Wanted: your assistance and observations!
Divers invited to help map SA reefs The Reef Atlas Project is being developed by the Marine Programme of the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) with the support of WWF, the conservation organisation, through its Green Trust. This joint project between two of SA's largest conservation institutions was launched on the 24 July 2008 and provides the opportunity for divers and other ocean users to contribute to a database that will be used to map the wrecks, kelp forests, rocky reefs, and the cold-water and subtropical reefs of South Africa. For more details, please visit our website at www.sanbi.org/frames/marinefram.htm Fish and Invertebrate Volunteer Monitoring Programme (FIN) We are in the process of developing a recreational diver based reef monitoring programme in the Table Mountain Marine Protected Area, with the long-term goal of monitoring changes in marine biodiversity. We are looking for volunteer divers who are interested in participating. To register with the programme, please complete our questionnaire on our web site. For more details, please visit our site at www.fin.org.za
Please let SURG know if you have seen any of the species shown on this page. Please include a photograph (if you have one), date, location, depth and environment you saw it in, as well as anything else you may think is of interest. Photographs are preferred as it eliminates identification errors. Please keep photos to 640x480 and saved as jpegs. Send your information to the editor, at:
	Added 4 July 2006 Bigscale scorpionfish. In 2004 the first bigscale scorpionfish was sighted in False Bay. Initially thought to be a visitor, repeated sightings, of different individuals, now leads us to believe it may be resident. So far it has only been seen at western False Bay off-shore dive sites. If you have seen it, we would like to know where and when. For more details click here.
	Added 8 July 2006 Dreadlocks. This unusual hydroid has been seen at various locations on the Atlantic side and False Bay. SURG is trying to establish a more detailed distribution record. For more details click here.
	Added 8 July 2006 Pierre's armina. This nudibranch was first photographed by Pierre Niehaus between JJM (Photographer's reef) and the shore. Searches in the area resulted in several more sightings. SURG is trying to establish where else it may have been seen. For more details click here.