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SPECIALTY CRUISES SCHEDULED FOR 2005 |
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Aqua Cat, Blackbeard's and Cat Ppalu Cruises offer specialty cruises to our passengers on a regular basis. Our belief that the ocean and the entire marine world of creatures is worth every effort to save is unwavering. We actively promote and support programs that are geared towards this goal. We have helped fund and worked with University of Miami's Tom Capo. Tom has conducted research on the plight of the Diadema Antillarum. Tom Wood with George Mason University also leads research trips in the Exuma Cays. REEF Foundation also benefits from our strong belief in saving the reefs. Dedicated charters are scheduled to teach REEF to passengers. The fish surveys our passengers and crew submit to REEF are vital to their cause. Fifteen years later, we are still dedicated to the Mooring Program instituted by the Bahamas Diving Association. Underwater drills are used to install mooring pins on popular sites to avoid damage from anchoring on delicate reefs. The maintenance of existing mooring buoys and the installation of new pins is an ongoing project. Working trips are scheduled periodically inviting passengers to participate in the process. Diving with a purpose is something special and renews one's love of the sport! |
DIADEMA RELOCATION TRIPS |
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The Cat Ppalu sleeps up to 12 passengers in 6 private cabins. Boarding is in Nassau at noon on Saturdays. Our casual yet comfortable vessel makes the perfect classroom/lab! Click here for a full report on the research. Check out the dates below and make a date to make a difference! July 23-29, 2005 $1,295.00
per person double occupancy If any of
these dates don't work for you, join our
VIP mailing list and get first
dibs on future specialty trips! Enjoy the company of other like minded divers on this
weeklong trip to the Exumas....an area of the Bahamas worth working
for! |
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Passengers that sign on to our Diadema relocation trips will be rewarded
with an experience that includes active participation, education, and
the camaraderie of other like minded individuals. While aboard the
Cat Ppalu, you will participate in the research and collection process. Join our trained staff and
volunteers on collection missions each day. Passengers will also collect data, conduct counts and aid in the
movement of the urchins. Spiny Sea Urchins are voracious eaters of
algae- the same algae that is overtaking the coral of many reefs
in the Caribbean. They are night crawlers that come out to forage
and literally vacuum the reefs of unwanted algae. For this reason,
collection is done mainly on dusk and night dives. Relocation is
done either that same night or the first dive of the next morning.
Reefs with diadema are faring much better than those with low to no
population. The results are astounding! 
