Source: Ambergris Today [1]
May 25, 2011

"The Reef - Our Present, Our Future - Let's Protect It.  Reef Week 2011 was celebrated this past week with many education activities under the theme "The Reef - Our Present, Our Future - Let's Protect It". The sixth annual reef week activities were organized by the Hol Chan Marine Reserve as a component of their educational and outreach program.

Beach Clean Up
The activities kicked off on Saturday, May 14 with a Beach cleanup at Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve where several children from various elementary schools in Ambergris Caye participated. The site was at the turtle nesting beach in the Bacalar Reserve and a total of 30 drum size garbage bags of trash were removed from the beach.

Lion Fish Round Up - Cook Off Competition
On Sunday, May 15 during the annual Lagoon-Reef Eco Challenge a Lion Fish Round Up and Cook-off Competition took place at the Central Park. The Amigos Del Mar Dive Shop Crew won the most lionfish competition with a total of 332 fish and also took the prize for the smallest lionfish caught. Second place was awarded to the Belize Diving Adventures Crew and they also took the prize of the largest lionfish caught."

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