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 data on fish we gather during the SMP helps us determine the abundance and the size
of fish to understand the changes in the community dynamics and will lead us to identify the
human impacts in the 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

PSJ10
PP10 Punta Paila

PC10 Pez Maya

San Miguel de Ruiz

... And finished in the last 4

weeks: Punta San
Juan

SMDR20
PC10
Corals and Benthos at PL10
 The last months you helped On 1700 m of beach!
collect 504 kg of trash and 43
kg of recyclables!

Plastic pieces 10005

Foam Pieces 5820

Other plastic/foam packaging 3512

Bottle caps (plastic) 2269

Forks, knives, spoons 424

Lollypop sticks 192

Other plastic bottles 174

Plastic bottles 568

Straws/stirrers 306

Shoes 180

A total of 21112 objects

 Incidental sightings

Rays
Caribbean Stingray 10
Southern Stingray 16
Spotted Eagle Ray 2
Lesser Electric Stingray 1
Sharks
Nurse Shark 13
Bullshark 1
Turtles
Hawksbill Turtle 10
Loggerhead Turtle 15
Green Turtle 7
Dolphins 4
Grand Total 79
#1 spotters of this month: Hector
with 4 spots
 INCIDENTAL SIGHTINGS
400

344 350
350 338
325

300 287

250

204
200

150

100 86

50

0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
 BIRDS
(of the last month)

29
31
38
Magnificent Frigatebird
41
Great-tailed Grackle
277
Black catbird
59 Melodious Blackbird
Semipalmated Plover
Brown Pelican
Least Tern
63
Royal Tern
White Ibis
mangrove swallow
76
86

76
 CORALWATCH

Last year we did

94 Coral watch surveys
With 1852 Corals recorded

This month you helped with:

3 Coral watch surveys
With 60 Corals recorded

Go to http://www.coralwatch.org
to see reports with your data!
 LIONFISH

In 2015 In 2016 In 2017

515 Lionfish 539 Lionfish 190 Lionfish and killed 120
And killed 96 And killed 105 (= 63 %)
(= 18.6%) (= 19.5%) Average length 18.7 cm (5-33 cm)
Average length 19.3 cm (2- Average length 20.7 cm (4-
45 cm) 45 cm) Its Important to record your
sightings!

#1 spotter of the month: Charlie

Most kills: Charlie (30)
 TURTLES
FROM 29.05.17 13.06.17 25 TURTLE TRACKS

3 SPECIES HAWKSBILL, LOGGERHEAD, GREEN TURTLE

14 FALSE CRAWLS AND 5 NESTS RECORDED

BIGGEST TURTLE TRACKS RECORDED 92cm GREEN TURTLE

 WHERE DATA GOES?

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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