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Kesennuma High School NaGISA
Protocol Workshop July 2006
Kisennuma High School's Biology Club and
teachers from Nara and Hiroshima Kokutaiji High Schools came together
in Kisennuma (Sendai Japan) to learn about NaGISA and marine
biodiversity from Drs Shirayama, Yokohama and Mr. Hatakeyama (a local
oyster fisherman who has received numerous awards for his work with the
local environment). Three days of sampling the intertidal zones of two
sites (one macroalgae area and one seagrass bed) were topped off with
an outdoor barbeque of local delicacies. see Photos.
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Tanabe and Niceville High School
Biodiversity Workshop July 2004
Supported by the Fulbright Memorial Fund 10 high
school students from Tanabe Commercial High in Wakayama Japan and 7
students from Niceville High in Florida came together at Seto Marine
Biological Laboratory to learn about NaGISA and Marine Biodiversity
from Drs Y. Shirayama, T. Kato and R. Rigby. Four days spent learning
sampling techniques and how identifying local flora and fauna were
concluded with presentations of what had been found at the different
sites and the different water depths. The two schools are planning to
continue their NaGISA involvement by setting up there own local NaGISA
sites and exchanging information not only with each other but the whole
NaGISA team. The photos here were provided by Rick Hernandez, teacher
of the Gifted, Niceville High Florida. see Photos.