"UNDERWATER FLORA & FAUNA"
Even the first time scuba diver will experience the wonders of the underwater world, since all the dive sites chosen, have an excellent selection of Mediterranean aquatic life, as well as spectacular topography:
A brief gallery of some of the sights to be seen during dives:
Anemones, sponges, worms, sea cucumbers, hard corals, algae, mermaid’s cup, sea urchins, sea stars, brittle stars
Octopi, squid, lobsters, fireworms, flatworms, fan mussel,
Sea bream, groupers, damsel fish, combers, wrasses, gold line, cardinal fish, mullet, gunards, scorpion fish, weaver fish, morays, monk fish, blennies, gobies, brill and if lucky dolphins. |
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Both student and certified divers are continually made aware of the problems associated with sea pollution and are encouraged on all dives to collect whatever trash they can find on the seabed, so long as they do not endanger or harm themselves.
Aqua Divers Club is a strong supporter of PADI’s Project Aware “ Aquatic World Awareness, Responsibility and Education” and undertakes a number of beach and underwater clean ups during the year.
These clean ups are co-ordinated with local schools, municipalities and port police in order to reach the largest possible audience and create increased awareness about the aquatic world
Aqua Divers Club is an active participant in the annual world wide International Clean Up Day and participated in the International Environmental Day Clean Up on June 5 th 2004 as part of the celebrations that took place during the Athens Olympic Games 2004. This event was sponsored by the United Nations, the Athens Municipality and the Athens Environmental Foundation. Jean Michel Cousteau was actively involved in this event and led a team of divers.
Special Courses that are available to current and future underwater ecologists:
PADI Project Aware.
PADI Project Aware Kids:
Death in the Mediterranean
Alexandros Frantzis, a famous Greek underwater photographer and biologist, summarized the situation with these words.
“The maintenance of Nature’s b alance and harmony is a much more anthropocentric problem than we care to believe. Only man feels and is conscious of the beauty, grandeur and worth of the underwater world. No animal, fish or plant on the planet has this privilege.
And yet we, who are the species the most mature in mind and spirit, destroy those things that we alone are capable of appreciating. If there was an observer out there to see us, he would be astonished by the choices we make. With what logic could these be explained?
There is no such observer and no one will judge our mistakes, and in the same way, no one will help us overcome the consequences. The responsibility for the conservation of this paradise, is ours exclusively, it lies within ourselves. There is still time.
……..is there wisdom?” |
