[…] timeline of important projects follows. Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (2012, 2014, 2015) Elbow Reef, Key Largo The steamship Hannah M. Bell (aka “Mike’s wreck”), built by Ropner and Son in […]
[…] closed in 1975. Halas’ love of diving led him to share a partnership in a Key Largo dive business with Gary Rinn, a well-known member of the dive community who created […]
[…] finally met Jerry in 1978. By then I’d opened a small underwater photo business in Key Largo, Fla., renting cameras and processing E-6 slide film. Jerry dived Key Largo quite often and […]
[…] of the reefs. We selected four small, 25-foot-deep patch reefs west of Pickles Reef near Key Largo. We introduced urchins to two of them — the experimental reefs — and observed […]
[…] and several volunteers reiterated that point recently at an Ocean Reef Conservation Association event in Key Largo, Fla., CRF’s home waters. They transferred the first cultivated corals from the Ocean Reef […]
A once unidentified shipwreck in the Florida Keys was identified thanks to the help of volunteers and organizations. The wreck is part of Florida Keys history. Read more.
You might know me already or at least know about me. I came to Key Largo, Florida, in 1978 to open Captain Slate’s Atlantis Dive Center. Early on I had an […]
Otto Rutten is the associate operations director for the Aquarius Reef Base located in the waters of the Florida Keys. Read more about Rutten and why he is a DAN member.
Hometown: Key Largo, Florida Years Diving: 67 Favorite Dive Destination: I’ve been able to dive all over the world, but Truk Lagoon and Micronesia really stand out. Why I’m a DAN® […]
[…] was extended to the 60-foot isobaths, almost eight miles offshore. The beautiful fringing reefs of Key Largo were the inspiration for protecting this area. Pennekamp inspired other people, too, like Ellison […]
