2009 Underwater Photo Contest

2008 contest winner: Mosshead Warbonnet by Pete Naylor.

Announcing the 2nd annual SeaDoc Underwater Photo Contest!

Amateur photographers may enter by submitting a photo taken in July 2009 while conducting a fish or invertebrate survey for the Reef Environmental Education Foundation's Great Annual Fish Count.

Grand Prize: Free dive charter for two from Naknek Charters and Diving in Friday Harbor, WA

Winners in each category receive a SeaDoc imprinted coffee mug, and everyone who enters gets a seashore life pocket field guide and SeaDoc sticker.

Spread the word: download a printable flyer and put it up in your area!

Last Year's Contest

The winner of the 2008 Photo Contest was Pete Naylor with his stunning photo of a mosshead warbonnet.

The mosshead warbonnet is a 2-6 inch eel-like bottom-dweller that can be found from Alaska to southern California to depths of 260 feet. They inhabit shallow areas with numerous small protective recesses and often perch in a small opening with only their heads extended. Like other fish and invertebrate species currently not considered as food fish or shellfish by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (over 98% of all fish and invertebrates occurring in Washington's waters), mosshead warbonnet populations are not monitored, except by volunteer SCUBA divers conducting REEF surveys.

The 2008 winners in each category are featured here. Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated.