 REVITALIZE YOUR DIVING LANDSCAPE
AND KEEP YOUR CUSTOMERS COMING BACK!!
Join us for DEMA's Ships 2 Reefs Program at DEMA Show 2008. Learn how you can be a part of brining NEW EXCITED DIVERS into our industry and keep your CURRENT CUSTOMERS active. Visit the S2R Booth #3329 and talk with those already involved in these exciting projects.
DEMA supports the Ships 2 Reefs effort and believes S2R is a vital part of the growth of our industry. The creation of environmentally-friendly man-made reefs using retired ships and other vessels has the ability to invigorate our customer base.
Get caught up in how S2R can improve your diving business and learn how you can get involved today at DEMA Show - "Don't Miss the Ship, Sink It!"
S2R Seminars Offered At DEMA Show 2008
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: S232
The Ships 2 Reefs Revenue Stream; How Communities Benefit By Funding Reefing Projects
Sunken ships draw divers and fisherman from all over the world, generating tourist dollars for all in the wreck's vicinity. This seminar outlines how to work with local and government entities to promote reefing projects, acquire local funding, and generate support in the local community for your Ships 2 Reefs project.
Speaker: Capt. Robert Turpin, Manager, Marine Resources Division, Escambia County, Florida
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: S232
Ships 2 Reefs Legislation - Keeping Divers Active Through Government-Supported Reef Making
Bob Harris, Attorney, Lobbyist for the Diving Industry and Author of the Florida "Ships 2 Reefs" legislation, which was recently signed by Florida Governor Charlie Crist, will be on hand to introduce this important legislation designed to make reef-making easier in one of the hottest diving states in the US. Bob will be on hand to help groups in Florida take advantage of this new law and help those in other states enact similar legislation to clear the way for Ships 2 Reefs projects nationwide.
Speaker: Bob Harris, Attorney & Dive Industry Lobbyist, Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Room: S232
Rigs 2 Reefs: Oil Platforms or Thriving Artificial Reefs?
The oil and gas platforms along California’s coast will eventually run dry and be decommissioned. A debate has begun about whether or not these platforms should be left in place to preserve the marine life, which arguably thrives in this environment, or if the oil companies should follow the original mandate to remove the entire structure. Join Bob Wohlers, author, marine science educator, underwater photographer as he poses the question, “Why would we sink ships as constructed reefs, but tear out the decommissioned platforms?” Bob invites you to hear the latest information and science on the decommissioning of oil platforms and formulate your own opinion.
Speaker: Bob Wohlers; Author, Marine Science Educator, Underwater Photographer
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