[Coral-List] science outreach

Tim Wijgerde t.wijgerde at coralscience.org
Mon Dec 22 13:35:58 EST 2008



Dear all,

a fellow scientist just informed me of the existence
of this list, and I was immediately interested. I just noticed a
discussion about scientists and science outreach, and the hurdles which
have to be overcome. I would like to add some comments to this thread if I
may.

I am not sure if I am allowing to post a link to a
website, and therefore I shall not do so, but all you need to know is that
googling coral + science is enough to get to the website I want to briefly
talk about. This website is part of a non-commercial science outreach
project I set up last April. 

My name is Tim Wijgerde, based at
Wageningen University, the Netherlands, currently appointed to the EU
project entitled CORALZOO, which aims to improve sustainable aquaculture
of corals through funded research. I am currently applying for a grant to
fund my own Ph.D, and I decided to focus on science outreach in the
meantime. 

I am both an aquarist and a scientist (although I
should not call myself this, not having earned my Ph.D. yet), and I
noticed the lack of communication between aquarists and scientists. I
noticed that both groups possessed considerable knowledge concerning
aquaculture, so too in the field of marine/coral aquaculture. I decided to
put up a website, which communicates marine relatied sciences in a
popular-scientific manner, mainly targeting aquarists (and divers to a
lesser extent). The reponse as of yet has been quite positive, and we now
have several hundreds of members a thousands of hits per day.

We fund the website by cooperating with companies from the aquarium
industry, as our visitor demography nicely suits their interests. We try
to publish articles of which we think it will interest the aquarist
community (I have been talking about home aquarists/hobbyists), and you
would be surprised how many topics actually interest the common man, but
presentation is key. 

Our website is still growing and
improving (it still only works fine with Mozilla firefox), and with a
budget of about 200 euros a month I have been able to post some nice
articles (at least I hope we did). Hereby I would like to ask whether some
of you would be willing to write a nice article for our website. If you
are, please contact me at my email address (listed above) for further
details. 

We all have to do our part, and I think we are doing
so at this moment. In the near future we hope to improve our website,
especially by publishing more articles from various disciplines related to
marine biology. 

Thank you for your attention,

Yours,

Tim Wijgerde



Op Ma, 22
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:18:01
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> From: Christopher Hawkins
<chwkins at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Good News
from Australia
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> Once
again, I think we are seeing the results of thinking that the role of
> the investigator is all encompassing.? It is not.? There are a
number of
> fields in which individuals are trained to understand
the social psyche
> and translate that understanding into
effective outreach and education
> efforts.? These include
marketing, psychology, social psychology,
> sociology, and
education.? I think we can confidently say that coral
> physiology
or coral microbiology are not among these fields.? ?
> 
>
We currently have a number of excellent education and outreach staff
that
> are doing the best with what -- in many cases -- was
> biophysically-oriented undergraduate and graduate training.? l
certainly
> was among this group in my first couple of
professional positions.? I
> believe need to augment their efforts
by broadening our thinking when it
> comes to the types of
disciplines we need to bring into the fold of what
> is called
coral reef management.?
> 
> Best,
> Chris?
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 12/20/08, Dokken, Dr.
Quenton <qdokken at gulfmex.org> wrote:
> From: Dokken, Dr.
Quenton <qdokken at gulfmex.org>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List]
Good News from Australia
> To: "'Billy Causey'"
<billy.causey at noaa.gov>, "'Ove Hoegh-Guldberg'"
>
<oveh at uq.edu.au>
> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov,
"'Gene Shinn'" <eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
> Date:
Saturday, December 20, 2008, 10:24 PM
> 
> This line of
discussion highlights one of the great failures and
>
challenges
> of science today - the ability to accurately get
science into the public's
> awareness and understanding. 
Journalists, lawyers, courts, vested
> interests, etc have
distorted fact to support a position or advance a
> financial
interest.  Scientists as a rule are not geared to working
>
outside
> of peer reviewed literature.  The reality is that peered
reviewed science
> is
> not driving society - spin masters
are.  Just tune your TV to any
> political
> talking head
program to see reality driven by opinion/ideology and not
>
fact..
> We in science should be finding ways to work together to
support
> scientific
> reality based on fact rather than
biased interpretation. I believe that if
> scientists can get
their act together, there are many that are ready to
> follow.
> 
> Quenton Dokken, Ph.D.
> Executive Director
> Gulf of Mexico Foundation, Inc.
> PMB 51  5403 Everhart
Rd.
> Corpus Christi, TX 78411
> 
>
361-882-3939
> 361-442-6064 cell
> 
>
qdokken at gulfmex.org
> www.gulfmex.org
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Billy
Causey
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:32 AM
> To:
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Gene
Shinn
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Good News from Australia
> 
> Ove ....
> Your research and peer-reviewed
science speaks for itself.  We are half
> a world apart, yet your
observations have been as relevant for the Wider
> Caribbean, as
they are for the Western Pacific.  The only difference is
> that
our problems started about 10-12 years in advance of your's.  But
> now ... we are all suffering the sames woes.    Keep up the great
work
> ....... and I am confident that you will not let postings
like this one
> distract you from your research.  Billy
>

