2001
Condensed timeline of Lionfish sightings
in 2001 off of the Morehead City, NC
Coast
This is the ORIGINAL lionfish timeline: it all started
right here, on the Atlantis IV in August 2000!
| Date |
Vessel |
Location |
distance
offshore |
depth |
method
documented |
witness |
| June 8, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
photos taken by Darryl & Trish Boyer |
Joel Moody |
| June 10, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Joel Moody |
| June 11, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Steve Daniel, Matt Rever |
| June 24, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Dennis Anacker |
| June 25, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Dennis
Anacker, Renate Eichinger,
Bobby Edwards & other divers |
| June 27, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
videoed by Bobby Edwards |
Dennis
Anacker, Bobby Edwards |
| July 8, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Esat Atikkan |
| July 15, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Charlie & Larry Sarowitz, Bobby
Edwards |
| July 22, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Steve Achtner, Bobby Edwards |
| August 2, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Denis Burlage |
| August 4, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Esat Atikkan |
| August 7, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
|
Warren Gilman, Bobby Edwards |
| August 9, 2001 |
Captain's Lady |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
130' |
Video |
|
| August 15, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Atlas Tanker |
18 miles East of Cape Lookout |
|
Video/photos by Jonathan
Bird, Cindy Burnham, Rick Allen, Hermann Ostermayer, Kim Elsinger, and TP
Barker |
Renate Eichinger, Jonathan
Bird, Cindy Burnham, Rick Allen, Hermann Ostermayer, Kim Elsinger, TP
Barker, and Bobby Edwards |
| August 16, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Atlas Tanker |
18 miles East of Cape Lookout |
|
Video/photos by Jonathan
Bird, Cindy Burnham, Rick Allen, Hermann Ostermayer, Kim Elsinger, TP
Barker, and Paula Whitfield |
Renate Eichinger, Jonathan
Bird, Cindy Burnham, Rick Allen, Hermann Ostermayer, Kim Elsinger, TP
Barker, Paula Whitfield, and Bobby Edwards |
| August 17, 2001 |
Midnight Express |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
|
Photos |
|
| August 18, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Bow |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
|
Video by Paula Whitfield,
NOAA Marine Biologist |
Joel Moody, Paula Whitfield |
| August 18, 2001 |
Atlantis IV |
Naeco Stern |
40 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
|
|
Joel Moody, Mike Moore |
| August 2001 |
Diver Down |
Rocks 35 miles offshore |
35 miles South of Beaufort Inlet |
|
Video |
|
| Summer 2001 |
Olympus |
Papoose & Atlas Tanker |
|
|
|
|
And they're still here: 4
lionfish were seen on the Naeco stern on May 26, 2002!
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