Here it is the long awaited movie trailer for the movie Evening that Jason, Deb and myself helped on. There are a few scenes in this trailer that we are in but you cannot see us. We are hidden away, but believe me we are right there in the shot

http://progressive.stream.aol.com/wb/gl/wbonline/extra/2005/extra/eveningtrailer_dl.mov

Tom - Lead Diver and Safety Diver

Jason - Safety Diver and Diver

Deb - Diver Assistant and Misc. movie crew

Speaking for the 3 of us, and I know they feel the same this was a great time and experience for all of us. We met so many nice people including the stars of the movie, all were very kind and concerned about our well being the whole time we were in the water sometime 4+ hours at a time, and I know we would all do it again in a heart beat.

To read more about the move go to the following links.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765447/

http://www.focusfeatures.com/home.php

This month we are lucky to have a submission by a REEF member! Charles Benoit tells his story about finding a Red Lionfish in Rhode Island.

On Sunday, September 17th, my 15 year old nephew, Christopher Benoit, and I were diving at Fort Wetherill State Park in Jamestown, Rhode Island. Our club, The New England Aquarium Dive Club, was holding its annual Tropical Fish Hunt, and it had been a very successful day. My nephew and I had already captured a Beaugregory Damselfish, a Spotfin Butterflyfish, and an Orange Triggerfish on our first dive. For our last dive of the day, we decided not to bring our collecting nets because most of volunteers had departed to distribute the captured fish to area aquariums and science centers. 

As we followed the cove wall out, we were scanning the nooks for any bright colors signifying the misplaced tropicals that get swept into New England waters each year. My nephew was swimming just ahead of me, when he suddenly turned and opened his cupped hands. To my surprise, he had just released a juvenile lionfish in front of my face! I immediately cupped the fish in my hands, and signaled to him that we should surface. I told Chris that this was no ordinary tropical fish, and that we had to bring it into shore. With the lionfish cupped in my hands now, we started swimming for the exit point, a boat ramp about 150 yards away. My mind was racing, but I was confident that this fish was scientifically important. I recalled reading a story in the New England Aquarium's newsletter about their capture of a juvenile lionfish in the Bahamas, and figured if that was newsworthy, finding one in Rhode Island had to be big! 

Approximately half way in, I watched the lionfish fan out its fins as it rested on my hands. That's when I noticed the small, sharp points on the end of each and every tip of its fins. It was at that moment I recalled that not only is this fish invasive, but also poisonous! Thank goodness for 7mm gloves and the fact that this juvenile was only about two inches long. Fearing no harm would come we continued in to shore, and promptly placed the lionfish in a bucket of water. 

We tracked down one of the last, remaining club members, Jean Stefanik, who, as luck would have it, was transporting several of the tropicals to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH. She was as amazed as we were by the find, and accepted the lionfish into her traveling tank. 

It took several days, and a lot of phone calls and emails, before my nephew and I received confirmation that we now had the record for the northern-most capture of a Red Lionfish. Our lionfish remains on public display at Seacoast Science Center.

-Charles Benoit, REEF Member

The report can been seen here.

http://www.reef.org/enews/edition/10_06/REEF_in_Brief_10_06l.htm

We are experiencing water temperatures way above normal for this time of year the temperatures are still in the 50s for the lat week 52 – 55 normally at this time 42 – 45. The same thing happened last year and everyone was worried that this would be a call for a hurricane to hit use, but not only did one not hit us I do not think there was on that hit the U.S. this year that I can remember. Also the tropical fish were very much in abundance this year, from Butterfly fish to even Lionfish.

Associated Press

NEWPORT, R.I. - An unusually large number of tropical fish have been spotted this summer in Rhode Island waters by divers, fishermen and environmentalists.

Among the fish seen so far: juvenile orange filefish, snowy grouper and lookdowns. A local lobsterman pulled up a large trigger fish in one of his traps.

"We're always catching tropicals during the summer months, but I mean there are a lot more. Probably about double the amount," Jean Bambara, an aquarist at Save the Bay's Exploration Center in Newport, told The Providence Journal.

The fish being seen are normally found in the warm waters off the southern states, just like the Portuguese men-of-war that invaded southern New England waters earlier in the summer and the manatee that was spotted this week in Warwick and North Kingstown.

Scientists said a change in the pattern of the Gulf Stream is likely a major reason for the number of warm-water visitors this summer. The Gulf Stream moves north from Florida along the East Coast before turning east toward Europe. Scientists say the turn is usually south of Delaware, but this year it's a more north than usual.

John Torgan, baykeeper with Save the Bay, said the average water temperature of Narragansett Bay has increased three degrees over the past few decades. He said this could cause cold-water species like cod and haddock to move further north and warm-water fish to move in.

"What's different is we've seen warmer water and we're seeing an increased sighting of these rare or accidental species in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound," Torgan said.

We also have a Yahoo group you can join at:

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/newportdiving/

his group has information on Scuba Diving in Newport, Rhode Island as well as all of New England. There is a lot of Scuba Diving information in the group for all Scuba Divers.