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Mission: "To protect and conserve coral reefs by establishing and implementing environmentally friendly guidelines to promote a sustainable diving tourism industry."
1. Adopt Green Fins mission statement.
2. Display adopted Green Fins agreement for dive operators.
3. Adhere to Green Fins ‘Friendly Diving and Snorkeling Guidelines’ and act as responsible role model guest.
4. Participate in regular underwater cleanups at dive operator selected sites.
5. Participate in the development and implementation of a mooring buoy program, and actively use moorings, drift or hand place anchors for boats.
6. Prohibit the sale of corals and other marine life at the dive operation.
7. Participate in regular coral reef monitoring, and report coral reef monitoring data to a regional coral reef database.
8. Provide adequate garbage facilities on board facility’s vessels and deal with responsibly.
9. Operate under a “minimum discharge” policy.
10. Abide by all local, regional, national and international environmental laws, regulations and customs.
11. Provide guests with an explanation of Green Fins ‘Friendly Diving and Snorkeling Guidelines’ in pre-dive briefings (UNEP Multilingual pre-dive briefing handouts, multimedia, posters, videos).
12. Provide training, briefings or literature for employees and guest regarding good environmental practices for snorkeling, diving, boating, marine wildlife interaction, and other recreation activities.
13. Provide staff and guests with public awareness and environmental materials (books, pamphlets, fish ID books, etc.).
14. Provide guests with information on local marine protected areas, environmental rules and regulations.
15. Promote strict “no touch” policy for all reef diving and snorkeling.
Adapted from The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) " Environmentally Friendly Standards for Dive Operations.
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Last Updated 11/02/2012
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