Photo: Mooring Balls funded from PADI Project Aware, installed by UNEXSO 2009. From left top row- Cristina Zenato[diving supervisor], Jarvis Rolle[Padi instructor], Scott Rauch [Padi Instructor], Niall Christoffersen [Operations Manager]. Bottom left- Keith Hogarth [Padi Instructor]. (Photo by Eddy Raphael)
PADI, financially assists diving operations to purchase mooring balls, rope, and establish mooring pins on the sea floor, which provides a safe way for snorkel and dive boats to tie up without anchoring and subsequently damaging the endangered coral reef in the process.
UNEXSO has been actively pursuing mooring ball installations for over 20 years. Niall Christoffersen [Operations Manager] and Cristina Zenato [Diving Supervisor] of UNEXSO led this project and have made an on-going commitment to protecting the reefs of Grand Bahama.
