Race to the Reef Results!

Race to the Reef winners:

1st: Master Blaster of Hopetown Primary
2nd: Diamond of J.A. Pinder Primary
3rd: Fishie of Cherokee Primary

and for best fish name
Miles of Man-O-War Primary

Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to everyone for participating!!!

Only 1 day left!

With only one day left, the fish are moving! Its anyone's game still and remember, winners will be announced on Friday after the winning schools have been awarded their prizes! Best of luck to everyone and keep cheering on those fish!!!

...A new Leader!

Only two days of tracking left in the Race to the Reef competition! It seems to be getting quite competitive! With that in mind, everyone working on this project loves getting your comments and seeing you support your fish, but lets keep those comments "G" rated. Thanks for your help with that. One more change of plans... Winners of the race to the reef were going to be announced on Wednesday with prizes awarded Thursday and Friday. The competition still ends Wednesday and prizes will still be handed out Thursday and Friday, however, winners will not be announced on the blog until Friday. Teachers: if your school wins we will be contacting you on Wednesday.

With only days left in the competition, Marlin from Abaco Central High has ended Master Blaster's first place streak which lasted almost 2 weeks! Also moving up, Sumtin Spicy and Quick!!! Congratulations everyone!

Standings:
1. Red star: Marlin - Abaco Central High
2. Pink Triangle: Master Blaster - HopeTown Primary
3. White Triangle: Miles - Man-O-War School
4. Light Blue: Fishie - Cherokee Primary
5. Purple: Sly - Moore's Island All Age School
6. Pink: Diamond - JA Pinder Primary
7. Brown: Lucaya - CV Bethel
8. Bright Green: Quick - Crossing Rocks Primary
9. Black Triangle - Spot - NGM Major
10. White - Floppy - Agape Christian School
11-12. Yellow Triangle -
(a) Jerry - Every Child Counts
(b) Biggie - Amy Roberts Primary
13. Blue - Jim Richard"s" - Forest Heights Academy
14. Black circle- Foxxy - Fox Town Primary
15. Black Diamond - Sumtin' Spicy - CR Walker
16. Dark green - Bajamar - St Andrew's School
17-18. Yellow circle-
(a)Laura-Lee - SC Bootle
(b)Stormy - CC Sweeting Senior High
19. Orange - Berry 9 - RN Gomez
20. Blue Triangle - Stanley Grayson - College of the Bahamas
20-22. Red Circle -
(a)Star - Central Abaco Primary
(b)Quick - Crossing Rocks Primary
(c)Bubbles - Mary E Albury High School
23-24. Green triangle -
(a)Trixie - Cooper's Town Primary
(b)Sandy - Freeport Primary
25. Red Triangle - Max - Wesley College
26. Purple Triangle - Lightning - Lyford Cay International School

Home Site A:
All fish have moved out at least once

Home Site B:
Tiny
Cherece

Last time this didn't go so well but lets try again. In comments to the blog, post your answers to the question. Snapper deal with the risk of predation on a daily basis. What do you think are some top predators in tidal creek systems such as Camp Abaco??

Good luck everyone!!!

Miles Takes Second!!!

Just a quick announcement... The Race to the Reef competition will actually end on Wednesday May 20, 2009 with prizes awarded Thursday and Friday.

Only one fish moved ahead... Miles of Man-O-War primary has taken over second place!!! Watch out Master Blaster, he is right behind you!

So the current standings are:
1. Red Star - Master Blaster - HopeTown Primary
2. White Triangle - Miles - Man-O-War School
3. Light Blue - Fishie - Cherokee Primary
4. Purple - Sly - Moore's Island All Age School
5. Bright green - Marlin - Abaco Central High
6. Pink - Diamond - JA Pinder Primary
7. Brown - Lucaya - CV Bethel
8. Black Triangle - Spot - NGM Major
9. White - Floppy - Agape Christian School
10-11. Yellow Triangle -
(a) Jerry - Every Child Counts
(b) Biggie - Amy Roberts Primary
12. Blue - Jim Richard"s" - Forest Heights Academy
13. Black - Foxxy - Fox Town Primary
14. Dark green - Bajamar - St Andrew's School
15-16. Yellow circle-
(a)Laura-Lee - SC Bootle
(b)Stormy - CC Sweeting Senior High
17. Orange - Berry 9 - RN Gomez
18. Blue Triangle - Stanley Grayson - College of the Bahamas
19-21. Red Circle -
(a)Star - Central Abaco Primary
(b)Quick - Crossing Rocks Primary
(c)Bubbles - Mary E Albury High School
22-23. Green triangle -
(a)Trixie - Cooper's Town Primary
(b)Sandy - Freeport Primary
24. Red Triangle - Max - Wesley College
25. Purple Triangle - Lightning - Lyford Cay International School

Home Site A:
Sumtin Spicy

Home Site B:
Tiny
Cherece

Did you know?!?! Red mangroves have long, cigar shaped propagules, which float around the water for at least 40 days before settling into an area to grow another tree. This is how they spread into new areas.

Not much time left to catch up!

Master Blaster of Hopetown primary, has been in the lead for a week now! Many fish are being found farther out, but none past Master Blaster! Diamond of JA Pinder has moved into fifth place since Sunday and Spot of NGM Major, has finally left homesite A!

