[Coral-List] Dive marshalls

[Martina Milanese]

Hi Julie, the place may be Turtle Beach, just on the corner of Marsa Bareka,
i.e. The large bay at the beginning of the Ras Mohammed NP (coming from
Sharm).
I agree on all that you say - I was working there...

Martina


On 25/01/13 14.15, "Julie Hawkins" <julie.hawkins at york.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Julian
> 
> I snorkelled in such a place in Egypt  a couple of years ago (but
> others were diving there). I can't remember the name of the place for
> sure but it was something like Turtle Bay and it was reasonably close
> to Marsa Elam in Southern Egypt. It was a so called protected area and
> you had to pay a very small sum to get to the site. It could have been
> as little as 1 Egyptian pound (~ 25 cents). The area of interest to
> most people was a seagrass bed which contained several turtles and
> there was a guard (or might have been more) in the water trying to
> stop people from diving down to hold on to the turtles. Sadly he was
> completely unable to manage the appalling behaviour of the many who
> were trying (and succeeding) in grabbing these poor turtles.
> 
> As an aside when I investigated the reef adjacent to this seagrass
> area I found as expected horrific levels of coral damage near to the
> edges. However on venturing just a few a bit further away the damage
> swiftly disappeared and I encountered some of the most spectacular
> shallow water reef I have ever seen in the Red Sea. It revealed all
> you need to know about the damage that divers and snorkellors can do.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Julie
> 
> On 25 January 2013 05:28, Julian @ Reef Check <julian at reefcheck.org.my> wrote:
>> Esteemed colleagues
>> 
>> I acknowledge that this is not a scientific coral enquiry, but I think list
>> readers probably cover most diving locations around the world, so can
>> perhaps help.
>> 
>> I am doing some research on the issue of dive site management. Does anyone
>> know of any MPA that is a popular dive site at which the management regime
>> includes dive marshals whose role it is to follow dive groups and monitor
>> their activities, and who have the authority to insist divers leave the
>> water for not "obeying" site rules (eg., touching coral reef with fins or
>> fingers, interfering with marine life)?
>> 
>> Any information gratefully received.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Julian Hyde
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