Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
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Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation Executive Director CAPT Phil Renaud conducts a photo transect survey at Great Inagua Island, Bahamas during the Global Reef Expedition. Video by Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
Executive Director CAPT Phil Renaud and Dive Safety Officer Nick Cautin work together to deploy the Recording Doppler Current Profiler (RDCP) at Great Inagua, Bahamas during the Global Reef Expedition. Video by the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation.
Between April 25-May 18, 2011, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (LOF) and our partners assessed the coral reefs and associated habitats of Cay Sal Bank, Bahamas as part of the Global Reef Expedition. The mission encompassed 20 days at …
The Golden Eye is a Cessna Caravan 208 Amphibious Aircraft embarked aboard the Golden Shadow. The aircraft has tremendous endurance and can carry up to a maximum of 11 passengers and 2 pilots. We have often installed a sophisticated hyperspectral …
This Downed Pilot’s Nightmare in Shark-Infested Waters May Help Save Reef underwater video reveals the mystery of seagrass halos. Read the full story.
I’ve spent a lot of time talking about the corals, how they are faring, and what invertebrates are eating them. I’ve only briefly mentioned fish, even though they are the showcase of the Red Sea. From charismatic megafuana like the …
The Farasan Banks is a very unique and diverse marine ecosystem with more reef habitat per unit area than anywhere else we’ve surveyed along the Saudi Arabian Red Sea coast. Like other areas, the major framework builders of these structures …
After another spectacular day exploring the Farasan Banks, I was once again enamored by the wonders of the Red Sea and the rich diversity of life that abounds on the reefs and in surrounding waters. We completed two spectacular wall …
Over the last few weeks, you’ve heard a lot about our SCUBA surveys, what we’ve seen, and the health and resilience of these reefs. One of our major goals during this Expedition is to identify areas of rich biodiversity, as …
Even though we are in a very remote location off the southern Red Sea coast of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fishermen abound. There are many coastal villages near the Farasan Banks with large fishing communities. Many of our sites …