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Friends and acquaintances on the north coast include some members
of this uniquely named dive club. I'm not a member but I do occasionally
participate in some of their boat trips and multi-day adventures.
This is "my" dive club in that it's the first club I joined, the
first (and only) dive club I've served as President and Newsletter Editor.
Right now, I'm enjoying being just "one of the members."
I joined the San Francisco Reef Divers in 1998 after having
gotten to know a couple of their members during the SB463 legislative process.
They put together great club outtings: day trips on central California dive
boats, multi-day trips on southern California dive boats, kayak camping trips,
ski trips in the winter, and so on.
SeaWatch sprang out of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of Manta
Rays at San Benedicto Island in 1994. This tragic story led to the formation of
SeaWatch and its successful effort to have the waters within 1 mile of the
islands of Mexico's Revillagigedos Archipelego put off limits to all commercial
fishing.
The Sonoma County Abalone Network is an organization I got
involved with during the Van Howard Johnson poaching trials in 1995 and 1996.
For the first 10 years of it's existence, I've was SCAN's Vice-President and,
in 2005, took over from George Lawry as President.
This organization is working to change the story of the Moskito Coast native divers. It's a hell
of a story if you're not already aware of it. |
