Marine Knife
North Vancouver liquor store robbed at knifepoint
Police are on the hunt for two men they say robbed a North Vancouver liquor store Tuesday.
In the modern world, few marine locations offer healthy reefs and wonderful dive vacations without some form of organised protection. Most scuba divers are passionate about conserving these treasures for future generations, and I feel it is important to highlight the good work that is being done to protect the marine environments in popular diving destinations.
Coral reefs are an essential element of the marine ecosystem and are under threat, primarily from climate change and unsustainable fishing methods. They support the web of underwater life and their destruction means disaster for populations of fish as well as the humans that depend on them.
Insufficient food, the collapse of the lucrative tourist industry (increasing poverty) and land erosion are some of the consequences for local human societies.
What Can be Done to Safeguard Coral Reefs?
Creating protected areas and national marine parks shows how local communities can get involved and benefit from preserving their marine resources. Governmental bodies need to be involved to ensure long-term planning and enforcement of protective policies. With strong government, NGO support and willing local participation, these areas really can flourish and provide sustainable, continuing returns for the oceans as well as local people.
The Benefits that Accrue from Marine Reserves
The creation of marine protected areas is bearing fruit. Reefs are recovering, alternative livelihoods are being forged by locals once involved in destructive fishing practices, and tourism income is being ensured on a longer term basis in areas that seemed destined for a quick and permanent decline. Education of local populations and their children is creating more informed and in-touch coastal communities who understand and respect the fragility of their environment.
Recreational diving vacations can go hand-in-hand with conservation efforts. Divers taking a scuba vacation in these areas bring in revenue which is used to further fund preservation programmes, help with clean-ups of beaches and waters, provide for the rehabilitation of reefs and mangrove plantations, implement patrols of the region and help with the enforcement of poaching bans.
I hope you feel encouraged you to support marine protected areas by visiting them on a regular basis and getting involved where you can. Your tourism dollars are essential to the local economies you visit. If you dive conscientiously, with sensitivity, and contribute to the local community by paying a conservation fee, then your vacation has been wholly positive and you are playing a vital role in ensuring the well-being of the destination.
Gavin Macaulay is Marketing Director of Dive The World which aims to help divers find the perfect scuba diving holiday in some of the world's most exciting dive destinations. He offers opinions and advice on diving related topics based on his own experiences.
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