Posted by Kevin on August 10, 2001 at 15:32:55:
In Reply to: Re: Shipwreck Legislation posted by CalAbDiver on August 10, 2001 at 14:55:08:
CalAbDivr wrote: i did not see where PADI or NAUI or YMCA or SSI or IANTD or TDI commented or were asked to comment.
You are a member of PADI, right ? Well, check out their website:
http://www.padi.com/aware/respectwrecks
They even have a link to the UNESCO Authority Addresses in the lower left hand corner.
PADI is supporting legislation that hurts all of us.
First spearfishing, then wreck diving, what's next ?
Karl, are you aware that the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary damn near eliminated SCUBA diving in some zones ?
Some tree hugging eco fascist federal biologist determined that divers were impacting the kelp.
I don't know about you, but I consider myself a little higher up on the scale of importance than seaweed. ( Assuming there ever was "diver impact" on the kelp.)
Kevin