Mooring El Quseir
calendar_monthSeptember 10, 2009
The pristine reefs of El Quseir are now destined to stay that way after a unique collaboration between the dive operators in this area and HEPCA. Back in July, representatives from Sub Aqua, Subex, Ducks Diving, Diving.de, South Red Sea, Extra Divers, Diving Akassia, Pharaoh Dive Club and HEPCA attended an open discussion at the invitation of Utopia Beach Club. They joined together to use their collective knowledge and experience to consider solutions to help the prevention of environmental problems in El Quseir. Just seven days after the meeting, the HEPCA dive team joined together with the local dive centres to install a series of new moorings and make renovations to the existing mooring system in the El Quseir area. The work in the South between Kilo 10 (Serib Kebir) and Kilo 50 (Erg Malik) was undertaken with support from Ducks Diving and in the North with Subex Diving Center. In total, 36 mooring lines were installed at 14 dive sites. Extra ropes and shackles were left with the respective dive centres in the area in order that the maintenance and upkeep of the mooring system (now the largest El Quseir has ever seen) can be the responsibility of those who dive here every day. Thank you to all the dive centres and supporters who helped with this mooring project and proposed other ideas for long-standing environmental issues in the area.
