President’s Message – July 2014

Happy Summer Frogs!

I hope you have been enjoying some fantastic diving!

I would like to name Ellen Garvey as Diver of the Month for all she does for the club and Mike Garvey as Member of the Month for organizing the photo shoot.

We have a lot of upcoming events for the month of July and I hope to see you at these events!

On July 10th Jason Krumholz will be giving a presentation on rebuilding reefs with artificial reefs. Susan Copelas will be giving a presentation on diving Indonesia on July24th.

On July 12th we will have an all-day beach meeting/dive/cookout on Pebble Beach! Bring your food, grills, beach blankets and dive gear! Rain date for Sunday the 13th.

On July 20th we will run a club dive charter with Boston Scuba to do two dives at Graves Light. The cost is $80 per diver. Call Boston Scuba to reserve space at (617) 418-5555. We will meet at Boston Scuba by 9:30 to do waivers and load gear. The charter will depart at 10am. The address is: Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina

256 Marginal Street, East Boston, MA 02128

July 26-August 3rd is Vermont week with Pat and Annette! We will be setting up a sign up sheet for the days that people wish to attend.

On Saturday July 26th is the Great Annual Fish Count! You must register for a Reef ID to participate. It's free to register. Simply go to http://www.reef.org/. Let me know if you are interested in participating. The Frogs will be diving Old Garden Beach for the Fish Count Survey. Then we will go to Stage Fort Park to turn in our surveys and enjoy a cookout and a chance to win prizes.

We are now selling tickets for our Club Whale Watch on Saturday Sept.13th! We are able to secure a group rate for tickets at $25!!! These tickets are usually $48, which is a huge savings!! Metro West and Finatics Dive Clubs will be joining us for this whale watch trip. The boat holds 150 people. The company is called Captain Bill and Sons. They have marine biologists on board that have been studying the whales for years and they are excellent at narrating about the whales. Please see Adam if you want to sign up and buy a ticket. We also have a PayPal link set up for people to purchase tickets as well. Add $1 to the ticket price if you purchase through PayPal since they charge a $1 service fee. Go to the North Shore Frogmen website for the link. You don't want to miss this!

We will be organizing some night dives soon. The squid are coming back and they are fun to see on a night dive. Stay tuned....

- Laura Gallagher

President North Shore Frogmen

In this Issue:

President’s Message	pg. 1
Meeting Summaries	pg. 2
Beach Meeting	pg. 3
Calendar & Events	pg.4-6

The North Shore Frogmen’s Club

PO Box 3604

Peabody, MA 01961

2014 OFFICERS

President: Laura Gallagher Cell phone: 508 843-2395 Email: searaven00@yahoo.com

Vice President: Jim Barbara Cell phone: 617-755-8336 Email: jabarbara@verizon.net

Treasurer: Adam Hartnett Cell phone: 617-620-6466

Email: greatnewsadam@gmail.com

Secretary: Ellen Garvey Tel: 781-595-4978

Email: elleng@alumni.duke.edu

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Membership: membership@northshorefrogmen.com

Newsletter: Mary Howard

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Meeting Summaries

05-Jun-2014

Meeting called to order: 7:40PM Attendance: 2 Officers, 11 Members

Secretary: Minutes from last meeting read and accepted.

Correspondence:

-Neptunes newsletter available.

-Annette took a swift-water rescue course; several people took it as a refresher because of increased number of floods.

-Mary relayed a message from Dawn that former member Shawn Copp is interested in offering boat dives to Froggies to share expenses. Available any day; call 978-534-0923.

Committees:

-Program: See website for details

-6/7-Time/Life photo reenactment; contact Mike G if you will be there. Commitment from 11 people so far.

-6/12-Beach meeting at White Beach

-6/19-REEF presentation on invertebrates by Ted Maney.

Old Business: Reminder that we’re having a contest for most lobsters and for most interesting find.

Dive Talk:

-Flounder contest was last Saturday at Back Beach. 48°F, good vis, 65 minutes. Since there were only 5 people, the contest was not held, although flounder were taken. Periwinkle/Hermit crab fights were entertaining.

-John F went to Lanes solo; 11 lobsters; there were lots of eggers, notched and oversized lobsters. Shallow ones were all too small. 43°F at 41 ft.

-Diving this weekend: Sunday at BK; Saturday for photo.

General Discussion:

-Red Tide has closed all the local shellfish beds for at least 3 weeks.

-Capt Don from Bonaire has passed away.

Raffles: Dollars Box: John Marren

Bug Bag: ongoing

12-Jun-2014

Beach Meeting – no formal Club

meeting tonight.

19-Jun-2014

Presentation: Ted Maney gave a presentation to the Club on Invasive Invertebrate Marine Life

No minutes were taken.

Diver of the Month

for July 2014

Ellen Garvey

Member of the Month

for July 2014

Mike Garvey

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Sunday Dive

August

Other Coming Events:

Cinema by the Sea

Held at: Northeastern University Marine Science Center, Murphy Bunker, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA

7PM, Tuesdays

July 15

Beneath the Waves: Mini Film Festival

Based on the success and popularity of last year’s event, we will again be screening a number of short films that stem from the larger Beneath the Waves Film Festival now it its fifth year. Its aim is to encourage, inspire, and educate scientists, advocates, and the general public to produce open-access, engaging marine-issues documentaries.

Summer Boat Dives 2014

We at UNDERSEA DIVERS are excited to announce our summer boat dive schedule. All of the dives are 2-tanks dives and run $80. We will have a certified DiveMaster guide the dive and point out marine life to you. You do not have to have an Advanced Certification to join us on any of these dives! Come dive with us!

August 30th

Dry Salvages

1:00pm (Seals & Lobsters)

CALL TO REGISTER TODAY! 978-927-9551

Great Annual Fish Count

The 13th Annual GAFC will be held on July 26th, 2014!

Coming back for the 13th year in a row, you can help count fish and win prizes!

Each year divers help researchers by surveying fish populations. This is done by identifying what fish you see on a dive. After the dive, we gather at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester for raffle prizes and a BBQ!

On the morning of the event, participants go for a dive, swim, etc and pay attention to what fish they see and how many there are. Then, after the dive we meet at Stage Fort Park and eat some great food while we fill out a survey of what we saw on each dive. Experts are on hand to help identify any confusing species.

We are consistently the largest single-day REEF fish count event in the country, even beating out warm- water destinations like Florida and Hawaii.

All you need to participate is a free REEF membership, and a basic knowledge of New England fish. There are several ways you can learn how to identify what you see:

Ted Maney introduced a new section on algae and invertebrates at the NSF meeting on June 19

Bob Michelson will be giving his fish ID course at the July 16th NEADC General Meeting

There is now an online version of Bob

Michelson's Fish ID course. It is available at

http://www.neadc.org/fishid/

Bay State Council Meetings

The next Bay State Council of Divers meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 16, 7:30 PM at the SSN’s clubhouse located at the corner of

Quarry Street and Joyce Road in Quincy.

All are welcome to attend these meetings!

The Bay State Council of Divers

Supporting and promoting the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.

The Bay State Council of Divers (BSC) is a diver’s advocacy group. The BSC monitors local, state and federal regulations that may affect the recreational diving community in Massachusetts. When required, the BSC represents the interests of the diving community in these matters.

The BSC serves as a liaison between dive clubs and dive stores to promote recreational diving activity in Massachusetts. All divers are encouraged to support the BSC with an annual contribution of $5. Your contribution will allow the BSC to continue to be a strong advocate for the recreational diving community in Massachusetts.

For more information: http://www.baystatecouncil.org

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Beverly MA 978-927-9551

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