Project AWARE Foundation announces Environmental Achievement Award Recipients.

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

Project AWARE ECO Operators

Project AWARE ECO Operators provide customers with experiences that enhance visitor awareness, appreciation and understanding of the environment. ECO Operators also demonstrate a commitment to conservation. The following list of ECO Operators are committed to sustainable business practices and pledge to follow the ECO Operator guidelines.

3D Adventures - QLD, Australia
100 Degrees East Diving - Koh Samui, Thailand
A Deep Blue Dive Center - Key Colony, Florida, USA
Absolute Scuba Bali - Indonesia
Action Scuba Inc. - Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada
Aggressor Fleets - International
Aqua Samoa Watersports - Samoa
Air Down There Scuba – Little Canada, Minnesota, USA
Albany Dive - Western Australia
Anchor Dive Center - St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Andaman Scuba - Phuket, Thailand
Anse Chastanet Resort & Scuba St. Lucia - St. Lucia
Aquaventures PNG Ltd. - Papua New Guinea
AquaMarine Diving - Bali, Indonesia
Aqua Plein Air - Ste. Thérèse, Québec, Canada
Aqua Safari - Cozumel, Mexico
Aquaterra Adventures - Singapore
Aquatic Adventures - Glen Iris, Australia
Aquatours Buceo, Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Asia Diver - Puerto Galera, Phillippines
Asian Dive Tours - Okinawa, Japan
Atlantis - Puerto Galera, Phillippines
AW Redcliffe Dive Centre - Kippa Ring, Queensland, Australia
B & J Diving Centre - Tioman, Malaysia
Bali Crystal Divers - Indonesia
Banana Coast Divers - NSW Australia
Bay Island College of Diving - Utila, Honduras
B B Divers - Thailand
Beaches Boscobel Resort and Golf Club - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Beaches Negril Resort & Spa - Negril, Jamaica
Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa - Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
Bell Scuba - Australia
Big Blue Diving Resort - Thailand
Black Tip Diving - Koh Tao, Thailand
Blue Divers - South Korea
Blue Island Divers - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
Bottom Time Hawaii - Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA
Bounotu Diving Service - Japan
C C Divers - South Korea
C and J Sports - Eureka, Arkansas, USA
California Dive Center - San Bruno, California, USA
Calypso Dive - Australia
Calypso Diving - Thailand
Captain Don's Habitat - Bonaire
Caribbean Images LLC - Puerto Rico
Claumar - São Paulo, Brasil
Cook Island Divers - Cook Islands
Coral Sky Divers - Perhentian Islands, Malaysia
Couples Negril - Negril, Westmoreland, Jamaica
Couples Swept Away - Negril, Jamaica
Crocodive - Ojochal OSA Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Croisieres Aventures & Scuba Intl. Inc. - St. Julie, Québec, Canada
Darwin Dive Centre - NT, Australia
Deep Blue Adventures - San Antonio, Texas, USA
Deep Blue Divers - Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras
Deep Blue Scuba Pte. Ltd. - Singapore
Deep Scuba Centre - QLD, Australia
Deep Sea Divers Den - QLD, Australia
Dive Atlantis - Singapore
Dive Centre Manly - NSW
Dive Gizo Adventure Sports - Solomon Islands
Dive Kaikoura - New Zealand
Dive Newfoundland - St. John's, NL, Canada
Dive Nomad - Queensland, Australia
Dive Nuts, Korea
Dive Tropex Tokoriki - Fiji
Dive! Tutukaka - New Zealand
Divingmania Centro de Buceo - San Jose, Costa Rica
Diving Planet - Cartegena, Colombia
Diving Safaris - Playadelcoco, Guancaste, Costa Rica
Diving the Gold Coast - QLD, Australia
Diving with Larry & Sherry Baldwin - Dallas, Texas, USA
Dragonet Diving - Malaysia
Easy Diver - Koh Samui, Thailand
Eco Dive Center - Culver City, California, USA
Eco-Divers - Tioman, Malaysia
Eco Scuba - Korea
EcoSea Dive and Adventure - Cambodia
El Nido Resorts - Philippines
Everleisure - South Korea
Fish Rock Dive Centre - NSW Australia
Geko Dive - Indonesia
Go Deep Scuba - New Zealand
Go Diving – South Korea
Guadalajara Dive College - Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
Gull Dive Center - Missoula, Montana, USA
Harbour Dive - VIC, Australia
Haad Yao Divers - Thailand
Hideaway Island Resort - Vanuatu
Horizon Divers - Key Largo, Florida, USA
Indian Valley Scuba - Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Island Adventures Scuba - Coronation, Alberta, Canada
Island Dive Club - Koh Tao, Thailand
Island Divers - Denton, Texas, USA
Jack's Diving Locker, Kailua Kona, HI, USA
Jetty Dive Centre - Australia
Ju Kung Dive - Bali
Kontiki - Krabi, Thailand
Kontiki - Lanta, Thailand
Kosrae Village Ecolodge - Kosrae, Micronesia