> Ove Hoegh-Guldberg wrote:
>> Thank you Gene.
>>
>> Now that you have dredged this up, I feel it is
important to let the
>> readership know, needless to say, that
the column is full of misquotes
>> and inaccuracies.  Perhaps
not surprising given that the columnist
>> (Andrew Bolt) is
well-known for his endless 'opinions', poor
>> understanding
and disregard for the truth.  In this respect, he claims
>>
that there is no science (none at all!) behind global climate change,
>> nor truth in the fact that Australian aboriginal people were
mistreated
>> in recent history (this is despite many victims
still being alive
>> today).  With respect to his disregard for
the truth - Andrew has been
>> successfully sued for defamation
and other inaccuracies
>>
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bolt). What more can I say?
>>
>> This source is neither accurate nor
science-based, and perhaps should
>> not have appeared on coral
list.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
Ove
>>
>> Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
>>
>> Smart State Premier's Fellow (2008-2013), Director, Stanford
> Australia;
>> Reviewing Editor at Science Magazine, and
Deputy Director, ARC Centre
>> for Excellence in Coral Reef
Studies; BLOG: www.climateshifts.org
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>>
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Gene Shinn
>> Sent: Saturday, 20 December 2008 12:28 AM
>> To:
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>> Subject: [Coral-List] Good
News from Australia
>>
>> Good News from the
Melbourne Australia Herald Sun. "PROFESSOR Ove
>>
Hoegh-Guldberg, of Queensland University, is Australia's most quoted
>> reef expert.
>> He's advised business, green and
government groups, and won our rich
>> Eureka Prize for scares
about our reef. He's chaired a $20 million
>> global warming
study of the World Bank.
>> In 1999, Hoegh-Guldberg warned that
the Great Barrier Reef was under
>> pressure from global
warming, and much of it had turned white.
>> In fact, he later
admitted the reef had made a "surprising"
> recovery.
>> In 2006, he warned high temperatures meant "between 30 and
40 per
>> cent of coral on Queensland's great Barrier Reef
could die within a
>> month".
>> In fact, he
later admitted this bleaching had "a minimal
>
impact".
>> In 2007, he warned that temperature changes of
the kind caused by
>> global warming were again bleaching the
reef.
>> In fact, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network last
week said
>> there had been no big damage to the reef caused by
climate change in
>> the four years since its last report, and
veteran diver Ben Cropp
>> said this week that in 50 years he'd
seen none at all."  Gene
>>
>>
> 
> --
> Billy D. Causey, Ph.D., Regional Director
>
Southeast Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Region
> National
Marine Sanctuary Program
> 33 East Quay Road
> Key West,
Florida 33040
> 
> 305.809.4670 (ex 234)
>
305.395.0150 (cell)
> 305.293.5011 (fax)
> 
>
Billy.Causey at noaa.gov
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> Message: 2
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Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:38:44 -0500
> From: Thomas Murphy
<thomasmurphy at live.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Lionfish
in Belize
> To: Coral-List
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> 
> Hello Coral-Listers!
> 
> I was hoping
someone might be able to help me with a problem. I have been
>
looking for images of larval and pre-settlement specamine of the
invasive
> Lionfish (Pterois volitans). Although there is a great
deal of literature
> about this particular species, I have so far
been unable to aquire images,
> whether they be live or preserved.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thomas
MurphyUniversity of MiamiRosenstiel School of Marine and
>
Atmospheric Science
> Marine Biology and Fisheries4600
Rickenbacker Cswy.Miami, FL 33149
> Phone - 631.241.1599
>
  > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:49:07 -0800> From:
>
albinsm at science.oregonstate.edu> To: katherine.cure at gmail.com>
CC:
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Subject: [Coral-List]
Lionfish in
> Belize> > Hi Katherine,> > Our lab has
been conducting a broad range
> of lionfish research over > the
last two years, focusing primarily on
> their interactions with
