Shipwrecked! USS Kittiwake!

Good Morning Friends!

Today I want to talk a bit about marine parks, which are areas in the ocean that are protected by law from fishing.  The Cayman Islands has worked hard to create a number of protected marine parks as part of their conservation efforts.   In fact, you cannot touch or take anything from these sites!  One especially cool marine park off the coast of Grand Cayman has a shipwreck on it, the USS Kittiwake. The ship was purposefully sunk a few years ago to create an artificial reef, providing new habitat for marine life.  Last year I was able to go diving IN the Kittiwake, with my good friend Elayne, who is a marine biologist from Oman.  She took some wonderful photos of our adventure.  Take a look!!

To find out more about the Kittiwake at:   http://www.kittiwakecayman.com/

Also, this is Part 2 of our series, Fish Identification 101.  Can you identify the fish in these pictures?

PS-Liam P. you were correct!  There are Yellow Snapper in the picture I posted yesterday!!  Good job!