When National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Specialist Mary Quinn dives about 20 miles off of the coast of Sapelo Island, she brings a ruler.
About 20 feet deep, swirls of fish rise and Gray’s Reef emerges beneath her fins.
Gray’s Reef is the Southeast’s largest live-bottom reef and one of 18 national marine sanctuaries–a 22-square mile stony city of nooks and crannies home to 200 species of fish and 900 species of invertebrates—quite the buffet for passing sharks and whales…