ENDANGERED MARINE SPECIES: Help protecting while diving

Assist with marine based environmental restoration activities, animal protection & monitoring activities as well as invasive-species control programs. This is a great opportunity to contribute in a meaningful way to the protection of the marine environment while at the same time becoming a passionate qualified marine ecology diver. Your professional training starts at zero and will lead you through three complete levels of qualification (basic, advanced and speciality training)
Our program is part of an effort to tackle an invasive species that has been identified as one of the world’s greatest conservation issues. Destructive lionfish are invading coral reefs in the Americas. Since lionfish (Pterois volitans) first appeared on the eastern seaboard of the United States in the 1980s, the voracious predators have gobbled up coral-reef fish from North Carolina to Venezuela. Officials responsible for protecting reefs have struggled to find ways to control populations and fishing competitions can help to keep the problem species in check.
Thanks to this exciting internship you’ll gain valuable and life-changing experiences while at the same time develop specialty diving skills! Even if you do not have previous diving experience, you will learn everything in this 12 weeks marine ecology diver internship while protecting marine flora and fauna. At the end of your stay you walk away with your professional diving certification and amazing experiences.

- Supporting the restoration of coral reefs (diver's license necessary), mangroves and coastal areas
- Monitoring sea turtle nests (during the turtles season from March to November)
- Monitoring the humpback whales population (during the whale season from 15th of January to 30th of March)
- Developing and executing environmental awareness raising activities at schools and in the community
- Developing and executing activities to promote sustainable and biodiversity-friendly tourism
- Supporting the certification of biodiversity-friendly destination and tourist services
Please contact us with your exact wishes and plans, if you are especially interested in one of the above activities.

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