> native Bahamian reef fish. I've attached a
> pdf of our
recent MEPS > publication, in which we document that single
>
lionfish transplanted > onto small patch reefs reduce recruitment of
> native fishes by nearly > 80%! Unfortunately, lionfish are
currently
> spreading rapidly westward > and southward, and it
is likely only a
> matter of time before this > ravenous,
invasive predator is literally
> all over the Caribbean. This >
does not bode well for native reef
> communities.> > I'd be
more than happy to take a look at your photos
> and help to >
confirm the species ID.> > I also strongly suggest that
>
you report your lionfish sighting to the > USGS
> 
> 
aquatic invasive species database.> > Report sightings here:
> http://nas.er.usgs.gov/SightingReport.asp> > They seem to
have the most
> comprehensive online compilation of > lionfish
sightings, as well as a
> recently updated fact sheet:> >
> http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=963> >
You can see
> from their maps (see links in fact sheet) that your
> sighting, if
> confirmed, will be the first from Central
America.> > Please let me know
> if you have any questions
about our research, or > about lionfish in
> general. I'd be
happy to try to answer them, or > refer you to someone
> who
can.> > Aloha,> > Mark> >
>
**************************************************> Mark A.
Albins>
> Department of Zoology> Oregon State University>
3029 Cordley Hall>
> Corvallis, OR 97331-2914> phone: (541)
740-7747> fax: (541) 737-0501>
>
**************************************************> > In response
to:> >
> Message: 2> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:47:50
-0600> From: "Katherine Cure"
>
<katherine.cure at g
> 
>  mail.com>> Subject:
[Coral-List] Lionfish in Belize> To:
>
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID:>
>
<28e7be5b0812181847v5e217377oa8e22a980675b7b8 at mail.gmail.com>>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1> > Hello to
all,> I just got
> the first report for lionfishes at Turneffe
Atoll, Belize.> I haven't
> personally seen them, but got the
report from dive master at The>
> Agressor, a local
liveaboard.> Pictures, gotten by a local diver on the
> eastern
side of Turneffe are> available for species ID.> Can those
>
colleagues involved in dealing with this invasive species contact>
me
> with further information?> Cheers,> > -- >
Katherine Cure, M.Sc.> Field
> Coordinator/Coral Reef
Researcher> Oceanic Society> Blackbird Caye,
> Belize> T:
(501) 220-4256> >
>
_________________________________________________________________
> Send e-mail anywhere. No map, no compass.
>
http://windowslive.com/oneline/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_anywhere_122008
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>
Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:57:41 -0500
> From:
Sarah Frias-Torres <sfrias_torres at hotmail.com>
> Subject:
[Coral-List] SCIENTISTS AND THE WIDE WORLD RE: Good News from
>
	Australia
> To: <qdokken at gulfmex.org>, Billy Causey
<billy.causey at noaa.gov>,
> 	<oveh at uq.edu.au>
>
Cc: coral list <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>,	Gene Shinn
> 	<eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
> Message-ID:
<BAY143-W378E4ACBC6987D912DE24781EF0 at phx.gbl>
>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
> 
> 
> 
> Quenton,As I have said in previous posts to
coral-list, it is NOT an ESS
> (Evolutionary Sustainable Strategy)
for any research scientist to work or
> talk outside the
peer-reviewed literature. Those who do, are punished at
> once.
Much like in Plato's Myth of the Cave, those of us who have been in
> the outside world (outside academia and peer-review) and report
back on
> the realities on how coral reefs, and mangroves, and
marine life in
> general is increasingly at risk, even after the
volumes of scientific
> articles published... once we point at
what the realities are, we are no
> longer research scientists. We
have wasted our time, because even saving a
> coral reef, will not
count as much as having one more peer-reviewed
> publication.
Promotion, tenure, and funding is based solely on number of
>
peer-reviewed publications. So every minute spent on talking to TV, to
> politicians, to people at large, and tell them what really is going
on, is
> a minute wasted. I made this statement during the s
> 
>  cientists/journalists session at ICRS this summer, and
