We asked, and our readers told us: These three locations earned top marks for their healthy marine life, something every diver wants when they splash down.
Conservation
Increased great white shark sightings in Florida highlight conservation success, with juvenile sharks thriving thanks to protections and research efforts.
Since 2000, the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow, Cornwall, has championed the European lobster by crafting creative ways to collaborate with locals to implement conservation efforts.
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Quintana Roo, in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, insured about 100 miles of coastline to protect the reef, which generates about $6.2 billion a year in regional economic activity.
Divemaster Rugene "Spider" Marinus of Toucan Diving and Phyllis Mihalas cut cluster of line, hooks and rope off the trapped creature.
The joy and drama of life are on simultaneous display as sea turtle hatchlings dash across the beach of Heron Island to the ocean under the preying eyes of silver gulls.
The best thing to do is work to prevent the next one. Here are some ideas.
Every fall, Lake Superior’s Silver Harbour Conservation Area becomes the spawning ground for mass aggregations of whitefish under the cover of night.
Conservationists that don’t stay up to date on the scientific research are likely to endorse ineffective policy solutions, but when scientists and conservationists work together, both groups benefit.
