Greetings!
Aquarians this Year 2011 don't forget the Coral Restoration Foundations Dives to support our ecosystem for generations to come. Choose your dive dates today. Space is limited to 20 divers. Dive with the Florida Marine Aquarium Society one of the oldest Marine Aquarium Society's in North America. FMAS in conjunction with AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY will be having a special dive event at the CRF dive site in Key Largo, Florida. During this event, FMAS will be planting aqua-cultured corals from the CRF site onto a specific location at Molasses Reef. This location will be designated the "Florida Marine Aquarium Society Reef". This will be the first event of its type to take place in the Florida Keys.
Diving at the Coral Restoration Foundations aqua-culture coral Key Largo Site is FMAS Diver Pedro Riera pictured above. After completing the morning presentation by Ken Nedimyer, President of CRF divers like Pedro Riera participated in efforts to preserve the aqua-cultured coral site, and later on the second dive plant frags to repopulate coral reefs.
Thank YOU,
AQUANAUTS is offering these exclusive specialty courses throughout the month. Take advantage of the most beautiful dive locations within the United States; the most thoroughly developed training for certification; the best opportunities for NEW specialties; and the most professionally taught classes. Courses are conducted as requested or scheduled as SOM for your convenience. Come dive with us at AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY and explore what ALL South Florida Diving has to offer!
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CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION FLORIDA
Florida Marine Aquarium Society - Ecologist & Conservationalist |
FMAS Local Dive Trips will be ongoing to promote fun active membership to support local conservation and ecosystem restoration. Conducted monthly aboard different vessels going to different sites for coral reef and marine life surveys. Pre-registration is required! Also CRF Training / Keys Dive Trips along with Fragging & Planting will be ongoing in the marine sanctuary of Key Largo, FL. FMAS Aquarians don't miss out on our specail guest speaker Ken Nedimyer conducting the CRF presention on location during our General Meeting (TBA). All registered FMAS Members this will be your exclusive pass to go straight to the boat and conduct the coral restoration dives! Pre-registration is required! Discount% on SCUBA Rental Equipment $25 FMAS Member through AQUANAUTS!
FMAS & CRF would like to invite you to join us for a one-day community-based volunteer program in honor of Eco-Week in Key Largo.
This will be held at Rainbow Reef Dive Center and will include our morning lecture and two afternoon dives. This is an opportunity for friends, family, and members to volunteer and support FMAS / CRF in our efforts to restore reefs in the Florida Keys. Please visit our homepage at www.fmas1955.org to become an FMAS member; or go to CRF www.coralrestoration.org for additional information for this program and future events.
 
Next Upcoming Dive Dates: Pre-registration to ALL Dive Trips is required NLT one month in advance! ONLY (20) seats available on each! [ALL Dive Boat Trip Ticket Include (2) Tanks & CRF Donation for $60.00pp ALL Rental Equipment $25.00pp FMAS Members]
RSVP today online to register at AQUANAUTS or 877-AQUA-TAG.
Staghorn and elkhorn corals are undersea architects, creating reef structures that support vast varieties of fish, sponges, lobsters and other marine creatures. Hit hard by disease, global warming and other stresses during the past 30 years, these corals have declined to a few isolated patches in the warm, sun-splashed waters that run from southern Palm Beach County to the islands of the Caribbean.
But beginning with a chance discovery off Key Largo, where staghorn coral was found growing in an undersea farm for commercial aquarium rock, scientists have begun raising these corals in offshore nurseries with the goal of transplanting them into the wild... (Excerpts from SunSentinel Newspaper)
Coral Restoration Education & Dive Excusions are conducted throughout the year with FMAS. Get involved, get certified and make change to benefit our world. Become a member of the oldest Marine Society established in 1955. *For more information contact www.FMAS1955.org
ADOPT - A - REEF PROGRAM:
Your patronage is vital to a sustainable ecosystem. Adopt-A-Reef program is designed to support and encourage conservation. Please help the growth of our organization through the Adopt-A-Reef Program.
RSVP today by contacting our Volunteer Coordinator or 877-AQUA-TAG.
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AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY
FLORIDA MARINE AQUARIUM SOCIETY - SCUBA CERTIFIED | |
FMAS Membership has its benefits... Aquarians take advantage of your membership and become SCUBA Certified! Get closer to what you love by diving into the lagest aquariums of the world. Dive in, blow bubbles, and "Submerge into an Aquatic Adventure" with the Florida Marine Aquarium Society to promote a healthy active membership. Exclusively Discounted% ONLY for the Florida Marine Aquarium Society. FMAS Membership is required prior to registration. All classroom activity will be conducted at South Plantation High School (FMAS general meeting room). Basic Open Water (BOW) courses for those Aquarians not yet SCUBA certified, and Advanced Open Water (AOW) courses for those Aquarians already SCUBA certified will be offered. Limited space is available in each class. Pre-registration is required one month prior to any course conduct!
