Dear Dirty Dozen Team Member,

We hope this email as always finds you well.

We have some excellent news from the COP26 summit regarding Galapagos, a LAST MINUTE offer to join us on a CCR Only trip to Galapagos this year and a reminder to join us in DEMA this month.

Let’s get straight to it!

GALAPAGOS MARINE RESERVE EXPANDED

Photo courtesy of Galapagos Conservancy

Galapagos Conservancy writes:

President Lasso announced the declaration, which expands the GMR by 45%, at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. The new protected area is 2.5 times the size of Maryland and covers more water surface area than Lake Michigan. The total size of the marine protected area now extends 47.4 million acres (74,000 square miles).

The declaration also creates an essential migratory corridor that bridges the gap between the protected waters of the Galápagos Marine Reserve and Costa Rica’s Cocos Island National Park. This previously unprotected band of water in the Eastern Pacific, known as the Galápagos-Cocos Swimway, is an underwater superhighway for an array of threatened and endangered migratory species like Whale Sharks, Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks, Manta Rays, Sea Turtles, Tuna, and many more that pass through the oceanic thoroughfare.

By securing this biodiversity-rich space between the two marine UNESCO World Heritage Sites, a major vulnerability for marine wildlife that has previously been a haven for industrial fishing, including shark finning fleets, has been eliminated. We expect that populations of these threatened and endangered species will soon begin to rebound, and we hope that this agreement between Ecuador and Costa Rica will serve as a model for multinational collaboration in marine conservation going forward.

You can read the full article HERE

GALAPAGOS CCR ONLY LAST MINUTE OFFER

Our current CCR ONLY expedition to Galapagos from December 9-19 2021 has been sold out for years - but we have unfortunately had one team member having to drop out for personal reasons. This is a very rare opportunity to join a rebreather-only expedition to one of the most exciting diving destinations on the planet.

Want to experience all that Galapagos has to offer THIS December? Grab your CCR and let's go!

Email us HERE for more information

FIND US AT DEMA THIS MONTH

Find us at DEMA between the 16th and 19th of November 2021 at Master Liveaboards Stand #2043 to chat about diving in Truk Lagoon, Bikini Atoll, Galapagos & Chernobyl.

We will have DEMA specials on offer, so catch me at the show floor to get unique pricing for the expedition you have been dreaming about for ages now!

If you are planning to attend the show and want to schedule a meeting with Aron directly, please click on the button below.

We can’t wait to see you all in Vegas, and for those that cannot make it please don’t forget, if you ever feel lonely, we are always here to chat Dirty.

Best,

Aron & The Dirty Dozen Team