5-11 May 2012 Lord Howe Island Marine Monitoring with the Marine Park Rangers

5-11 May 2012 Lord Howe Island Marine Monitoring with the Marine Park Rangers. Lord Howe Island is the Galapagos of the West Pacific. Two hours flight east of Sydney into the middle of the Pacific, it is the crossroads of 5 major ocean currents. Add to it a rare and spectacular array of marine life in pristine clear waters, and have kingfish eating out of your hands at Ned's Beach. A diver's paradise. Join the marine park rangers in a week long underwater monitoring program where you will learn underwater survey protocols and collect data on unique native and threatened marine life that will be applied to genuine ongoing monitoring program conducted by the Lord Howe Marine Park Authority. Find out more from the brochure about the activities, itinerary and how to join a team of conservation volunteer divers at Lord Howe.

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Setting a transect line. Courtesy Lord Howe MPA Sallyann Gudge

Lord Howe turtle. Courtesy Lord Howe MPA Justin Gilligan

Surveying McCullochs Anemonefish. Courtesy Lord Howe MPA Justin Gilligan

McCullochs Anemonefish unique only to Lord Howe. Courtesy Lord Howe MPA Justin Gilligan