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[Raider Drake]

njdiver1, Thank you very much for those coordinates. I found those as well. I found others also. I realize these are so close to one another that it would be pretty odd for these to be three separate ships. So ok, that's the rough area, and as such basically within the climate science research area.
But what about the depth?
From one reference I came up with 156 feet. Would you say that's about right?
and, as I asked, what would be the procedure such that divers be alerted, if your own widespread alerts are not sufficient?

 

[njdiver1]

njdiver1, Thank you very much for those coordinates. I found those as well. I found others also. I realize these are so close to one another that it would be pretty odd for these to be three separate ships. So ok, that's the rough area, and as such basically within the climate science research area.
But what about the depth?
From one reference I came up with 156 feet. Would you say that's about right?
and, as I asked, what would be the procedure such that divers be alerted, if your own widespread alerts are not sufficient?

This is what they (R/V Marcus G. Langseth) are on record of doing:

“Conflicts would be avoided and, therefore, impacts would be negligible, through communication with the fishing community and publication of a Notice to Mariners about operations in the area.”

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“Significant impacts on, or conflicts with, divers or diving activities would be avoided through communication with the diving community before and during the survey and publication of a Notice to Mariners about operations in the area. In particular, dive operators with dives scheduled on the shipwreck Lillian during the survey would be contacted directly.”

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http://www.nsf.gov/geo/oce/envcomp/amended_mountain_nj_margin_ex_draft_18dec14-b.pdf

 

[Raider Drake]

njdiver1, yep, I read that. And it seems to be the case, don't you think?
"impacts would be negligible..."
Or are you specifically seeking-out conflicts within this particular climate research project?
So...how should divers be contacted directly, or how should they have been contacted?
It seems you could help?
And...it's 156 feet down?