[Coral-List] SPAM R2: Re: snorkelers and divers

[Julian]

Anyone who wants to can do this. When I run my centre we used to put aside RM 10 (approx US$2.5) from every customer into a fund for things like paying for petrol for fishing net clearing that we did, stuff like that (filling the boat with petrol was an expensive business!!). We asked everyone to sign a book acknowledging their contribution - and most people matched it with at least another RM 10 of their own. It was a way to put a bit of money aside to pay for the little bits of conservation we did off our own initiative, without having to pay for it all at once from daily cash flow. Went down well with pretty much everyone, as evidenced by the number of people who matched what we were putting into the fund. 

Julian Hyde


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From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Melbourne Briscoe
Sent: Thursday, 22 September, 2016 8:36 AM
To: 'Ed Blume'; 'Coral-List Subscribers'
Subject: SPAM R2: Re: [Coral-List] snorkelers and divers

Buddy Dive resort in Bonaire already adds $1/day to one's resort costs to give to the Coral Restoration Foundation. You can opt out when you get your bill. I don't think anyone does.

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From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov [mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Ed Blume
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 10:46
To: Coral-List Subscribers <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] snorkelers and divers

Could dive operators ask each diver to contribute $1 per dive voluntarily to a marine conservation organization?  The operator would collect the contributions and send them on.  Would divers rebel?  Would the operator lose business?  I'd think that it could work.

Ed Blume
​Diver and ocean enthusiast​

​Madison, WI​


On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Steve Mussman <sealab at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Dear Gene,
> Most scuba divers receive little snorkeling training these days and 
> although some enlightened instructors might mention Oxybenzone, 
> lionfish and trash, major coral reef threats such as land-based 
> pollutants, over-fishing and climate change are rarely introduced.
> Talk about addressing climate change at a gathering of diving 
> professionals here in the US will get you nothing but a heated debate.
> Unfortunately, industry leaders seem unmoved by the current level of 
> scientific consonance and therefore do nothing to change the paradigm.
> Regards,
> Steve
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> Sent from my iPhone
> > On Sep 19, 2016, at 10:35 AM, Eugene Shinn 
> > <eugeneshinn at mail.usf.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > Whats the big deal? Don't scuba divers start by learning to snorkel 
> > first? Maybe we should be asking which group is using the most 
> > sunscreen containing coral-killing Oxybenzone as the primary 
> > ingredient. Gene
> >
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