Project AWARE honors 2005 eco operators

Project AWARE Foundation recognizes tireless efforts of outstanding diver retailers and resorts to conserve the underwater environment.

These facilities lead by example, helping to both motivate and inspire divers, consumers and local communities. Award winners operate their business in an environmentally-responsible manner and promote Project AWARE Foundation's philosophy to their customers and colleagues daily.

"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."
-Dr. Drew Richardson, Chairman, Project AWARE Foundation

Winners of the Project AWARE Environmental Achievement Award 2005 include:
Aqua Plein Air - Ste. Thérèse, Québec, Canada
Bay Island College of Diving - Utila, Honduras
Beaches Boscobel Resort and Golf Club - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Beaches Negril Resort & Spa - Negril, Jamaica
Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa - Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
Blue Island Divers - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
California Dive Center - San Bruno, California, USA
Deep Sea Divers Den - Queensland, Australia
Dive Gizo Adventure Sports - Solomon Islands
Diving Planet - Cartegena, Colombia
Go Deep Scuba - Wanganui, New Zealand
Gull Dive Center - Missoula, Montana, USA
Horizon Divers - Key Largo, Florida, USA
Pelican Adventures Tours & Watersports - Aruba
Redcliffe Dive Centre - Queensland, Australia
Sandals Grande St. Lucia Spa & Beach Resort - St. Lucia
Sandals Regency St. Lucia Golf Resort & Spa - St. Lucia
Sandals Royal Caribbean - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Scuba Joe Dive & Travel - Colorado, USA
SeaHounds - Singapore
Solomon Watersports Ltd. - Solomon Islands

2005 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
Action Scuba Inc. - Pointe Claire, Québec, Canada
Aggressor Fleets - International
Andaman Scuba - Phuket, Thailand
Anse Chastanet Resort & Scuba St. Lucia - St. Lucia
AquaMarine Diving - Bali, Indonesia
Aqua Plein Air - Ste. Thérèse, Québec, Canada
Aqua Safari - Cozumel, Mexico
Aquaterra Adventures - Singapore
Asia Diver - Puerto Galera, Phillippines
Atlantis - Puerto Galera, Phillippines
Bay Island College of Diving - Utila, Honduras
Beaches Boscobel Resort and Golf Club - Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Beaches Negril Resort & Spa - Negril, Jamaica
Beaches Turks & Caicos Resort & Spa - Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands
Black Tip Diving - Koh Tao, Thailand
Blue Island Divers - St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands
California Dive Center - San Bruno, California, USA
Captain Cavemans Dive Center - Koh Samui
Captain Don's Habitat - Bonaire
Claumar - São Paulo, Brasil
Darwin Dive Centre - NT, Australia
Deep Blue Adventures - San Antonio, Texas, USA
Deep Sea Divers Den - QLD, Australia
Dive Centre Manly – NSW
Dive Gizo Adventure Sports - Solomon Islands
Dive Kaikoura - New Zealand
Dive! Tutukaka - New Zealand
Diving Planet - Cartegena, Colombia
Diving with Larry & Sherry Baldwin - Dallas, Texas, USA
El Ocotal Beach Resort - Ocotal Beach, Costa Rica
Eco Dive Center - Culver City, California, USA
EcoSea Dive and Adventure - Cambodia
Go Deep Scuba - New Zealand
Gull Dive Center - Missoula, Montana, USA
Harbour Dive - VIC, Australia
Horizon Divers - Key Largo, Florida, USA
Indian Valley Scuba - Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Kosrae Village Ecolodge - Kosrae, Micronesia
Lagoon Safaris - New Caledonia
Matava - The Astrolabe Hideaway; Kadavu, Fiji Islands M/V Oyster - Hurgada, Egypt
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions - Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Ocean Concepts - Oahu, Hawaii, USA
OZ Sail - QLD, Australia
Peggy Goldberg's Golden Images & Guided Tours - Citra, Florida, USA
Pelican Adventures, Tours & Watersports - Aruba
Perth Scuba - WA, Australia
Plunge In Sydney Harbour - NSW
Rainbow Divers - Vietnam
Redcliffe Dive Centre - QLD, Australia
Red Sail Sports - Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Remote Area Dive - QLD, Australia
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 Royal Caribbean - Montego Bay, Jamaica
Scuba Cat - Phuket, Thailand
Scuba Cancun - Cancun, Mexico
Scuba Du - Cozumel, Mexico
Scuba Joe Dive and Travel Center - Boulder, Colorado, USA
Sea Bees Diving - Phuket, Thailand
Seahounds - Singapore
Solomon Watersports Ltd. - Solomon Islands
Squalo Divers - Valencia, Venezuela
Stuart Cove’s Aqua Adventures - Nassau, Bahamas
Sunreef Scuba Diving Services - QLD, Australia
Tawaki Dive - New Zealand Thailand Diving - Pattaya, Thailand
The Cortez Club Ltd. - La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Tioman Dive Centre - Pula Tioman, Malaysia
Underwater Centre - Seychelles
Vila Lombok Diving Academy - Lombok, Indonesia

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.

Source: Project AWARE