Causes: Animals, Environment, Fisheries Resources, Marine Science & Oceanography, Natural Resources Conservation & Protection, Sports, Technology

Mission: To conserve marine water ecosystems for their recreational, commercial, and intrinsic value by educating, enlisting and enabling divers and other marine water enthusiasts to become active stewards and citizen scientists. REEF links the diving and snorkeling community with scientists, resource managers and conservationists through in-water marine-life data collection and related activities.

Results:
•Celebrating 30 years of marine conservation efforts at REEF Fest in Key Largo, FL
•Surpassing the 250,000th survey for the Volunteer Fish Survey Project
•Ocean citizen science programs in ten regions covering the world's oceans.
•Providing data to researchers supporting better understanding and protections for ocean habitats and the creatures living in them
•Expanding the Grouper Moon Education Program and bringing our research to life through live-feed video chats

Target demographics: protect ocean populations, engage divers and snorkelers in the water in citizen science, and educate the public about the marine conservation issues,

Geographic areas served: worldwide

Programs: the REEF Volunteer Survey Project, invasive species research and control programs (including the invasive lionfish in the waters of the western Atlantic), the Grouper Moon Project (studying one of the last spawning aggregations of the Caribbean iconic species the Nassau Grouper), and free education programs.