it was true then
> and now. The Australian news your bring is just
one more example. It is
> not that "we scientists need to get
our act together" it is that science,
> in particular, marine
science, and that concerned with the conservation
> of life in
this planet, needs a new model, where it reconnects once again
>
with society. Galileo Galilei and Charles Darwin published their
>
groundbreaking theories in easy to read books. And nobody doubts of
their
> validity as research scientists.In a world flooded with
print, video, TV,
> internet, and all sorts of media, we should
move beyond the peer-reviewed
> system to evaluate someone's value
as a scientist. A true scientist will
> also make a great effort
of being a true communicator, to other
> scientists (the world
minority) and to the non-scientists (the rest of
> the world). I
think this is the only way there will be any surviving
> coral
reefs, and any marine diversity left to talk about when
> 
>   we are old and wrinkly and talk to our grandchildren. Otherwise,
we
> might as well tell a story about Snowhite and the Seven
Little Coral
> Reefs, or the Sleeping Beautiful Coral Reef, or
something of that
> sort.SarahSarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D.
>
Marine Conservation Biologist
> Ocean Research & Conservation
Association
> 1420 Seaway Drive, 2nd Floor
> Fort Pierce,
Florida 34949 USA
> www.oceanrecon.org
> 
> 
>> From: qdokken at gulfmex.org> To: billy.causey at noaa.gov;
oveh at uq.edu.au>
>> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:24:01 -0600>
CC:
>> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov;
eshinn at marine.usf.edu> Subject: Re:
>> [Coral-List] Good
News from Australia> > This line of discussion
>>
highlights one of the great failures and challenges> of science today
-
>> the ability to accurately get science into the
public's> awareness and
>> understanding.  Journalists,
lawyers, courts, vested> interests, etc
>> have distorted
fact to support a position or advance a> financial
>>
interest.  Scientists as a rule are not geared to working outside>
of
>> peer reviewed literature.  The reality is that peered
reviewed science
>> is> not driving society - spin masters
are.  Just tune your TV to any
>> political> talking head
program to see reality driven by
>> opinion/ideology and not
fact.> We in science should be finding ways to
>> work
together to support scientific> reality based on fact rather than
>> biased interpretation. I believe that if> scientists
> 
>  can get their act together, there are many that are
ready to> follow. > >
> Quenton Dokken, Ph.D.>
Executive Director> Gulf of Mexico Foundation,
> Inc.> PMB
51  5403 Everhart Rd.> Corpus Christi, TX 78411> >
>
361-882-3939> 361-442-6064 cell> > qdokken at gulfmex.org>
www.gulfmex.org>
> > > > -----Original
Message-----> From:
>
coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
>
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Billy
> Causey> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:32 AM> To:
Ove
> Hoegh-Guldberg> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Gene
Shinn> Subject:
> Re: [Coral-List] Good News from Australia>
> Ove ....> Your research and
> peer-reviewed science speaks
for itself.  We are half > a world apart,
> yet your
observations have been as relevant for the Wider > Caribbean, as
> they are for the Western Pacific.  The only difference is > that
our
> problems started about 10-12 years in advance of your's. 
But > now ...
> we are all suffering the sames woes.    Keep up
the great work > ......
> 
>  and I am confident that
you will not let postings like this one >
> distract you from
your research.  Billy> > Ove Hoegh-Guldberg wrote:>>
>
Thank you Gene.  >>>> Now that you have dredged this up, I
feel it is
> important to let the>> readership know,
needless to say, that the column
> is full of misquotes>>
and inaccuracies.  Perhaps not surprising given
> that the
columnist>> (Andrew Bolt) is well-known for his endless
>
'opinions', poor>> understanding and disregard for the truth.  In
this
> respect, he claims>> that there is no science (none
at all!) behind
> global climate change,>> nor truth in the
fact that Australian aboriginal
> people were mistreated>>
in recent history (this is despite many victims
> still being
alive>> today).  With respect to his disregard for the truth
> - Andrew has been>> successfully sued for defamation and
other
