Global Dive Operators Receive Environmental Honors

Project AWARE Foundation announces Environmental Achievement Award Recipients 2007.

Project AWARE Foundation honors dive operators around the world who display commitment and excellence in their efforts to protect underwater environments within business operations and their community.

Project AWARE Foundation Chairman, Dr.Drew Richardson recognizes the importance of the scuba diving community taking its part on protection of global ecosystems. “The Environment Achievement Award is about rewarding vision, excellence and pursuit of conservation. More importantly, this award ensures the enjoyment of underwater environments for future generations," states Richardson.

The following Environmental Achievement Award recipients for 2007 operate in an environmentally responsible manner and demonstrate an outstanding commitment to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action.

Project AWARE Environmental Achievement Award 2007 Recipients include:

AW Redcliffe Dive Centre – Queensland, Australia
Adventure Sports – Dive Gizo – Solomon Islands
Air Down There Scuba – Minnesota, USA
Aqua Plein Air – Quebec, Canada
Aquaventures PNG – Papua New Guinea
B & J Diving Centre – Malaysia
Blue Island Divers – US Virgin Islands
Buccaneer Diving – Kenya
Calypso Dive – Queensland, Australia
Deep Sea Divers Den – Queensland, Australia
Dive Tropex Tokoriki – Fiji
Dive! Tutukaka – New Zealand
Eco Dive Center – California, USA
Eco Scuba – South Korea
Go Deep Scuba – New Zealand
Guadalajara Dive College – Jalisco, Mexico
Island Divers – Texas, USA
Kon Tiki Krabi – Thailand
Kon Tiki Lanta – Thailand
Malapascua Exotic Island – Philippines
Marine Master – South Korea
Mermaids Dive Centre – Thailand
NB Divers – South Korea
Narima Diving – Thailand
New Zealand Sea Adventures – New Zealand
Noma Dive – South Korea
Ocean First Divers – Colorado, USA
Oceans Unlimited – Costa Rica
Ocotal Beach Resort – Costa Rica
Odyssey Expeditions – Florida, USA
Plunge Diving - New South Wales, Australia
Red Sea Diving College – Egypt
Remote Area Dive – Queensland, Australia
Scotty’s Dive Centre - Philippines
Scubafish – Thailand
Seatasea Watersports Center – Iowa, USA
Sipidan Scuba – Malaysia
Society for Environmental Exploration – England
Subsurface Fiji – Fiji
Taka Dive Adventures – Queensland, Australia
Undersea Explorer – Queensland, Australia
Utila Dive Centre – Honduras