Which means.... ?They don’t have the boats for it.
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Which means.... ?They don’t have the boats for it.
Which means.... ?
At least the dive ops will be lowering their prices since they will save so much in fuel.
How do you know that? Maybe the official announcement will confirm exactly what has been put out? In any event, what is the tangible harm in discussing it? If the official announcement contains some significant different version then the discussion will adjust. Censorship and suppression of discussion is never in the best interests of the community.
I think the thread is appropriate as it potentially affects us all. Even the possibility of it happening is important to discuss. Even without all the yelling
Yes, Discussion is of course, fair - but sadly so much misinformation takes place when you don't have all the information to begin with - real facts will be forthcoming after the meeting (possibly meetings). Everything right now is assumption and conjecture. I am sure Christi, Dave or another member of ANOAAT will be sharing as soon as possible. I would imagine nothing final will be decided in just a few days. I don't consider it censorship to hold off until the meeting to wait for the facts. Sometimes things change rapidly.
Damn those pesky facts.
As far as the cruise ships - YES - in total agreement. The elephant in the room.
Just look at the example Carnival Cruise Line just made this past June. They had already paid a $40 million fine and were put on 5 years probation in 2016, for illegal waste dumping, using secret bypass valves which dumped oil and waste all around the world. Then, getting busted again for the same thing in 2019 and taking a settlement with a small slap on the wrist for $20 million after breaking their probation. Many people thought that was amazing, but few realized the fine was a pittance, considering they bring in well over $17 billion a year.
Ironic that their business is pretty much made on "selling the environment" - and yet they are basically destroying it. Just look at the many cities in various ports of call - filing complains about air and water pollution. "Cruise ships burn huge amounts of fossil fuel, creating water, air and noise pollution, and severely affect the marine ecosystem."
In my version of a perfect world, Cozumel would finally come to their senses and do everything they can to turn the entire island into an eco-sanctuary...making their main economy eco-tourism and diving and bringing money back to the people of the island.
One can dream, can't they?
Exactly. Don’t know if they were implying the dive shops don’t have enough boats to go there and go to the southern sites or if their boats are somehow not equipped to go there.
and it also acknowledges that the diving industry has the LEAST impact on the stress on the reefs.
Lack of enforcement and mismanagement has caused the 50+ illegal operators to continue. Those of you who dive with illegal ops (no park permits and/or not a registered business [cash only is a good hint that they aren’t paying taxes and we’ll as low priced], and those who Allow clients to carry spears) have contributed to this blanket “punishment”.
To start with I totally agree with Gordon! This ban on diving these areas will do absolutely nothing to help the reefs in Cozumel.
First, I have been keeping up with the coral issues in Cozumel and Florida ever since my last visit to Cozumel in March of this year. We dove a lot of sites but I was saddened to see the amount of damage done to El Islote and a few other sites. Apparently this is a very hard thing to diagnose due to micro changes in water temperature and trying to isolate small particles of chemicals in the water. Basically the reefs are very fragile and things that humans are doing are damaging them. I'm not sure if people have seen the article that was published a few months ago by researchers but they finally figured out what was going on in Florida. You can find other links that talk about this more in-depth but climate change, nitrogen getting into the water from over fertilizing, etc are some of the main issues affecting the reefs. Where have we heard this before? Look no further than the sargassum. Same issue here!
We finally know why Florida’s coral reefs are dying, and it’s not just climate change - The Washington Post...