Monthly Diver Party by EcoDiveClub.org & Eco Dive Center.com
Welcome to our monthly dive club, aslo know as a massive party time! Eco Dive Center has an open club meeting every first Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM and you're invited. It's LA's "open-to-everyone" dive party with no cover, no membership, no charges of any kind... just show up, grab some pizza, a drink, a chair and enjoy the presentation. Huge raffles and prizes too!
We're proud to invite a few good special guests each month to teach and entertain the group. Guest speakers range from environmental experts like Sea Shepherd, technical diving speakers from TDI, marine biology professors, dive doctors, marine specilists form Heal the Bay and more. Meetings also feature updates on upcoming Catalina dive trips, eco-events like underwater clean ups and eco-adventure trips to keep us all up-to-date on what’s happening underwater! And every few weeks Eco Dive Center offers free specialty certifications so that you can be the safest, most environmentally aware and friendly and best diver possible.... in the world!!! :)
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| February 7th at 7 PM |
Kim Anthony - B.S. Marine Biology, M.S. Biology (ichthyology), both from Cal State Long Beach. |
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Managed the CSULB Marine Lab for 5.5 years: collected live animals for classrooms, supported marine bio research, earned M.S. Biology concurrently
Master's Thesis investigated the movement patterns and habitat utilization of rockfishes from offshore oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Currently working at SCE as Senior Marine Biologist, provide subject matter consultation on marine biological issues, permitting and compliance for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
About the talk/reef:
In 1989 the California Coastal Commission determined that Southern California Edison's San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) was adversely impacting the marine environment and must therefore mitigate for the losses of marine life. Two major projects were to compensate for any impacts caused by SONGS for the operating life of the plant--restoration of 150 acres of coastal wetland habitat and construction of a 150-acre artificial reef offshore of San Clemente. The newly constructed Wheeler North Artificial Kelp Reef was completed in 2009 and is flourishing.
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| January 3rd at 7 PM |
Kurt Lieber - of Ocean Defenders Alliance |
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Kurt Lieber started scuba diving in Cleveland, Ohio, back in 1974. He moved to Orange County in 1979 to be near the ocean.
Kurt has been involved as a volunteer with several ocean related organizations for the past 3 decades. First starting out with the Marine Forest Society, where he worked on projects that experimented with efforts to restore kelp to areas off the Southern California coast.
He spent time with Friends of the Sea Lion, in Laguna Beach, as a volunteer helping to nurse injured sea lions, seals and elephant seals back to health for release back into the wild. He also has volunteered with Pacific Wildlife project. PWP works with mostly pelicans that have become injured or sick, usually due to entanglement in fishing lines and hooks.
Then in 1992 he read a 2 line add in the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society newsletter that they were looking for a photo archivist. He spent the next 7 years working on that project and getting to know Capt. Paul Watson, the founder and president. It was through this relationship that Kurt came up with the idea to start an organization that would address the needs of the So Cal marine habitat. Thus was born Ocean Defenders Alliance, (www.oceandefenders.org )whose mission is to remove abandoned fishing gear. This ghost gear kills marine life long after it is discarded.
ODA was started in 2000 with a donated boat and a lot of enthusiasm from local activists. ODA obtained official non-profit status in 2002. By 2004 they were out pulling abandoned lobster traps off the coast of Orange County. In 2007 Sea Shepherd donated a 38 foot boat to ODA. Renamed the "CLEARWATER", she now provides a much bigger and reliable vessel for removing abandoned traps and nets.
In addition to being the president and founder of ODA, Kurt is currently on the Board of Directors with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. www.seashepherd.org
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| December 6th at 7 PM |
Craig Tsuyumine - Activist for Save the Dolphins |
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More about speaker coming soon.....
Craig Tsuyumine, of Save Japan Dolphins, led a brief discussion about
the film. He detailed the efforts that have and should be taken to end
the capture and killing of 23,000 cetaceans, which are dolphins and
porpoises, a year.
Topic:
Speaker: Craig Tsuyumine of "Save the Dolphins"
Bio: Coming Soon
Raffle: Dive Watch & Hollis flashlight
Food: None. Due to size of attendance, no food will be served. BYOB OK.
Donation: Save the Dolphins donation TBD by speaker night of event
Location: 4027 Sepulveda Blvd. Culver City CA 90230
Parking: Under the 405 Freeway is best. CARPOOL or TAXI!!!
Club President: Nick Fash
Social hour: Across the street at Joxer's Irish Pub
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| November 1st at 7 PM |
David Hance of Sea Shepherd - L.A. Chapter: SEA SHEPHERD Cordinator |
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 Everybody knows about "Whale Wars".... do we need to say anything else?
Topic: History of Whaling and history of Sea Shepherd.
Speaker: David Hance
Bio: Coming Soon
Raffle: Nitrox/Air Computer, Dive Mask, Boat ticket to Catalina.
Food: None. Due to size of attendance, no food will be served. BYOB OK.
Donation to SS: Bring cash to buy the Sea Shepherd T-shirt collection (3).
Location: 4027 Sepulveda Blvd. Culver City CA 90230
Parking: Under the 405 Freeway is best. CARPOOL or TAXI!!!
New Club President: Nick Fash of Heal the Bay
Social hour: Across the street at Joxer's Irish Pub
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