> inaccuracies>>
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bolt). What more can
> I
say?>>>> This source is neither accurate nor science-based,
and perhaps
> shou
> 
>  ld>> not have
appeared on coral list.>>>> Regards,>>>>
Ove>>>> Ove
> Hoegh-Guldberg>>>> Smart
State Premier's Fellow (2008-2013), Director,
> Stanford
Australia;>> Reviewing Editor at Science Magazine, and Deputy
> Director, ARC Centre>> for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies;
BLOG:
> www.climateshifts.org>>>>>>
-----Original Message----->> From:
>
coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>>
>
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Gene
Shinn>>
> Sent: Saturday, 20 December 2008 12:28 AM>>
To:
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>> Subject: [Coral-List]
Good News from
> Australia>>>> Good News from the
Melbourne Australia Herald Sun.
> "PROFESSOR Ove >>
Hoegh-Guldberg, of Queensland University, is
> Australia's most
quoted>> reef expert.>> He's advised business, green and
> government groups, and won our rich >> Eureka Prize for
scares about our
> reef. He's chaired a $20 million >>
global warming study of the World
> Bank.  >> In 1999,
Hoegh-Guldberg warned that the Great Barrier Reef was
> 
>
  under >> pressure from global warming, and much of it had
turned
> white.>> In fact, he later admitted the reef had
made a "surprising"
> recovery.>> In 2006, he
warned high temperatures meant "between 30 and
> 40 per
>> cent of coral on Queensland's great Barrier Reef could die
> within a >> month".>> In fact, he later admitted
this bleaching had "a
> minimal impact".>> In
2007, he warned that temperature changes of the
> kind caused by
>> global warming were again bleaching the reef.>> In
> fact, the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network last week said
>> there
> had been no big damage to the reef caused by
climate change in >> the
> four years since its last report,
and veteran diver Ben Cropp >> said
> this week that in 50
years he'd seen none at all."  Gene>>>>   > > --
>
> Billy D. Causey, Ph.D., Regional Director> Southeast
Atlantic, Gulf of
> Mexico and Caribbean Region> National
Marine Sanctuary Program> 33 East
> Quay Road> Key West,
Florida 33040> > 305.809.4670 (ex 234)>
> 305.395.0150
(cel
> 
>  l)> 305.293.5011 (fax)> >
Billy.Causey at noaa.gov> >
>
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> Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 07:09:28 -0500
> From:
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> Subject: [Coral-List]
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From:  Maria.Barry at noaa.gov
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> Call for Coral High
Definition Footage
> 
>  The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation
Program is in the beginning stages of
> creating multi-media
content for our web site and other outreach
> products. We will be
producing at least four 3-5 minute videos covering
> the following
areas: Overview of Coral Reefs and their Threats,
> Land-based
sources of Pollution and Corals Reefs; Adverse Impacts of
>
Fishing and Coral Reefs; and Climate Change and Corals.  In addition to
> the videos your footage may be included in educational kiosks,
local
> PSAs, content for cruise lines and hotel channels,
YouTube, etc.
> 
> If you are a budding or professional
videographer and have High
> Definition footage that you would
like to donate to NOAA we would
> greatly appreciate your
contributions.  You, of course will receive
> credit and we will
work with you individually to nail down the terms of
> your
release. This is a unique opportunity to lend your images to help
> NOAA get the word out to the general public on coral reefs and
their
> threats. Our footage needs include: coral reef threats,
impacts of
> pollution, impacts of fishing, climate change,
general coral, healthy
> corals, unhealthy corals, corals and
fish, underwater shots, shoreline
> shots, coastal development,
marine debris and corals, bleached corals,
> plumes, coral
spawning and more.  Please only submit footage that is
> shot in
High Definition.
> 
> Please email me at
Maria.Barry at noaa.gov or call me at 301-563-1167 if
> you have High
Definition footage or if you have contacts with folks who
> have
footage (unfortunately, we are not able to pay for footage at his
> time).
> 
> 
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