Reef Check

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2004 Myanmar (Burma)

RC scientist: Georg Heiss (Reef Check Europe)

Andaman Sea, Mergui Archipelago, March 2004

Route of the expedition

Merguimap

 

 

 

 

ranong
Volunteers preparing for departure at the jetty in Ranong, Thailand

 

 

 

longtail
Transfer from Ranong, Thailand to Kaw Thaung, Myanmar on the typical longtail boat

 

 

 

 

Pagoda in Kaw Thaung, the border town and departure port

pagoda ranong

 

 

 

 

The expedition base: the 36 ft - catamaran "Sea Nomad", run by Marinasia Ltd

SeaNomad

 

 

 

 

Anemone fish

anemone

 

 

 

corals

 

 

 

 

Markus got out from the water just in time before the rain started.

rain

 

 

 

 

Big schools of juvenile parrot- and rabbitfish on feeding frenzy

fish

 

 

 

 

Christmas-tree-worms in Porites hard corals

xmasworm

 

 

 

 

A grouper waiting to be counted

grouper

 

 

 

 

Squid fishing boat with young burmese fishermen

squidfisher

 

 

 

 

Rest after a Reef Check survey

martin

 

 

 

 

Sea Nomad waiting in the bay

seanomad-bay

 

 

 

 

Hard corals on the reef flat exposed to air at very low tide. Corals can survive this up to a few hours.

lowtide

 

 

 

 

A vase of unknown age close to a Reef Check-site

pot

 

 

 

 

Reef Check volunteer Markus during the survey

markus

 

 

 

 

A beautiful Gorgonian fan coral

gorgonia

 

 

 

 

Martin filming a large sponge and anemone fish

sponge

 

 

 

 

Reef Check team brings the donation of a participant of 2003 to the local school.

donation

 

 

 

 

Workers sorting squid in a new factory on one of the islands

squids

 

 

 

 

Skipper Luca buying stocks of fresh vegetables and fruits for the remaining days

viallageshopping

 

 

 

 

Fisherman preparing their net for the next cruise

Fisher-Heiss

 

 

 

 

Markus coming back from a trip to an uninhabited island

markus2

 

 

 

 

The stupa overlooking the small village

village-Heiss

 

 

 

 

Reef Check team at the village gate

volunteers

 

 

 

 

Burmese children posing for the camera

children

 

 

 

 

Great excitement about the digital camera

susiandkids

 

 

 

 

Dried sea cucumbers for sale

seacucumbers-Heiss

 

 

 
A Fungia (mushroom) hard coral with extracted tentacles

Fungia-Heiss

 

 

 

 

 
 

Participants:

  1. Markus, volunteer (Germany)
  2. Martin, volunteer, TV-journalist (Germany)
  3. Susi, volunteer (Switzerland)
  4. Tamsen, volunteer (South Africa)
  5. Luca, skipper, Europe Conservation Switzerland (Switzerland/Thailand)
  6. Georg, coordinator Reef Check Europe (Cairo)

 

 

Reef Check surveys:

 

Site name

Latitude

Longitude

Location

 

deg

min

deg

min

 

MYAN02-2004

N 10°

42'

E 098°

14'

SE Lampi Island (Kyunn Tann Shey)

MYAN03-2004

N 10°

48'

E 098°

12'

Tar Yar Island

MYAN07-2004

N 10°

58'

E 098°

09'

Lampi-North

MYAN09-2004

N 10°

52'

E 097°

55'

Macleod Island

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