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Celebrate World Oceans Day at Florida Keys’ Second Annual ‘Coralpalooza’
In recognition of World Oceans Day, Key Largo’s Coral Restoration Foundation is hosting its second annual Coralpalooza, inviting volunteer recreational divers to assist in promoting ocean preservation on Friday and Saturday, June 3-4.
Participants must be certified divers. Hands-on dive activities include helping Coral Restoration Foundation staff and interns in underwater coral nurseries, out-planting corals to Upper Keys reefs or monitoring the wellness of corals in existing colonies.
On Friday, June 3, an afternoon training session is to be held at the Murray Nelson Government and Cultural Center in Key Largo with a presentation and hands-on training.
On Saturday, June 4, participants are to meet their assigned dive groups at a predetermined dive shop location in either Islamorada or Key Largo.
Team leaders are to be assigned as guides and individuals are to be assigned to groups on registration. If members of a group wish to dive together, efforts will be made to accommodate their request but it is not guaranteed. Early registration is encouraged as spaces are limited.
Participation in Coralpalooza is free, although donations are welcomed and important to CRF’s efforts in restoring reefs.
Coralpalooza helps raise awareness about World Oceans Day, recognized internationally on June 8 each year, as well as the importance of the restoration, preservation and conservation of the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef that parallels the Florida Keys.
For more details contact CRF’s marketing director, Mari Backus, at +1 305-453-7030 or visit www.coralrestoration.org/
Over 1,000 divers participate in the CRF recreational dive programs every year. In 2015, CRF’s restoration efforts resulted in over 22,500 corals out-planted along Florida Keys reefs. These successful out-plantings were made possible by the development of effective and simple coral growth and out-planting methods, two important elements of the CRF mission.
To learn more or become a volunteer, visit www.coralrestoration.org and www.facebook.com/
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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