Premiere of Public Television Series, Changing Seas, Features the War on Lionfish
CONTACT:
Cammy Richards
Director Communications
WPBT2
305-424-4013
cammy_richards@wpbt.org
Kristina Gutierrez
Supervisor of Community Outreach/Events
WPBT2
305-424-4025
kristina_gutierrez@wpbt.org
Miami, FL, May 23, 2011 – Changing Seas, an original production of Miami’s public television station WPBT2, will host a live online screening event of Alien Invaders, the series’ latest episode focusing on the lionfish invasion in the Caribbean and Western Atlantic.
Alien Invaders will be screened live on the Changing Seas website (www.changingseas.tv/webcast) on Thursday, June 2nd at 7:30 p.m, Eastern Standard Time. During the screening, dive enthusiasts will have the opportunity to join an online chat with producers and the experts featured in the program.
Native to the Indo-Pacific, the invasive lionfish has successfully established itself in the western Atlantic, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. With no natural predators in its new range, a voracious appetite, and the ability to reproduce quickly, the species is a major threat to biodiversity and the health of already stressed coral reef ecosystems. Alien Invaders takes viewers to the Bahamas, where experts from the Reef Environmental Education Foundation and Simon Fraser University are researching the invasion and looking for ways to minimize its impact. Featuring stunning underwater footage, Alien Invaders provides an in-depth look into the issue, as well as the creative solutions experts have devised to combat the problem.
The program’s broadcast premiere on WPBT2 is on June 7th at 7:30 pm. Starting June 8th, the program will also be available for viewing on the WPBT2 Video Player at: http://video.wpbt2.org/program/1334903101/.
This June, Changing Seas returns to the airwaves and internet with four new exciting episodes.
The series is made possible by a generous grant from the Batchelor Foundation.
About Changing Seas
Currently in its third season, Changing Seas takes viewers on an exciting journey to the heart of our liquid planet. Narrated by renowned voice talent Peter Thomas, this documentary series lets viewers experience first-hand how oceanographers study earth’s last frontier, and sheds light on how human activities are threatening ocean resources.
ABOUT WPBT2
South Florida’s premier public broadcaster, WPBT2, is a community-licensed, not-for-profit media enterprise serving communities from the Treasure Coast to the Florida Keys. WPBT2 provides high quality content from PBS, independent acquisitions and its own original productions. WPBT2’s digital media platform, offers: 2HD, a 24-hour high definition channel; Digital 2.2, a mix of Science & Nature Channel, The Florida Channel and Create; Digital 2.3, V-me, a 24-hour national Spanish-language network; and www.wpbt2.org, the WPBT2 website including, Impromp2 (a community blog), the WPBT2 Video Player and uVu, a video sharing website.
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VIDEO:
For more information on the lionfish or Changing Seas please visit http://www.changingseas.tv or http://www.youtube.com/user/ChangingSeasTV
PHOTOS:
01. Lionfish
02. Lionfish 2
03. Lionfish 3
04. Lionfish 4
