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"REEF CLEAN UP ** NEW ** 11 Nov 2005
Around 40 professional divers and 4 boats are being used to clean up the reef post-Wilma, says Por Esto! newspaper today. Robert Cudney Bueno, Director of Cozumel's Marine Park, said that although there was obvious damage from the hurricane, the coral eco-system continues to function well and diverse marine life is still abundant.
The divers come from a range of dive businesses that are working together to clean debris from the reef and ocean floor. Starting early in the morning, they will continue cleaning for another week under the direction of Martín Gaspar Aguilar Pereira, owner of Dive White Martín, said the Mexican paper."
http://www.poresto.com.mx/index.php?ID=50124
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By Genny Martín Rivero
COZUMEL, 10 of November. - From very early hour in four boats, near 40 divers they left to the sea with the purpose of cleaning the sweepings of the arrecifales areas that I leave the hurricane "Wilma", same that removed more than average ton from remainders. Meanwhile the Direction of the National Park Reefs of Cozumel said that in spite of the evident damage that it caused the phenomenon, the coralline ecosystem continues being functional, since was abundant and diverse marine life.
The morning of this Thursday, being around the 08:00 hours, near 40 divers of diverse houses of diving, that previously were summoned by the store Dive White Martín, property of Martín Gaspar Aguilar Pereira, put to sea to dive and to remove the sweepings that exists sailor at heart, same that left the hurricane "Wilma".
In such a way that they went distributed in four boats and when arriving at the arrecifales zones of Dzul-Ha, Torments, Chankanaab, among others, put to dive during four hours and average and between all they managed to remove more than average ton from remainders between playeras, woods, tubes of drainage, stony material, bottles, plastics, et cetera.
Near 40 divers they will be until the next Saturday cleaning the reefs and according to the information that they provide to him to Martín Aguilar, another equal amount of workers of the sea would be contracted, with one pays of 15 dollars per day, this as a form to support to which they do not count at the moment on a use.
In such a way that the action that is carrying out east industralist is in order that, when begins to arrive the tourists and goes to dive, sees a clean reef and can enjoy the wonders of the marine bottom, since otherwise they would only see remainders that the hurricane left.
On the other hand, the Director of the National Park Reefs of Cozumel, Robert Good Cudney, expressed that in spite of the damages that left their step "Wilma" in the arrecifal zone of the island, according to a monitoreo, could state that the coralline ecosystem diverse account with and abundant marine life.
He mentioned that measures are due to take from precaution to promote the natural recovery, before that, officially from the 14 of November will open the natural park to the recreational aquatic activities, but will be prohibited all type of action in reefs of Yucab, low Paradise, Tormentos and Chankanaab.
He added that the results of the monitoreo conducted by the equipment of the institution, indicate more that, subsequent to the passage of "Emily" and "Wilma", the chorale cover was reduced of the 25 to the 11 percent, being affected the sponges from great size that diminished until in 5 percentage points.
It finalized asserting that "Wilma" caused on the one hand, the increase of substrate within the reef, which allowed that it left frees some zones, several meters of rock and in the open new caves in the South side where it is located Palancar and Colombia, before that exhort the lenders of services, users and public in general, who when they visit those places, they reduce the size of his groups and lengthen the intervals between such, to maintain a distance of three meters of the reef and the bottom, to assure all the equipment to avoid that it hangs and not to feed nor to harass the fish.
"REEF CLEAN UP ** NEW ** 11 Nov 2005
Around 40 professional divers and 4 boats are being used to clean up the reef post-Wilma, says Por Esto! newspaper today. Robert Cudney Bueno, Director of Cozumel's Marine Park, said that although there was obvious damage from the hurricane, the coral eco-system continues to function well and diverse marine life is still abundant.
The divers come from a range of dive businesses that are working together to clean debris from the reef and ocean floor. Starting early in the morning, they will continue cleaning for another week under the direction of Martín Gaspar Aguilar Pereira, owner of Dive White Martín, said the Mexican paper."
http://www.poresto.com.mx/index.php?ID=50124
Here's the Google translation of the article:
By Genny Martín Rivero
COZUMEL, 10 of November. - From very early hour in four boats, near 40 divers they left to the sea with the purpose of cleaning the sweepings of the arrecifales areas that I leave the hurricane "Wilma", same that removed more than average ton from remainders. Meanwhile the Direction of the National Park Reefs of Cozumel said that in spite of the evident damage that it caused the phenomenon, the coralline ecosystem continues being functional, since was abundant and diverse marine life.
The morning of this Thursday, being around the 08:00 hours, near 40 divers of diverse houses of diving, that previously were summoned by the store Dive White Martín, property of Martín Gaspar Aguilar Pereira, put to sea to dive and to remove the sweepings that exists sailor at heart, same that left the hurricane "Wilma".
In such a way that they went distributed in four boats and when arriving at the arrecifales zones of Dzul-Ha, Torments, Chankanaab, among others, put to dive during four hours and average and between all they managed to remove more than average ton from remainders between playeras, woods, tubes of drainage, stony material, bottles, plastics, et cetera.
Near 40 divers they will be until the next Saturday cleaning the reefs and according to the information that they provide to him to Martín Aguilar, another equal amount of workers of the sea would be contracted, with one pays of 15 dollars per day, this as a form to support to which they do not count at the moment on a use.
In such a way that the action that is carrying out east industralist is in order that, when begins to arrive the tourists and goes to dive, sees a clean reef and can enjoy the wonders of the marine bottom, since otherwise they would only see remainders that the hurricane left.
On the other hand, the Director of the National Park Reefs of Cozumel, Robert Good Cudney, expressed that in spite of the damages that left their step "Wilma" in the arrecifal zone of the island, according to a monitoreo, could state that the coralline ecosystem diverse account with and abundant marine life.
He mentioned that measures are due to take from precaution to promote the natural recovery, before that, officially from the 14 of November will open the natural park to the recreational aquatic activities, but will be prohibited all type of action in reefs of Yucab, low Paradise, Tormentos and Chankanaab.
He added that the results of the monitoreo conducted by the equipment of the institution, indicate more that, subsequent to the passage of "Emily" and "Wilma", the chorale cover was reduced of the 25 to the 11 percent, being affected the sponges from great size that diminished until in 5 percentage points.
It finalized asserting that "Wilma" caused on the one hand, the increase of substrate within the reef, which allowed that it left frees some zones, several meters of rock and in the open new caves in the South side where it is located Palancar and Colombia, before that exhort the lenders of services, users and public in general, who when they visit those places, they reduce the size of his groups and lengthen the intervals between such, to maintain a distance of three meters of the reef and the bottom, to assure all the equipment to avoid that it hangs and not to feed nor to harass the fish.
