 
Anna Krowczynska
1953 - 2014
Longtime board member and aquarium volunteer... She will be missed
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Speaker schedule subject to change without notice
Wednesday, May 17th, 2017, 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Andy Martinez - Marine Life of the North Atlantic
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Andy's Marine Life of the North Atlantic is the bible for for fish ID in new England, and he has just come out with a new edition!
This 5th edition of the book is in a new form that divers will find very useful. There are hundreds of more photos showing many animal behaviors. He will be demonstrating how to use it.
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017, 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Wayne Sentman - Raja Ampat
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2017, 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Richie Kohler - Mystery of the Last Olympian
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Was Britannic, Titanic ’s sister ship, always doomed? The largest ship in the world sank in less than one hour in 1916 without explanation. It rested silently 400 feet beneath Greek waters until Jacques Cousteau located it in 1975. It took another 20 years for advances in underwater exploration to allow more than brief glimpses into the ship’s mysteries.
Determined to learn the truth, pioneering divers extracted tantalizing clues during a series of daring expeditions. Richie Kohler, of Shadow Divers , takes us back to the fateful day when Britannic sank and behind the scenes of 40 years of searching as he helped reveal the truth.
Richie Kohler is one of only four men in the world who has been to RMS Titanic and has dived inside her equally tragic sister ship, HMHS Britannic. His passion for technical scuba diving and maritime history began in 1980 and he is internationally known for exploring some of the most challenging and dangerous shipwrecks in the world. His explorations have helped to locate and name numerous lost vessels, including the mine laying submarine U-215 on the Georges Banks off Nova Scotia, and the WWII destroyer USS Murphy that was crushed and forgotten in the New York approaches.
It was a six-year effort to identify an unknown WWII German U-Boat as the U-869 that catapulted his diving career into the world of television and documentary filmmaking. The daring risks he and John Chatterton took and their dogged determination to seek out the truth of the U-boat, are detailed in NY Times best seller, Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson. Additionally, the PBS program NOVA won an Emmy for their documentary, “Hitler’s Lost Sub”, on this same topic. Kohler co-hosted 56 episodes of History Channel’s, “Deep Sea Detectives”, and he has worked on numerous film projects for Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, CBS, PBS, and the Discovery Channel. It was this work that led Kohler to history-making expeditions to the legendary Titanic and Britannic. He has joined an elite, small group of divers and maritime historians who are committed to revealing the truth of why Britannic sank three times as rapidly as did Titanic.
Kohler also trains technical divers, has written the foreword for, The Basics of Rebreather Diving by Jill Heinerth, penned articles for technical periodicals, and been the subject of dozens of radio and television interviews.
Richie Kohler's Website, and Mystery of the Last Olympian site
Wednesday, August 16th, 2017, 6:30 pm.
Speaker: TBA - TBA
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2017, 6:30 pm.
Speaker: Diane Thompson - The future of EL Nino and coral reefs in a warming climate
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El Nino events drive intense floods, droughts and temperature extremes all over the world, resulting in massive coral bleaching and mortality on reefs worldwide. However, it is still unclear how the frequency and intensity of these events will change as global climate continues to warm.
In her talk, Diane discuss how we can use corals to study how ocean temperatures and El Nino events have changed in the past and elucidate how they might change in the future with continued warming.
Diane Thompson is an Assistant Professor at Boston University's School for the Earth & Environment. Although Diane grew up in Minnesota, she developed a deep passion for the ocean during childhood snorkeling trips at Buck Island, US Virgin Islands. Diane attended Florida Institute of Technology and graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors of Science in Marine Biology in the spring of 2006. As part of her undergraduate course work, she studied the reef ecosystems of the Bahamas and the terrestrial and marine ecosystems of Australia. Her thesis researched focused on the relationship between the frequency of thermal stress events in the past and the severity of coral bleaching during recent warm periods.
Diane Thompson's website
General Meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month, at the New England Aquarium Conference Center (located on the first floor of the Harbor Garage). Click here for directions
At each general meeting there will be the monthly drawing for a chance to have a hands on aquarium experience.
For directions and more info about all our meetings, visit our Club Meetings Page
Great Annual Fish Count: July 22, 2017
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Coming back for the 16th year in a row, you can help count fish and win prizes! Each year divers help researchers by surveying fish populations. This is done by identifying what fish you see on a dive. After the dive, we gather at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester, for raffle prizes and a BBQ!
Tropical fish Rescue: September 23, 2017
Tropical fish come up the gulf stream as eggs on broken seaweeds, hatch, and make their way into the warm eddies and nooks and crannies of the southern New England coast.. Seeing these little waifs is fun, trying to catch them is a challenge. Easy diving - no deeper than 25 feet - often 10-15 feet works, in fact snorkeling at low tide is as successful as diving at high tide!
New England Aquarium Lecture Series (06/01/17)
Sharks – From Shadow to Light
Lecture Series Website
World Oceans Day (06/04/17)
Join us at the NEADC Booth!
World Oceans Day at the NEAq Website
North Shore Frogmen Meeting (06/08/17)
Speakers:
Heather Knowles & David Caldwell Shipwrecks of Sardina, Italy
North Shore Frogmen Website
New England Aquarium Lecture Series (06/08/17)
Robo-Shark: How High-Tech Tags Are Revealing the Secret Lives of Sharks
Lecture Series Website
FINomenal Fest (06/10/17)
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Sanctuary are teaming up to host the third annual FINomenal Fest in Chatham on June 10th! The event will kick off with a free movie, GREAT WHITE SHARK, at the Chatham Orpheum (10 am) and be followed by a day of fun and educational shark-themed activities at Kate Gould Park (11 am - 2 pm).
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Website
MetroWest Dive Club Meeting (06/13/17)
Speaker:
Alex Dulavitz: Wrecks of Truk Lagoon
MetroWest Dive Club Website
Salem Sound Lecture Series (06/13/17)
Marine Invasive Species Workshop
Salem Sound Coastwatch Website
United Divers of Central Mass (06/15/17)
Presentation:
Belize
UDCM Website
United Divers of New Hampshire Meeting (06/19/17)
Guest Speaker: Eddie Mc Cormack - the Ocean Reef Full Face Mask.
UDNH Website
Cape Cod Shark Paddle (06/25/17)
Join the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy at Town Cove in Orleans for the 5th annual Cape Cod Shark Paddle! The Cape Cod Shark Paddle is a series of stand up paddle (SUP) board races for all levels of experience. The event raises money for shark research done by the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy (AWSC) and Greg Skomal in the coastal waters of Cape Cod.
Atlantic White Shark Conservancy Website
MetroWest Dive Club Meeting (07/11/17)
Speakers:
Heather Knowles & David Caldwell Shipwrecks of Sardina, Italy
MetroWest Dive Club Website
United Divers of Central Mass (07/20/17)
Presentation:
French Polynesia
UDCM Website
Old Colony Anphibians Club Meeting (07/20/17)
OCA Website
MetroWest Dive Club Meeting (08/08/17)
Speaker:
Richie Kohler Mystery of the Last Olympian
MetroWest Dive Club Website
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