MARINE REEF MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Marine Reef is to provide free, quality public education on marine life and the conditions of marine habitats, their impact on the global environment and a balanced view of efforts to protect them.

WELCOME

Welcome to the official Marine Reef Web site. It is my pleasure to bring you the most extensive marine biology site on the Web and hope you enjoy its many beautiful images and rich content. This site was developed to bring a better public awareness to issues concerning marine life conservation, in particular coral reef management. Coral reef protection will become one of the most important environmental issues as we enter the 21st century, and only through a balanced understanding of the economic and natural stresses that are placed on reefs will we be able to implement effective legislation to protect them. Australia has had long standing and effective laws protecting their coral reefs and the U.S. has recently followed its lead with the adoption of the Coral Reef Initiative. However, these laws only protect a small portion of the worlds reefs and much more needs to be done to insure their survival, as well as the survival of the oceans as we know them today.

Enjoy the site and visit us often to get the latest environmental news and to view the latest additions.

Best Wishes,
Paul DeGeorge
Founder and Chairman
Marine Reef

ABOUT MARINE REEF

Marine Reef is a combination of marine biologists, professional underwater video-photographers and a business unit. Marine Reef coordinates both classroom activities as well as marine clean up projects and field excursions for grade school through college undergraduate students.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND CREDITS

Metavisual, Inc.: Erik D. Erikson P.O. Box 2605, Avalon, CA 90704. E-mail: info@metavisual.com. Specializing in professional underwater video-photography and marine life research. Various images of kelp forest species used within this site. No part of these materials may be reproduced for sale or distribution without written permission from Metavisual, Inc. and Erik D. Erikson. All rights reserved.

NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center: 2102 NASA Road 1, Houston TX 77058-3696. Images of earth from space. Photographs from Space Transportation System (STS) missions provided pre-computer enhanced map imagery.

University of California at Berkeley: Dr. Kent McDonald, 26 Giannini Hall, Berkeley, CA. Processing and imaging of various micro-images. (http://biology.berkeley.edu/eml)

Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS): Cape Ferguson, Queensland-Dampier, Western Australia. The status 0f the worlds coral reefs report, 1998.

AIMS-Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GSRMN): Contributing specific site coral reef conditions.

Scripps Institute of Oceanography: North Torry Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Identification and various images of tropical marine species.

World Wildlife Fund: 1250 24th Street N.W., Washington DC. Help in local reef area conditions and help in identification of coral reefs most affected by global warming.

Monterey Bay Aquarium and Press: 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940. 831-648-4800. See www.mbayaq.org. Consulting on sea otters, identification of kelp forest species and various images of sea otters.

Reef Fish Identification: by Paul Humann. Published by New World Publication, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida USA. Research material on Caribbean coral reef species identification and behavior. His many books can be found in all quality bookstores.

National Audubon Society: Field guide to Tropical Marine Fishes. Published by Chanticleer Press, Inc. NY, NY. Research information for tropical fish range and habitat.

Third Stone Media: Newport Beach, CA 92660. 949-719-9678. E-mail: info@thirdstone.net. Marine Reef Society's Web site development contract (http://www.thirdstone.net). 

Copyright: Any content of the Marine Reef Society Web site may be used for non-profit. Some parts may not be used for mass distribution, such as many images and some text. For more information pertaining to copyrights, contact the Marine Reef Society at info@marinereef.org.