I will tell a little more about the project in another post, but thought I'd tell a few highlights of being in the water. Saw several guitar fish, some big rays, a turtle, lots of coral, and three grouper species - but who's counting. It is nice to be back swimming in an area that I understand and that is warm!
Tomorrow we head out for a community event to plant mangrove seedlings. If you don't live near the tropics, you may not know that mangroves are plants/trees that live on the edge of the ocean and along estuaries. They can tolerate both salt and freshwater. They are very important for shoreline protection and the young of many fish start life there. It also makes good firewood and building material. So often there is unsustainable cutting of mangroves for various reasons, but it usually ends with shoreline erosion and decreased fish abundance.
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