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Club Events

2021 Dry Dive (TBA)

2021 GAFC (07/24/2021)
Postponed

2021 Tropical Fish Rescue (Tentatively 09/18/2021)

2022 GAFC (07/23/2022)

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For the next few months we are encouraging everyone to practice social distancing and will be holding the general meeting lectures remotely. If you want to watch any of the lectures live, visit our registration page.

August 18, 2021, 6:30 pm.
Peter Winch - The Farallon Islands
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Join Naturalist Peter Winch as we explore a natural wonder of the west coast, The Farallon Islands. Home to Blue Whales, White Sharks, five species of Pinniped and over 400,00 seabirds, learn what makes this place so crucial to the ecology of the Pacific Ocean through a presentation that mixes photography and museum artifacts. We will be discussing the threats to this unique marine ecosystem, and how you can visit the islands with Oceanic Society.

Peter Winch holds a B.S. in Environmental Science from Plymouth University in England. He is a naturalist and education specialist at the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary with experience studying seabirds for U.S. Fish and Wildlife. Peter has been an Oceanic Society whale watching naturalist for more than 15 years, leading trips to the Farallon Islands, Vancouver Island and Belize. In his free time, he is an avid surfer, diver, and artist. In September 2016, Peter published his first book, “The Giant Ocean Coloring Book," and worked for Sea Shepherd Conservations Society on their campaigns in The Faroe Islands and Costa Rica.

September 15th, 2021, 6:30 pm.
TBA - TBA
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General Meetings are normally held the third Wednesday of each month. Until further notice, they will take place online via ZOOM. Register online for each meeting by visiting the registration page.

For more info about all our meetings, visit our Club Meetings Page

Upcoming General Meetings

For the next few months, we are holding our general meeting lectures online. If you want to attend any of them live (same time as the normal meeting times), sign up on our registration page, and we will send you the connection info a few days before the meeting

View our upcoming meeting schedule

View our previous speakers

Boston Sea Rovers Show 2022

The Sea Rovers Show is an annual event with workshops, daytime presentations, and film festival. Tickets are on sale now, and discounted hotel rooms are going fast!

The festival is during peak tourist season in New England, so the rooms often fill up fast, and normal rates are high. The discount room rates will be available until August 26th or until the group block is sold-out. Click here for more info

Click here for more info about the Show, the Exhibit Hall, Film Festival, Workshops, and Daytime presentations

NEADC Photo Challenge

The NEADC is holding a monthly photo challenge, open to all club members!

A selection of images will be shown in a brief slide show during our monthly General Meeting. Deadline for submissions is the Monday before the General Meeting. See you on Zoom!

Challenge #6: REEF

Share an underwater image that represents REEF.

The image must have been taken underwater by you.

A selection of images will be shown in a brief slide show during our July General Meeting. Deadline for submissions is July 19th. See you on Zoom!

Click here to submit an entry

Great Annual Fish Count

The Board of the New England Aquarium Dive Club has made the difficult decision to postpone the 2021 Great Annual Fish Count Event originally scheduled for Saturday, July 24, 2021 in order to keep all of our participants safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

We will be hosting a GAFC/REEF-themed event during our July Dive Club General Meeting on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 with special guest Janna Nichols from REEF Reef Environmental Education Foundation! Stay tuned to our website for details and registration information!

Save the Date for the 2022 Great Annual Fish Count to be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022 at Stage Fort Park, Gloucester, MA.

Thank you to all of our participants and sponsors for your ongoing support. We look forward to seeing you at our event in 2022!

REEF Northeast US & Canada Critterwatchers Facebook Group

REEF Reef Environmental

Great Annual Fish Count Page

Sea Turtle links from the Januay Speaker

Roderic Mast, our guest speaker from February provided some links to his program, and organization:

https://www.seaturtlestatus.org/

Blue Habits:

https://www.bluehabits.org/

https://www.youtube.com/user/OceanicSociety

Tips from the September Speaker

Samantha Whitcraft, our guest speaker from September provided some links to her programs, and ways divers can help:

Aggressor Adventures’ Green the Fleet Program

Sea of Change Foundation’s Brochure, About Sea Of Change video (featuring Guy Harvey), and Leading through Conservation & Research Zoom presentation/video (Foundation overview)

Sea of Change Foundation’s Reef Rescue and Rapid Response Program flyer (printable pdf) – our grant program that empowers divers as first responders to acute reef damage

Our three Sustainable Choices PSAs with Force Blue:

Choose Safe and Sustainable Sun Protection

Refuse, Reduce, Re-Use Single Use Plastics

Choose Sustainable Seafood

Should you wish to follow Sea of Change and/or share from their Facebook page, they post regularly at https://www.facebook.com/SeaOfChange

Don't Let Your Membership Lapse

Even while they were closed, the New England Aquarium was still caring for animals and maintaining the facilities and exhibits. They were still keeping a crew at work, and running virtual programs.

Now that they are open with limited visitors, it's more important than ever to maintain your membership so they can continue to keep up with these expenses.

Your dive club membership ($15 add on to the Aquarium membership) allows us to have speakers every month throughout the year (which we will continue to do online).

The Aquarium launched an online advocacy tool as a way that people can show their support for the Aquarium. The tool helps visitors submit a letter to their elected officials asking Congress to support emergency relief funding for non-profit aquariums, zoos, and museums across the country. It takes less than 30 seconds and costs nothing to participate.

More Resources for supporting the NEAq:

Support Your Local Dive Shop!

The local dive shops across New England continue to need your business! Many are now open reduced hours or open by appointment, and still offering classes virtually or equipment servicing.