Every year on 8/6, Oceans Day is celebrated around the world in order to raise awareness of the importance of the sea to our lives and the need to protect it from overexploitation.
Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa ► Photo: Ram Neri
The Israeli Diving Association celebrates Oceans Day
Volunteer divers cleaned the seabed in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (data analysis: Galia Pasternak)
Every year the Israeli Diving Association celebrates Oceans Day with positive action and holds clean dives in many locations along the Mediterranean coast. This year, the theme at the heart of Oceans Day is the World Conservation Organization's call to expand the areas of marine nature reserves to 30% of the sea surface by the year 2030. Therefore, this year we decided to add to the cleanup dives also ecological training in the marine reserves in Israel to reveal to the divers the marine wealth found in them and in order to support their expansion.
Volunteer divers cleaned the seabed in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Zavik - Mishmar Hayam)
Cleaning dives during the month of June
Throughout the month of June, we held cleaning dives and ecological trainings in Givat Aliya-Jaffa, in Herzliya, Dor-Nachsholim Reserve, Caesarea National Park, Ashkelon National Park and Shekmona Reserve in Haifa. Yesterday, on 23/6, about 25 divers participated in a dive in the reserve located in Haifa. The day of diving started with an instruction on the Shkoma Marine Reserve and the expansion process of the Rosh Carmel Sea Reserve, after which we went on a guided dive where we enjoyed the underwater landscape and at the same time we removed about 30 kg of waste from the reserve, the main part of which was old construction waste and fishing equipment.
Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)
Several bodies that work together to protect the sea
Thank you to the wonderful volunteers of the Sea Guard who lead the work of the Sea Guard, to the Ministry of Environmental Protection who supports our activities over the years, to Eitan Mehram from the Northern Wind Diving Club in Nachshul who provided us with a professional logistical and safety envelope, to Galia Pasternak for leading the cleaning dive events and the issue of reducing marine waste, and to Boaz Meisel and Liron Tirosh From the Israeli Diving Association for continuous support of the Coast Guard's volunteer project.
Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Volunteer divers cleaned the sea floor in the Shikmona Reserve in Haifa (Photo: Mishmar Hayam - Moshe Huber, Ram Neri, Zavik, Sarah Ohion)Did the article interest you?
Maybe clean the top first and then the bottom of the sea. The city is polluted on every street corner and Klish wants to be re-elected hahahaha
Well done!
Very important, I wish man would take better care of his environment and nature...
Kudos to the above operation, it should be done not only once a year. Until humans learn not to throw trash into the sea, including old fishing nets that are a trap for fish and sea turtles
It's because of people like you that the world exists. The fish and animals in the sea are happy and happy because of you. This is their home and they deserve a home that is not dirty with human waste and waste. Well done.
Well done
Great activity and thank you for doing it! Thank you on behalf of the lovers of the sea and the planet.
Can people who don't have equipment (borrow it and even rent it for a paid activity) also join?
Thank you very much!
An important project. Shabbat Shalom
Well done to the volunteers who cleaned the bottom of the sea, it's just a shame that people throw trash into the sea and destroy it, they should be fined and discouraged
How can I get details and register for an operation of this type next year?
amazing
🌼🌟🌺🌟🌼
turn on
Kudos to the team. Cheers to this blessed activity. ih
What an important project, and thanks for sharing. A very important and educational operation. (We hope). Straight strength.
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Cleanliness is important.
Maybe clean the top first and then the bottom of the sea. The city is polluted on every street corner and Klish wants to be re-elected hahahaha
Well done!
Very important, I wish man would take better care of his environment and nature...
Kudos to the above operation, it should be done not only once a year. Until humans learn not to throw trash into the sea, including old fishing nets that are a trap for fish and sea turtles
It's because of people like you that the world exists. The fish and animals in the sea are happy and happy because of you. This is their home and they deserve a home that is not dirty with human waste and waste. Well done.
Well done
Great activity and thank you for doing it! Thank you on behalf of the lovers of the sea and the planet.
Can people who don't have equipment (borrow it and even rent it for a paid activity) also join?
Thank you very much!
An important project. Shabbat Shalom
Well done to the volunteers who cleaned the bottom of the sea, it's just a shame that people throw trash into the sea and destroy it, they should be fined and discouraged
How can I get details and register for an operation of this type next year?
amazing
🌼🌟🌺🌟🌼
turn on
Kudos to the team. Cheers to this blessed activity. ih
What an important project, and thanks for sharing. A very important and educational operation. (We hope). Straight strength.