Current standings are:
1. Red Star - Master Blaster - Hopetown Primary
2. Light blue - Fishie - Cherokee Primary
3. Purple - Sly - Moore's Island All Age School
4. Bright green - Marlin - Abaco Central High
5. Pink - Diamond - JA Pinder Primary
6. Brown - Lucaya - CV Bethel
7. Black Triangle - Spot - NGM Major
8. White - Floppy - Agape Christian School
9-10. Yellow Triangle -
(a) Jerry - Every Child Counts
(b) Biggie - Amy Roberts Primary
11. Blue - Jim Richard"s" - Forest Heights Academy
12-13. Black -
(a)Miles - Man-O-War Primary
(b)Foxxy - Fox Town Primary
14. Dark green - Bajamar - St Andrew's School
15-16. Yellow circle-
(a)Laura-Lee - SC Bootle
(b)Stormy - CC Sweeting Senior High
17. Orange - Berry 9 - RN Gomez
18. Blue Triangle - Stanley Grayson - College of the Bahamas
19-21. Red Circle -
(a)Star - Central Abaco Primary
(b)Quick - Crossing Rocks Primary
(c)Bubbles - Mary E Albury High School
22-23. Green triangle -
(a)Trixie - Cooper's Town Primary
(b)Sandy - Freeport Primary
24. Red Triangle - Max - Wesley College
25. Purple Triangle - Lightning - Lyford Cay International School

Home Site A:
Sumtin Spicy

Home Site B:
Tiny
Cherece

Did you know? It is estimated that approxiamtely 90% of fish with commercial value and 75% of sport fish make use of mangroves as a habitat at some point in their lives!!!

Will anyone be able to catch up with Master Blaster???

On Monday I will not be able to write a post so you get the update a day early :-) Also, the post for Friday was done pretty late that night but you can see it below this one.

This was a busy weekend for some of the fish!!! As of today, Sly, of Moore's Island All Age School, has moved way up and into third place. Floppy, from Agape Christian School has also moved up as well as Berry 9, from RN Gomez.

As of now, the standings are:

1. Red Star - Master Blaster - Hope Town Primary
2. Light Blue - Fishie - Cherokee Primary
3. Purple - Sly - Moore's Island All Age Scool
4. Green - Marlin - Abaco Central High
5. Brown - Lucaya - CV Bethel
6. White - Floppy - Agape Christian School
7-8. Yellow Triangle -
(a) Jerry - Every Child Counts
(b) Biggie - Amy Roberts Primary
9. Blue - Jim Richard"s" - Forest Heights Academy
10-11. Black -
(a)Miles - Man-O-War Primary
(b)Foxxy - Fox Town Primary
12. Dark green - Bajamar - St Andrew's School
13-14. Yellow circle-
(a)Laura-Lee - SC Bootle
(b)Stormy - CC Sweeting Senior High
15. Orange - Berry 9 - RN Gomez
16. Blue Triangle - Stanley Grayson - College of the Bahamas
17-19. Red Circle -
(a)Star - Central Abaco Primary
(b)Quick - Crossing Rocks Primary
(c)Bubbles - Mary E Albury High School
20-21. Green triangle -
(a)Trixie - Cooper's Town Primary
(b)Sandy - Freeport Primary
22-23. Pink -
(a)Diamond - JA Pinder Primary
(b)Max - Wesley College
24. Purple Triangle - Lightning - Lyford Cay International School

Home site A:
Spot
Sumtin Spicy

Home site B:
Tiny
Cherece

Here is something for you to think about... Then share your thoughts in a comment to this blog. Home sites are the areas where fish were caught and then released once they were tagged. Many fish have left their home sites but a few have not. What are some reasons that you think these fish have not left their home sites?

Congratulations Master Blaster!

Fishie is on Master Blaster's tail (ok, caudal fin)

First off, I would like to say sorry for the late post,
unfortunately the internet was down this morning and your favorite blogger spent all day in the field up to her neck in mud. :-)

Just a few announcements... Tracking for the Race to the Reef competition will officially end on Sunday May 17, 2009 and the winners will be announced on Monday May 18, 2009. Remember, first place is a concert by a surprise artist, second place is a laptop computer, and third place is a DVD player!!!

Also, be sure to listen to Radio Abaco, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays around 3:30PM to hear updates for Race to the Reef!



Some schools should be really excited when they see this...
1. Red star - Master Blaster - Hope Town
2. Blue - Fishie - Cherokee Primary
3. Bright green - Marlin - Abaco Central High
4. Brown - Lucaya - CV Bethel
5-6. Yellow Triangle -
(a) Jerry - Every Child Counts
(b) Biggie - Amy Roberts Primary
7. Blue - Jim Richard"s" - Forest Heights Academy
8-9. Black -
(a)Miles - Man-O-War Primary
(b)Foxxy - Fox Town Primary
10. Dark green - Bajamar - St Andrew's School
11-12. Yellow circle-
(a)Laura-Lee - SC Bootle
(b)Stormy - CC Sweeting Senior High
13. Purple - Sly - Moore's Island All Age School
14. Blue Triangle - Stanley Grayson - College of the Bahamas
15-17. Red Circle -
(a)Star - Central Abaco Primary
(b)Quick - Crossing Rocks Primary
(c)Bubbles - Mary E Albury High School
18-19. Green triangle -
(a)Trixie - Cooper's Town Primary
(b)Sandy - Freeport Primary
20-21. Pink -
(a)Diamond - JA Pinder Primary
(b)Max - Wesley College
22-23. White
(a)Floppy - Agape Christian School
(b)Berry 9 - RN Gomez
24. Purple Triangle - Lightning - Lyford Cay International School

Fish who haven't left home site A:
Spot
Sumtin Spicy

Fish who haven't left home site B:
Tiny
Cherece

Did you know? Black mangroves have pneumatophores. The sediment in which mangroves grow has very little oxygen, pneumatophores, which slightly resemble fingers sticking up from the ground, help with gas exchange.

Have a great weekend everyone!