[Coral-List] Coral-List Digest, Vol 59, Issue 26

Chris Page cpage at mote.org
Wed Jul 31 13:38:50 EDT 2013


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>     1. Re: Arrecife Alacranes Park manager needs documentation for
>        proposed regulation re: divers distance from reef (Dennis Hubbard)
>     2. Re: Diver distance from Reef (Alex Brylske)
>     3. Re: Diver distance from Reef (Julian @ Reef Check)
>     4. Re: Diver distance from Reef (Bill Allison)
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> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 09:59:54 -0400
> From: Dennis Hubbard <dennis.hubbard at oberlin.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Arrecife Alacranes Park manager needs
> 	documentation for proposed regulation re: divers distance from reef
> To: Chloe Hunt <hunt.chloe at gmail.com>
> Cc: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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> This has been a long-debated item and until we figure out a way to make it
> more profitable for the industry to minimize and secure all the crap they
> sell to "gotta have that" divers minimum distances aren't going to work - I
> give it the same chance as getting the average US diver understand what a
> meter is.
>
> It strikes me that these is some low-hanging "fruit" that we ignore and
> that dive guides could start with. Every time I go on a dive boat, I look
> around at the plethora of gauges, cameras and other widgets and gizmos
> hanging off divers who maintain little (i.e., no) awareness of them once
> they are in the water (including some of my fellow researchers). The camera
> bounces off the reef; the 10-pound console package replete with unused
> compass, unmonitored depth gauge (that's what a computer is for, right?),
> safety sausage, diver recall device and countless other crap I can't
> identify drags across the reef - not to mention that octopus with a 40-ft
> hose (OK perhaps and exaggeration, but how many of you have seen the loop
> snag gorgonians, sponges, other divers?). And then, the diver sees that
> great fish shot and loses all sense of the world around them as they thrash
> the reef getting their camera untangled from all those costly gadgets they
> never use. I once watched an environmental monitor (I believe the late Bob
> Dill coined the apt term "biostitute") videoing a cable mitigation
> job...... dragging all these items behind and rather effectively using her
> fins to thrash the life out of the biota she had just filmed.
>
> My point? If the dive industry was more interested in the reef than in
> selling little used and poorly understood gadgetry, we'd be better off. At
> a minimum, a dive guide could spend a little time helping the divers secure
> are these projectiles before they start the dive.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 11:13 PM, Chloe Hunt <hunt.chloe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We have been looking at managing diver behaviour, and the diving industry
>> as a whole, for almost 10 years in SE Asia through the Green Fins approach.
>> While I have heard dive guides and leaders include maintaining maximum
>> distances from the reef (usually 1 to 2 m) very nicely in pre-dive
>> environmental briefings, it will always only be a guide for the visiting
>> divers and something which is very difficult to actually enforce or police
>> as a rule. We have found that promoting best practices through
>> environmental training, instead of strict rules, is a much more effective
>> way of managing a sustainable and environmentally receptive diving
>> industry.
>>
>> The Green Fins approach is based on threats posed to reefs by divers and
>> the diving industry, and shares knowledge and guidance on how to mitigate
>> those threats through best practice. The approach and results from a case
>> study are described in a paper, which can be found at
>> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569113000719. Green
>> Fins has been tested in SE Asia and, as part of work with UNEP and The
>> Reef-World Foundation, it will be piloted in other regions, potentially
>> the Caribbean as well as WIO.
>>
>> Please do let me know if you would like any further information, or find
>> more at www.greenfins.net.
>>
>> Best of luck with your endeavours,
>>
>> Chloe
>> Programmes Manager
>> The Reef-World Foundation
>>
>>
>>
>> On 28 July 2013 00:00, <coral-list-request at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
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>>> Today's Topics:
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>>>     1. Arrecife Alacranes Park manager needs documentation for
>>>        proposed regulation re: divers distance from reef (Sustento
>>>        t?cnico para regla de buceo en PN Arrecife Alacranes (Mexico):
>>>        distancia del buzo al arrecife) (Georgina Bustamante)
>>>
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>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:00:49 -0400
>>> From: "Georgina Bustamante" <gbustamante09 at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Coral-List] Arrecife Alacranes Park manager needs
>>>          documentation for proposed regulation re: divers distance from
>> reef
>>>          (Sustento t?cnico para regla de buceo en PN Arrecife Alacranes
>>>          (Mexico): distancia del buzo al arrecife)
>>> To: "CaMPAM Forum" <CAMPAM-L at LISTSERV.GCFI.ORG>,        "'coral list'"
>>>          <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>,       "'Gulf and Caribbean
>>> Fisheries
>>>          Institute Network'"     <GCFINET at LISTSERV.GCFI.ORG>, "'Bruce
>>> Potter at
>>>          IRF'" <bpotter at irf.org>,
>>>          <wcpa_north_america_caribbean at yahoogroups.com>
>>> Message-ID: <09ec01ce8971$aa681260$ff383720$@com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;       charset="iso-8859-1"
