Bob Michelson is a published underwater photographer/videographer, who has been diving for 42 years. He is a PADI Dive Master, a Specialty Instructor in underwater photography, videography, naturalist, and PADI Project AWARE Fish I.D. Bob’s work has appeared in numerous magazines (i.e. Highlights for Children, Natural History, NC Coastal Review Online, The Fisherman, Field & Stream, Northern Woodlands, NH Wildlife Journal); on various broadcast networks (i.e. Discovery, Science and History Channels, ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS). His work has appeared in numerous museums including The New England Aquarium, The Smithsonian, The National Aquarium, The Ontario Science Center & The Oregon Zoo. He co-wrote the curriculum, and created The Northeast REEF Fish Identification Project and Northeast Invertebrate Identification Program. He introduced the REEF Great Annual Fish Count (GAFC) to New England in 2001 in collaboration with The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. This annual event has been the largest single day GAFC event in the United States since its inception.