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Certification: NAUI
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Related Information:Check out the links under 'His Diving" and "Reef Ecology' for more dive-related information |
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| A marine ecology course at the University of Michigan got me into diving while I was in graduate school. Being or becoming a certified diver was part of the course requirement as was a short research project on the fringing reefs in Discovery Bay, Jamaica. My early exposure to Jamaican reefs developed into a love for Caribbean reef ecology, a passion I fostered further while working for Shell Oil as a carbonate geologists during the 1980’s. Belize and its reefs enchanted me during my first visit there in 1981. The development of a field geology course for Shell Oil and an extensive underwater investigation of reef evolution soon followed. I joined CEDAM - a group dedicated to Conservation, Education, Diving Archeology & Museums - and conducted reef mapping and photo survey studies, data later used in developing the marine sanctuaries on Lighthouse and Glover’s Reef. I became a rescue diver and dive master in 1981 to facilitate my leadership skills on dive trips and training courses to modern carbonate environments. In 1990 I founded Society Protecting Anthony's Reef Environment (SPARE), an informal organization dedicated to reef conservation through underwater education. Diving led me to give many presentations on reef ecology and publish a few books include Caribbean Living Hard Corals, A Diver’s Guide to Belize and Anthony and Friends reef Ecology Coloring Book. |  Those
neoprene wet suits were a challenge to get in and out of without ripping,
especially when they were a size too small. |
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