>>>
>>> (My translation to English below)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> El colega Ren? Kant?n, director del Parque Nacional Arrecifes Alacranes,
>>> necesita ayuda para apoyar una nueva regulaci?n en el parque: los
>>> buceadores
>>> deben mantener una distancia m?nima de 1.5m del arrecife.
>>>
>>> Favor de leer su mensaje abajo y comunicarse con el si puede ayudarlo.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> GB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Rene Humberto Kantun Palma [mailto:rkantun at conanp.gob.mx]
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 2:53 PM
>>> To: gbustamante09 at gmail.com
>>> Cc: renekantun at hotmail.com
>>> Subject: RV: Sustento t?cnico para buceo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Estimada Georgina:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Una disculpa por distraerte de tus m?ltiples ocupaciones.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Te comento que estamos en el proceso de modificaci?n del Programa de
>> Manejo
>>> del Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes, en el estado de Yucat?n, M?xico;
>> en
>>> dicho documento estamos proponiendo incorporar como regla administrativa,
>>> respetar, en las pr?cticas de buceo, una distancia m?nima de 1.5 metros
>> de
>>> las formaciones coralinas, con objeto de evitar da?os a las mismas. Hemos
>>> hecho una investigaci?n bibliogr?fica, pero ninguna de las publicaciones
>>> habla fehacientemente que para realizar sustentablemente el buceo se debe
>>> respetar distancia alguna, solo mencionan buenas pr?cticas y controlar la
>>> flotabilidad, incluso algunas AMP de M?xico contemplan o proponen
>>> distancias, pero no se?alan metodolog?a alguna para determinarlo, peor
>> a?n,
>>> proponen distancias diferentes (Sian Ka?an 2.5, Cozumel 1.5, etc.).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Con base en lo anterior, atentamente te solicito tu apoyo a fin de que a
>>> trav?s de tu red de contactos puedas hacer la respectiva consulta, de lo
>>> cual estoy seguro que algo saldr? en alg?n lugar del mundo, lo que
>>> permitir?
>>> fortalecer la propuesta de imponer una distancia m?nima al realizar el
>>> buceo
>>> en el PNAA.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Por el amable tiempo de haber revisado el presente correo, te agradezco
>>> infinito y aprovecho para enviarte saludos, con la esperanza que nos
>>> saludemos pronto, quiz?s en M?rida??
>>>
>>> Espero tus comentarios.
>>>
>>> Cordialmente
>>>
>>> RK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lic. Ren? H. Kant?n Palma
>>>
>>> Comisi?n Nacional de ?reas Naturales Protegidas
>>>
>>> Director
>>>
>>> Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes
>>>
>>> Reserva de la Biosfera R?a Celest?n
>>>
>>> Calle 18 No, 120 X Av. P?rez Ponce, Col. Itzimn?
>>>
>>> M?rida, Yucat?n, C.P. 97100
>>>
>>> Tel. 999 938 07 09 / 999 938 07 08
>>>
>>> Ext. 101 y 106
>>>
>>> renekantun at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> La informaci?n que se env?a al destinatario mediante esta
>>> transmisi?n es propiedad exclusiva de la Comisi?n
>>> Nacional de ?reas Naturales Protegidas. Si usted no es el
>>> destinatario de esta informaci?n o si la ha recibido por
>>> error, se le comunica que la copia, distribuci?n,
>>> modificaci?n, retransmisi?n, revelaci?n o uso en cualquier
>>> forma, est? estrictamente prohibida.
>>>
>>> ------------------------
>>>
>>> CaMPAM members,
>>>
>>> Our colleague Rene Kantun, director of Arrecifes de Alacranes NP, need
>> your
>>> help to Support a proposed regulation: for divers to keep a 1.5m distance
>>> from the reef.
>>>
>>> Read my English translation of his message below, and contact him if you
>>> can
>>> help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> GB
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Georgina:
>>>
>>> An apology for distracting from your busy schedule.
>>>
>>> We are in the process of modifying the Management  Program of Alacranes
>>> Reefs National Park, Yucatan, Mexico. We are proposing to incorporate a
>> new
>>> regulation on diving practices re: a minimum distance of 1.5 m to coral
>>> formations in order to avoid damage to them. We conducted a literature
>>> search, but none of the publications justifies convincingly the distance
>> to
>>> be respected, just mention good practice and control buoyancy, even some
>> of
>>> Mexico AMP (2.5m  for Sian Ka'an, 1.5m for  Cozumel, etc..).
>>>
>>> Based on the above, I request your support for this query thru your
>> network
>>> and contacts.  I hope something will come out somewhere in the world,
>> which
>>> will strengthen the proposal to impose minimum distance to make diving in
>>> the NPAA.
>>>
>>> Thank you ??. hoping to greet us soon, maybe in Merida??
>>> I await your comments.
>>> Cordially
>>> RK
>>>
>>> Lic. Ren? H. Kant?n Palma
>>>
>>> Comisi?n Nacional de ?reas Naturales Protegidas
>>>
>>> Director
>>>
>>> Parque Nacional Arrecife Alacranes
>>>
>>> Reserva de la Biosfera R?a Celest?n
>>>
>>> Calle 18 No, 120 X Av. P?rez Ponce, Col. Itzimn?
>>>
>>> M?rida, Yucat?n, C.P. 97100
>>>
>>> Tel. 999 938 07 09 / 999 938 07 08
>>>
>>> Ext. 101 y 106
>>>
>>> renekantun at hotmail.com
>>>
>>>    ??
>>>
>>>
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James,

I'm glad it will work for the magazine.  I will take some pictures, 
shortly and upload them to the dropbox file.  As far as the publication 
date, I will send you some photos and you will have to let me know if 
they are acceptable.  I think that will dictate whether I can make the 
deadline or not.  In the meantime do you have any other specific edits 
to share.  I can work on finalizing the changes to the article this 
weekend if you have anymore suggestions.
Chris


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