Industry News Fish police in Zavora
Mozdivers, together with Zavora Marine Lab (ZML) and the Association for Coastal Conservation of Mozambique (ACCM), have moved a step forward to protect the reef of this beautiful coastline. In Zavora the reefs are pristine, the diving is quite exclusive and the number of divers still low – to keep the reef healthy, they are enforcing a new diving policy – The Care For Marine Life Statement – created on the basis of ZML’s ‘diver impact’ research which showed that divers commonly contact the substrate (87,1% of the time). The largest single cause of contact was by fins (47,1%) followed by hands (39,1%).
With this in mind, they have put in place some basic rules (no gloves, no touching, no collecting, no dangling gauges, etc.) and a fun way to remind divers about their impacts – the ‘fish police’ card. Divers are informed about the rules prior todiving, but if he/she breaks the rules and damages the reef, after the first warning by the ‘fish police’, the dive might be cancelled by this fun and conservationist fish! The divers will be monitored by the Zavora Marine Lab team, and they are hoping that the results from the next diver impact period will show more promising results.
NAUI green diver INITIATIVE
Formed by the National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI Worldwide), in association with the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, the Green Diver Initiative is an online community dedicated to the principles espoused in the Green Diver P.A.C.T. (Practising Aquatic Conservation Together). The Green Diver
Initiative is intended to empower individuals who, through their initiative, discover how they can make a difference – no matter how seemingly insignificant. When shared with the community, the seemingly insignificant can add up to phenomenal impacts. Individual GDI members may be environmental activists or just beach walkers, but they share a common concern for the vitality of the aquatic world. Accept the challenge and
join the Green diver Initiative 28
now. Find out how others are making a difference and share your own discoveries – whether or not you are a certified diver. It is easy and free to join! Make the Green Diver Pact, create a personal profile, set up a personal Green Diver web page and start sharing your efforts today!
Mission statement: “To promote and encourage through purposeful activity the education of the general public to safely preserve and conserve the quality of our underwater environment.”
Motto: “Practicing Aquatic Conservation Together (P.A.C.T)” Green Divers believe that we can make a difference to actively protect and conserve our underwater world. This has nothing to do with ‘Agency’ affiliation. Anyone, anywhere in the world (whether a diver or not) can join – just by logging in and making the Green Diver Pact.
As a NAUI Green Diver, I will:
• Promote environmental awareness and help others see how aquatic ecosystems interrelate and how human actions can disrupt or preserve them.
• Practice and foster positive impact diving behaviour and minimal impact water skills.
• Model my own behaviour to be true to this pledge, including proper disposal of refuse and not taking souvenirs or molesting aquatic life.
• Help others to fine-tune their water skills to minimise damage to aquatic life.
• Promote aquatic conservation activities and continue my education through participation in such programmes.
• Look for opportunities to do little things that benefit the aquatic environment and share them with my fellow Green Divers so that together we can have a greater positive impact.
• Use my Green Diver log to keep track of the refuse that I remove from aquatic environments.
• Encourage others to become members of the Green Diver Initiative and strive to convince everyone to adopt the principles of green diving.
• Choose service providers who participate in the Green Diver Initiative and display the Green Diver Initiative logo. For more information, visit
www.nauisa.org
September/October 2011
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