Diving in the Red Sea - Seacology's November 2008 Expedition

Participants of Seacology's cruise in the Red Sea, aboard the Royal Evolution, help install mooring buoys.

Seacology's Project: The Red Sea coast has been designated for tourism development by the Egyptian government since the early 1980s. In 2003, the Egypts Ministry of Environment, with the support of the Red Sea Governate, declared Wadi El Gemal Hamata WGNP as a national park. The park has been nominated as a Biosphere Reserve, which will raise its potential for ecotourism and related job opportunities. Coral reefs in the area are among the most diverse (240 species) in the Egyptian Red Sea and are home to a great diversity of fish and marine invertebrates (about 1,000 species). The Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Organization (HEPCA) was founded in 1992. Their initial mooring project has evolved into the largest mooring network in the world, with over 1,000 moorings protecting reefs and wrecks. With the assistance of HEPCA, Seacology will fund the installation of 25 mooring buoys in dive sites around the areas five islands for the conservation of the marine segment of Wadi El Gemal National Park, which encompasses almost 494,100 acres.

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• seacology
• egypt
• red
• sea
• diving
• mooring
• buoys
• turtle
• scuba
• conservation

[MrGhandourah]

شيئ عظيم (2007 - 2010(

مهندس سالم غندوره خبير فني أول لدى الهيئة الإقليمية لحماية البيئة البحرية للبحر الأحمر وخليج عدن

[rutaXP]

omg,amazing turtle!!

[mahaguru58]

All I can say is Subhanallah! Glory be to Almighty Allah for creating such wonders in the crystal clear waters! Thanks for sharing with the world this fantastic video!