This May, the weekend of the 16th and 17th will be dedicated to statewide Lionfish removal and awareness activities. Coastal counties around the state will be harvesting Lionfish in an attempt to remove as many of the invasive critters as possible. Watch the brief promotional video...
Read MoreTISIRI Video Takes Winning Role At Australian Film Festival
Two of TISIRI marine conservation short films were featured at a film festival in Australia this past weekend and one of the videos took a category win!The Fremantle Underwater Film Festival started its tour in Western Australia this weekend and...
Read MoreMudville Grille Aquatic Habitat Discussion Imagery
2-11-15The images and videos below are the slides used in the presentation at Mudville Grille regarding northeast Florida aquatic habitat projects. A big thanks to all those that came out. The presentation included a detailed discussion of the latest St John's River reef projects, updates on...
Read MoreHabitat Creation and Marine Conservation Efforts Presentation
This Wednesday at The Mudville Grille ( 3105 Beach Blvd. Jacksonville, FL 32207) TISIRI's Joe Kistel will present a discussion regarding recent marine habitat creation projects and conservation effort in the northeast Florida region.
Read MoreSt. Johns River Reef Complete… Project Video Story
The purpose of the this project was to create habitat benefitting the river environment while providing a recreational fishing destination. The total deployment took 18 barge loads to the two permitted reef sites (the Coastal Conservation Association Reef and the George Holt Reef) over a two week time frame. Below is the video story that shows much of the efforts in making this project a reality.
Read MoreJacksonville River Reef Project To Commence
The Jacksonville River Reef Project construction is about to start. Check out this brief video promo describing the project!
Read MoreNational Geographic Features TISIRI Reef Cleaning Efforts
Earlier this month TISIRI divers headed offshore Jacksonville Florida to clean-up marine reef habitats. Popular reef sites were targeted assuming they would have accumulated the most waste material over time. National Geographic published a brief video story of the day's reef cleaning efforts (watch it...
Read MoreTISIRI and Visit Jacksonville Official Scuba Diving Promo
Visit Jacksonville and TISIRI teamed up to produce a video promoting the scuba diving opportunities in Jacksonville Florida.TISIRI's Joe Kistel, Larry Davis, and Ed Kalakauskis visited a dive site known as the Monahan Tug. It was a beautiful day and the underwater conditions were perfect. Kistel...
Read MoreNortheast Florida Lionfish Blast Harvest Video Story
We recently published our video story of a lionfish control team that was sent offshore during the Northeast Florida Lionfish Blast Tournament. The divers on this trip collected over 200 lionfish with both spear and live capture techniques. Check out the story below:
Offshore Jacksonville Lionfish Harvest Success
4-27-14We had a successful day of harvesting invasive lionfish thanks to a dedicated team of conservation focused participants. Over 150 lionfish were removed from three different artificial reef sites offshore Jacksonville Florida. Two of the reefs visited were sunken vessels known as the Spike and the Powerful, and...
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