Boats with Marine Park permits

[RockiesFan]

Scubaboard is such a relatively small audience compared to the number of annual visitors to the island. Is there any sort of local campaign to ensure tourists are being informed?

 

[CajunDiva]

Really good idea. That's an area where Cozumel dive ops...collectively...could have a voice.

 

[MMM]

Do you mean the owner? Because some of these boats are rented out to multiple dive operators.

In addition, the ownership names might be different from that of the operating dive shop, even if owned by one and the same. I know the guy I dive with is incorporated under a different name than the name of the dive shop. The former is probably the name that would appear as the registered owner of the boat and that would be pretty meaningless to most people. I only know it because it's what comes up on my receipt when I use my credit card.

I'd also wish they'd add a column listing the operator name along with the vessel name.

 

[Christi]

Appreciate the list - I personally wouldn't like to support people playing outside the rules. One question though, what is the "trip" column? How many trips per day?

I'd also wish they'd add a column listing the operator name along with the vessel name.

Also - thank you for the information you always provide on Cozumel diving

Thank you Chuck. "Trip" refers to tripulacion a/k/a Crew

Yes, a column with the operator name (by commercial name) would be nice. I have been working to match up a list of boats with shop names for another awareness project we are working on.

As I've said (I think in every post) - we (our Aquatic Sports Association ANOAAT Cozumel) have many things in the pipeline. Some are in process already but i's all a process.

 

[ggunn]

No one is disputing her valuable contributions to keeping people informed. I just wish she were more receptive to tangential concerns since they are all interrelated.

Like anyone else, Christi is free to respond, or not, to any post on this forum for any reason she wants.

 

[Damselfish]

She does have a business to run.

 

[scubafanatic]

Scubaboard is such a relatively small audience compared to the number of annual visitors to the island. Is there any sort of local campaign to ensure tourists are being informed?

I suspect the Scubaboard audience may be larger than you think, not for routine visitors to Cozumel but for Scuba Divers to Cozumel. I suspect there are Tons of 'lurkers' here on the board. I say this because I never cease to be amazed at the number of times there's a scuba accident/death discussed here on the board which almost immediately draws in friends/family members of the deceased to discuss/protest/complain on or about the deceased accident/incident thread who have never posted before otherwise but somehow they are immediately informed about the thread discussion/controversy and start posting 'out of the blue'!

 

[RhodeDiver]

Kind of like immigration laws - you're welcome, you just have to do it legally.

But then again there is a large portion of people that think everyone should be welcome legal or not.

And some ops don't own any...

You might be able to negotiate better rates with these ops.

What are the consequences to the tourists of using unlicensed ops? Was the boat that sank back in January (the Royal Caribbean excursion) a licensed boat?

 

[cvchief]

I suppose it is also your responsibility, as a tourist, to confirm your dive boat isn't a counterfeit dive boat, that is just happening to use the same name as a legal dive boat, based on the master list of legal boats.

Gee, no one would do that....

 

[diversteve]

but somehow they are immediately informed about the thread discussion/controversy and start posting 'out of the blue'!

It's called Google...we let them index everything except the Surface Interval and the private forums.