Missing Diver Cozumel
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Dan
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It says fisherman. So they were spear fishing?
Yes - there's more than a few that fish the north end daily - all outside the park.Hard working job it looks like to me, seeing them load up and push off in the morning, I wouldn't have the guts to do what they do.
Just glad the guy made it home, he's probably loading tanks on a boat as I type this.........
Dan
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From Google Translate:
“By Gabriel Aguilar
COZUMEL, June 20.- A diver got lost in the North end of the island, which gave rise to a search operation by the personnel of the Naval Search and Rescue Station (Ensar).
It was reported that fishermen, whose method of catching scale species is diving deep and far from the coast, left on Thursday morning aboard the boat "Andrés", heading towards the area of Punta Molas, a site located in the North tip of the island and away from the tourist and aquatic activity.
The idea was to dive for fish, presumably with harpoon, four people descending, and the report obtained appointment that over time, only three managed to surface and when the fourth mate did not appear, they gave part to the Captaincy of Puerto and Ensar, to activate the search, providing the point and coordinates where the diver was lost.
In information released later, it was learned that the diver was found two miles from the point where it was supposed to have been lost.
In the information, the name of the vessel that rescued it was not mentioned, in fact the news that the person had been found was broadcast by text messages among sailors, although no authority made any pronouncement.
From Puerto Captaincy, the existence of a standard of 500 boats of the nautical service on the island was mentioned, and that a small number are fishermen who work under this custom, and this is where most accidents have happened, in some cases people do not appear, but in others manage to leave by their own means to land or by means of boats that join the rescue work.”
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Since many/most vhf stations (all channels not just 16/9) are now being digitally recorded 24/7,,it's becoming s.o.p. to stay off the radio during events and move to cells. In the US east coast it's talked about all the time in gatherings. For dive boats now days the radio is used for courtesy calls, conditions reports, and smack talking humor. USGS records every station, every voice, every channel and then because of it's array of antennas it can triangulate a fairly accurate transmit position based on the simultaneous signal strength measured by multiple towers and compared instantly. When an event happens, it's now handled over voice cell usually and that's why locals knowledge is everything.
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