC Stats
PL10 Total Colonies: 98 Diversity: 13 Individuals per metre: 0.65
PL20 Total Colonies: 99 Diversity: 17 Individuals per metre: 0.66
PJ05 Total Colonies: 39 Diversity: 9 Individuals per metre: 0.26
PJ10 Total Colonies: 67 Diversity: 10 Individuals per metre: 0.45
How Do You Compare?
Diseases
Just a Quick Flashback
But What About PI!
Beach clean
You helped collect 741.85
kg of trash by
picking more than 16,685 objects from the beach
Category # Items
Shoreline and recreational activities 13604
Ocean/waterway activities 855
Smoking related activities 39
Dumping activities 36
Medical/personal Hygiene 143
Additional Items 2008
Total 16685
Top 10 Items Numbers
Caps 6813
Forks 2918
Straws 1164
Polystyrene 1019
Shoes 1164
Cosmetics 708
Plasticbottles 485
Rope 485
Plastic bags 797
Stationary 193
Caps
Forks
Straws
Polystyrene
Shoes
Cosmetics
Plasticbottles
Rope
Plastic bags
Incidental sightings
Eels 30
Chain Moray 1
Goldentail Moray 1
Green Moray 14
Spotted Moray 14
Marine Mammals 48
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin 21
Bottlenose dolphin 27
Rays 29
Caribbean Stingray 8
Southern Stingray 19
Spotted Eagle Ray 1
Yellow Stingray 1
Sharks 6
Bull Shark 3
Nurse Shark 3
Turtles 19
Green turtle 9
Loggerhead Turtle 10
Total general 132
Incidental sightings
325 287
204
338
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2011 2012 2013 2014
Total
132
Brown Pelican
Grackle (Great-tailed Grackle)
Ruddy Turnstone
White Ibis
Magnificent Frigate
Royal Tern
Plover sp.
Turkey Vulture
Semipalmated Plover
Melodious Blackbird
Birds
This 3 months you help with:
21 Coral surveys completed
420 Corals recorded!
Go to http://www.coralwatch.org to see reports
with your data!
Coralwatch
Lionfish
Last phase they saw:
Total: 112 sightings
Smallest: 5 cm
Largest: 40 cm
Average: 19.78 cm
This 3 months you saw:
Total: 132 sightings
Smallest: 4 cm
Largest: 35 cm
Average: 18.63cm
Its Important to record your sightings!
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Avanna 3 Barracuda jazz 3
BBC 7 Hang ten 5
Kings & Queens 4 Lagrimas Negras 14
Nube 11 PJ10 4 PL20 3
Special K 67 Wonderland 11
Total 132
Best sites to hunt
0 - 5 cm. 3
6 - 10 cm. 21
11 - 20 cm. 63
21 - 30 cm. 42
31 - 40 cm. 3
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0 - 5 cm. 6 - 10 cm. 11 - 20 cm. 21 - 30 cm. 31 - 40 cm.
How about size?
Through the years…
2014: 535 2013: 251 2012: 319 2011: 418 2010: 190
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Lion Fish
Lion Fish
Community
We went 11 times this phase
And gave 28 hours of English class to more than 60 kids of all ages
The Punta Allen’s kids thank you for your great work!
Where has the data gone?
MBRS data provider - largest data provider. Use
for regional management decisions.
ASK - Phase and Annual reports and part of the
largest Mexican coral reef database
CONANP - annual reports. Use to modify local
and regional management strategies
OBIS SEAMAP- marine mammal, sea bird, sea
turtle data
Coral Watch - coral bleaching
Status of the Coral Reefs - bi-annual international publication
Healthy Reefs - annual assessment
Summary of training received
During your time here, and with all your work, you have gained the following training and skills PADI Open Water PADI Advanced Open Water EFR Primary & Secondary Care PADI Rescue Diver Coral Reef Ecology Coral Watch methodology for coral health evaluation Community programs PADI Coral Reef Research Distinctive Specialty
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