The Project AWARE Specialty program is designed to familiarize divers and non-divers with the plight of worldwide aquatic ecosystems. It also describes what individuals can do to help protect aquatic resources.

This program is a non-diving course that only contains classroom presentations. We can conduct this program in your home as a stand-alone program or add it on to any other course.

Course Prerequisites

1. *To enroll in the Project AWARE Specialty program, participants need not be certified divers nor have any prior scuba or snorkeling experience.
   

2. *There is no minimum age requirement.
   

Required Equipment

1. *None
   

Required Materials

Each student diver must have a personal set of these materials for study and use during the course and for reference afterward:

1. *A.W.A.R.E Our World, Our Water Manual
   

2. *Ten Ways a Diver Can Help to Protect the Aquatic Realm brochure
   

Course Overview

This course is a non-diving course that can be completed in a half-day classroom session. We could also split it into a couple evening sessions or add it onto other specialty courses. This course will cover the following topics:

1. *The Project AWARE philosophy about protecting worldwide aquatic ecosystems
   

2. *The importance of an interdependent nature of worldwide aquatic ecosystems
   

3. *Pertinent issues concerning the environmental status of worldwide aquatic ecosystems, including fishery concerns, coastal zone management and marine pollution
   

4. *The status of specific, critically degraded marine environments
   

5. *Suggestions and information about specific actions that may help to conserve worldwide aquatic ecosystems
   

Course Tuition

$45 - Includes instruction. Does not include materials.

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