Fish Identification Course
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Have you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, "What was that?” The Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics so that next time, you know the answer.
The Fun Part You’ll find you enjoy your dives even more when you recognise the creatures that you see. The fun part about this course is you can use the skills you learn on every scuba diving vacation because once you learn the main fish families and characteristics it will help you decipher the species you see all over the world. For example, a butterfly fish in the Caribbean has a similar shape to a butterfly fish in Southeast Asia, but their colors and markings maybe wildly different. If you know what fish family it belongs to, it becomes much easier to look up the local name or at least be able to intelligently ask the local scuba instructor what you saw. That works better than asking about a “yellow thingy with a funny tail fin.” What You Learn During two dives you gain hands-on (okay, eyes-on) experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You’ll learn :
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Your Next Adventure
As you learn about fish survey techniques with Narcosis SCUBA you may also want to ask the team about work on a conservation project as part of your National Geographic Diver certification and brush up on your underwater photography skills so that you can document and capture images of the species you’re encountering. READ MORE..
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