Next Upcoming BOW Course Dates: [ALL BOW Courses Include ALL Materials & Equipment & CRF Donation for $300.00pp Exclusive to FMAS Members] Next Upcoming AOW Course Dates: [ALL AOW Courses Include ALL Materials & Equipment & CRF Donation for $300.00pp Exclusive to FMAS Members] RSVP today online to register at AQUANAUTS or 877-AQUA-TAG. |
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CORAL RESTORATION FOUNDATION FLORIDA
Florida Marine Aquarium Society - Adopt A Coral Program |
 
This year AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY with the support of the Florida Marine Aquarium Society will Adopt-A-Coral Program to benefit our Reefs. You too can adopt your own coral to care and observe its growth, and become an Ambassador of the Oceans. Find out more by going to clicking on the logo...
Adopt a staghorn nubbin cut from CRF brood stock and nurtured in the CRF nursery or adopt a staghorn colony transplanted from the nursery to one of the CRF reef restoration sites. Each adopter will receive a personalized certificate of adoption and photograph of a specific coral, and have immediate on-line access to photos and measurements. Adopters will be email notified of updates at least two times during the adoption year. The adopter may assign a personal on-line name to the adopted coral and will have access to a set of shareable links for inviting friends and family to watch the coral grow.
Activly participate while contributing... get involved through CRF Training / Keys Dive Trips to support healthy ecosystems while being a pro-active Amassador of the Oceans.
Next Upcoming Dive Dates: [ALL Dive Boat Trip Ticket Include (2) Tanks & CRF Donation for $60.00pp ALL Rental Equipment $25.00pp FMAS Members]
RSVP today online to register at AQUANAUTS or 877-AQUA-TAG. |
| About AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY | |
AQUANAUTS SCUBA ACADEMY provides top-notch Professional development and instruction for aquatic programs; corporate, public, disability and non-profit events; daily dive charters; the latest program technology; online equipment sales; online course scheduling and sales; great customer support; and prices that can't be beat! "Submerge into Aquatic Adventures"!
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| Lionfish Madness: |
Devistating Caribbean
Lionfish (Pterois Volitans) have been documented along the entire United States East Coast from Florida through Massachusetts, East to Bermuda and South throughout the Bahamas and in other Caribbean Islands such as Turks and Caicos and Cuba. The expansion has been extremely rapid and exponential in scope. We have seen some Lionfish have been located on the Captain Dan and Sea Emperor, also some divers have seen them off Boca Artificial Reef.
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| Lionfish Cook Book: |
Eat'em To Beat'em
Lionfish (Pterois Volitans)
This book is a unique blend of tantalizing recipes, background on the lionfish invasion and its impacts as well as information on how to safely catch handle and prepare the fish. Proceeds from the sale of this book will support REEF's marine conservation and lionfish research and removal programs.
For more information contact www.reef.org.
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FMAS DIVE LIASON
Aquarians if you have any special request as members for any specific SCUBA Specialty or simply any Dive activity or event, please contact your newly appointed Dive Liason Steve Velazquez. |
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!DISABLED DIVERS!
Dive enthusiast come join use on our next dive trip for Veterans and Civilians with disabilities to gain the opportunity to experience and enjoy freedom underwater. Dive Buddy volunteers; together with YOU bring Divers with Disabilities such as TBI (Traumatic Brain Injuries), Amputee, Blindness, Quadriplegia, Tourettes, Ceberal Palsy, and PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) to the beautiful reefs beneath the waves. Many people are SCUBA Diving and realizing the significance that freedom underwater makes in their lives both physically and pyschologically.
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Bahamas Cruise
This excursion rate is based on one couple at $299.00pp for (4) days / (3) nights to the sunny Paradise Island in Frreeport, Bahamas! However, reservations for others may be added. Space is limited for this exclusive AQUANAUTS premier package.
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| Dive Grand Cayman: |
May 06-13, 2011
Plunge into an exciting "Aquatic Adventure" vacation. Excursion dates: May 06-13 at a rate of $680.00pp 20% OFF for Early Registration for seven nights to sunny Paradise Island in Grand Cayman! Space is limited for this exclusive AQUANAUTS premier package. Morritt's Tourtuga Club Resort is a beautiful beachside vacation home consisting of only two couples a maximum occupancy of (4) with (4) private. Check-in is at 3:00pm and check-out is at 11:00am with round-trip transportation provided to and from airport to hotel. RSVP today online at... |
| Dive Bahamas: |
June 21-28, 2011
Plunge into an exciting "Aquatic Adventure" vacation. Excursion dates: June 21-28 at a rate of $1880.00pp 20% OFF for Early Registration for seven nights to sunny Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas! Space is limited for this exclusive AQUANAUTS premier package. Blue Water Resort at Guanahani Village is a three story villa will consist of only a maximum occupancy of (8) with (3) private. Check-in is at 3:00pm and check-out is at 11:00am with round-trip Escalade Stretched Limousine transportation provided to and from airport to hotel. RSVP today online at... |
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SCUBA DISCOUNTS%
Go Dive More! Purchase quality Dive Gear at bottom line prices. ONLY available through this promotion! Purchase online today at... |
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