{"id":7977,"date":"2016-04-14T23:56:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T15:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=7977"},"modified":"2018-12-31T06:12:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T22:12:54","slug":"photographs-of-namena-marine-reserve-fiji-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/photographs-of-namena-marine-reserve-fiji-islands.html","title":{"rendered":"Photographs of Namena Marine Reserve, Fiji Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Namena Marine Reserve is one of the most spectacular marine areas in the Fiji Islands. Since it is located between the two main islands Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Namena Marine Reserve is bathed with strong ocean currents that pass through that gap. It was established in 1997 and consists of about 70 square kilometers surrounding the small island of Namenalala. We visited and dived the remarkable reefs of Namena while on the excellent liveaboard boat Nai’a. A small user fee is required, proceeds of which are used by the Kubula Community in cooperation with the Coral Reef Alliance to manage and protect the area and its marine inhabitants. If you like these images, be sure to see more photos from Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>. Cheers and thanks for looking!<\/p>\n

\"Dendronephthya<\/a><\/p>\n

Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world.
\nImage ID: 31319<\/a>
\nSpecies: Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Anthias<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>, Pseudanthias<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Spectacular<\/a><\/p>\n

Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world.
\nImage ID: 31320<\/a>
\nSpecies: Crinoid Feather Star<\/a>, Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Gorgonian<\/a>, Anthias<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>, Pseudanthias<\/i><\/a>, Crinoidea<\/i><\/a>, Gorgonacea<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Beautiful<\/a><\/p>\n

Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji
\nImage ID: 31321<\/a>
\nSpecies: Dendronephthya Soft Coral<\/a>, Gorgonian<\/a>, Anthias<\/a>, Sea Fan<\/a>, Dendronephthya<\/i><\/a>, Pseudanthias<\/i><\/a>, Gorgonacea<\/i><\/a>, Plexauridae<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sinularia<\/a><\/p>\n

Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji
\nImage ID: 31326<\/a>
\nSpecies: Sinularia Soft Coral<\/a>, Sinularis flexibilis<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Crinoid<\/a><\/p>\n

Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji
\nImage ID: 31404<\/a>
\nSpecies: Crinoid Feather Star<\/a>, Gorgonian<\/a>, Crinoidea<\/i><\/a>, Gorgonacea<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Acropora<\/a><\/p>\n

Acropora coral (foreground) on South Pacific Coral Reef, Fiji
\nImage ID: 31406<\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Various<\/a><\/p>\n

Various stony and soft corals on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight.
\nImage ID: 31408<\/a>
\nSpecies: Anthias<\/a>, Pseudanthias<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sinularia<\/a><\/p>\n

Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji
\nImage ID: 31420<\/a>
\nSpecies: Sinularia Soft Coral<\/a>, Sinularis flexibilis<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Sarcophyton<\/a><\/p>\n

Sarcophyton leather coral on diverse coral reef, Fiji
\nImage ID: 31592<\/a>
\nSpecies: Sarcophyton Soft Coral<\/a>, Anthias<\/a>, Pseudanthias<\/i><\/a>, Sarcophyton<\/i><\/a>
\nLocation: Namena Marine Reserve<\/a>, Namena Island<\/a>, Fiji<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Namena Marine Reserve is one of the most spectacular marine areas in the Fiji Islands. Since it is located between the two main islands Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, Namena Marine Reserve is bathed with strong ocean currents that pass through that gap. It was established in 1997 and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,111,123],"tags":[230,240,330],"class_list":{"0":"post-7977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fiji","8":"category-seascapes","9":"category-underwater-photography","10":"tag-coral-reefscapes","11":"tag-fiji","12":"tag-underwater"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}