Florida Keys Dive Center receives BLUE STAR Rating

(DiverWire) NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary welcomes Abyss Dive Center of Marathon, Fla. as the newest participant in the Sanctuary’s Blue Star education and conservation program. Abyss Dive Center is the 15th charter recognized by the program and the second business participating from the middle Florida Keys. Launched in 2009, Blue Star salutes charter companies that help protect the Florida Keys coral reef ecosystem by promoting responsible snorkeling and diving practices, and educating their patrons on the role humans play in reef health. Unlike some of the more global causes of reef decline — such as climate change — damage to reefs from snorkeling and diving is considered easily preventable through education an...
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