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No: 067 | Date: 2004-10-05 | Fiji, Vanua Levu

Namena Reserve. Coral baseline survey with WCS scientists.



No. of Image: 1
Description: Cally, our WIDLIFE dive master, in neutral buoyancy .
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 2
Description: School of Long Fin Banner Fish
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 3
Description: Coral to be identified.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 4
Description: Cally slowly approaches the corals to take a closer look. In the background is the blue and purple colored abyss.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 5
Description: A steephead parrotfish searching for some floating algae.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 6
Description: Purple tipped euphyllia corals with a dark headed red and black anemone fish on his way back to his protected shelter.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 7
Description: Victor the Namena resort dive master approves the checked equipment.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 8
Description: Alex the WCS dive master focusing on the different projects they will attend during the dive at Namena reef.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 9
Description: Linda Farley director of WCS Fiji on her last camera check up on the surface before starting different baseline surveys.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 10
Description: Linda, Alex and Cally during the survey along the reef.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 11
Description: White fern corals among many other corals down on the bottom of chimneys dive site.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 12
Description: One feels like in space when descending in free dive mode.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 13
Description: The yellow and black striped soft coral which name we couldn't find in the guide rolls up your fingertip and doesn't let go with its tentacles. It's a rather eerie feeling.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 14
Description: Porites corals with mainly bleeker's and yellowfin demoiselle in big quantities shows that this ecosystem is still fully intact.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 15
Description: WCS research divers laying transect lines.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 16
Description: Linda Farley is studying the effects of climate change and human activity on the region's coral reefs and is working to establish a protected area within Fiji's diverse ecosystems.
Photo by: Cally Logsdon
   
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No. of Image: 17
Description: Don't they look like candy?!
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 18
Description: Cally and Alex are communicating with their hands about the next section to survey while Victor in the back stays close to them.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 19
Description: Slowly getting back on the dive boat. The baseline survey is over on 'chimneys' for today, valuable data was collected on photographs and video.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 20
Description: We always wonder whether humans can fly? The anchorage was the perfect site to try it out.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 21
Description: WILDLIFE and its perfect crew made the WCS Namena project to a real success. We achieved a lot for years to come..
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 22
Description: In the evening David Olson (director of WCS Fiji) held a presentation for locals to create an understanding of the project was all about. We were invited to take part in the traditional cava ceremony which is also known as 'Fiji juice'.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 23
Description: The WILDLIFE cockpit is decked out with dive equipment to accomplish the great outcome of the baseline survey.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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No. of Image: 24
Description: David, Daniel, Cally, Loraine, Linda, Kate, Ben and Alex were part of the crew (starting from the left) while WILDLIFE served as the research platform for the WCS project.
Photo by: JF Thye
   
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