[Coral-List] Survey on Scientific Divers

[Massimo Ponti]

Dear colleagues and friends,

I would like to thank you for the over 500 responses to the survey on scientific divers, coming from all over the world. However, we had decide to postpone the deadline of the survey to the 10th of February of 2019, providing more time especially to colleagues from USA, which were affected by the long lasting government shutdown.

Therefore, who are still interested in helping to outline the profile of scientific divers and the main methodologies applied, please fill out the online questionnaire at
https://goo.gl/forms/NZm7h8CEEu5wujRA2

I would remember that results of this survey will be publicly available to improve and update the training of scientific divers, to enhance international collaborations and increase safety at work.  

Here a provisional list of the countries involved:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Belize
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Egypt
Eritrea
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guam
Guatemala
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Kuwait
Malaysia
Maldives
Malta
Mexico
Montenegro
Mozambique
Netherlands
New Zealand
Oman
Palau
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Polska
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Romania
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Tunisia
Turkey
UK
United Arab Emirates
Uruguay
USA
	
Best regards
Massimo

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Massimo Ponti, PhD
Adjunct professor
President of the Italian Association of Scientific Divers
Vice-President of the Reef Check Italy association

BiGeA - Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali
CIRSA - Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali in Ravenna
Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna
Via S. Alberto 163, 48123 Ravenna (Italy)