L’Aventure Dive Centre - Fiji
Lagoon Safaris - New Caledonia
Lanka Sportreizen - Sri Lanka
Lissenung Diving - Papua New Guinea
Malapascua Exotic Island Dive Resort - Philippines
Marine Master - South Korea
Matava - The Astrolabe Hideaway; Kadavu, Fiji Islands
Maururu Roa - Okinawa, Japan
M/V Oyster - Hurgada, Egypt
Mermaid’s Dive Centre - Thailand
Micronesia Grand Tour – Lelu, Kosrae, Micronesia
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions - Cairns, QLD, Australia
Mimpi Indah Resort - Indonesia
NB Divers - South Korea
Neptune Diving Adventures - Philippines
New Horizon Sail & Dive - QLD, Australia
New Way Diving - Thailand
New Zealand Sea Adventures - Nsew Zealand
Noma Dive - South Korea
Northwest Scuba Ventures Ltd. - Edmonton, AB, Canada
Ocean Adventures Dive Co. - Venice, California, USA
Ocean Concepts - Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Ocean Elements - Malaysia
Oceans Unlimited - Quepos, Costa Rica
Ocotal Beach Resort - Ocotal Beach, Costa Rica
Odyssey Expeditions Corp. - Crystal River, Florida, USA
OZ Sail - QLD, Australia
Palm Beach Divers, Koh Lanta, Thailand
Paranbada - South Korea
Peggy Goldberg's Golden Images & Guided Tours - Citra, Florida, USA
Pelican Adventures, Tours & Watersports - Aruba
Perth Scuba - WA, Australia
Pleasure Divers - Australia
Plunge In Sydney Harbour - NSW
Pro Dive Cairns - Australia
Pro Diver - Escuela Profesional de Buceo, San Cristobal, Guatemala
Phuket Scuba Club - Phuket, Thailand
Punta Cana Dive Center - Dominican Republic
Rainbow Divers - Vietnam
Redcliffe Dive Centre - QLD, Australia
Red Sail Sports - Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Red Sea Diving College - Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Red Sea Waterworld - Taba, Egypt
Remote Area Dive - QLD, Australia
Remote Area Dive - Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Rockingham Senior High School - Australia
S 2 Dive - QLD Australia
Sailing Club Divers - Vietnam
Sandals Grande Ocho Rios Beach & Villa Resort - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Sandals Grande St. Lucia Spa & Beach Resort - St. Lucia
Sandals Regency St. Lucia Golf Resort & Spa - St. Lucia
Sandals Montego Bay - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Sandals Royal Bahamian - Nassau, Bahamas
Sandals Royal Caribbean - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Savedra Dive Centre - Philippines
Scuba Cat - Phuket, Thailand
Scuba Cancun - Cancun, Mexico
Scuba Connection - Singapore
Scuba Du - Cozumel, Mexico
Scuba Du Mergulho E Aventura - Brasil
Scuba Dynamics - Malaysia
Scuba Emporium Florida - Lauderhill, FL, USA
Scuba Emporium Illinois - Orland Park, IL, USA
Scubafish - Thailand
Scuba Hub - Singapore
Scuba Joe Dive and Travel Center - Boulder, Colorado, USA
Scuba Nation D C - Cambodia
Scotty’s Dive Centre - Philippines
Sea Bees Diving - Phuket, Thailand
Sea Explorers - Siquijor, Philippines
Sea World Busan - South Korea
Seahounds - Singapore
Seatasea Watersports Center - Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
Silent Divers - Koh Samui, Thailand
Sipadan Scuba - Malaysia
Solomon Watersports Ltd. - Solomon Islands
Splash HK - Hong Kong
Squalo Divers - Valencia, Venezuela
Stuart Cove’s Aqua Adventures - Nassau, Bahamas
Subsurface Fiji - Fiji Islands
Sundive - NSW, Australia
Sunken Treasure Scuba Center - Jersey Shore, PA, USA
Sunny Cove Dive Centre - Singapore
Sunreef Scuba Diving Services - QLD, Australia
Sunshine Divers - Thailand
Tairua Dive - New Zealand
Taka Dive Adventures - Cairns, Australia
TD Scuba - Lee’s Summit, MO, USA
Tech Dive Academy - Australia
Thailand Diving - Pattaya, Thailand
The Cortez Club Ltd. - La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
The Dive Academy - Koh Samui, Thailand
Tioman Dive Center – Pulau Tioman, Malaysia
Tropical Island Adventures - Cebu, Philippines
Tui Tai Adventure Cruises - Fiji Islands
U dive - Utila, Bay Islands, Honduras
Undersea Explorer - QLD, Australia
Underwater Centre - Seychelles
Underwater Sports - SA, Australia
United Divers - NSW Australia
Utila Dive Center - Utila, Honduras
Vaughani Shores - Vanuatu
Vila Ombak Diving Academy - Lombok, Indonesia
Visa Diving Centre - Thailand
Y-KIKI Divers - Creve Coeur, MO, USA

Dive professionals committed to conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action can request Project AWARE Foundation's ECO Operator and Environmental Achievement Award applications at information@projectaware.org. Applications are due by
15 November of each year and awards are issued during the first quarter of the following year.