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Carl G Heinzl writes:
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> I would like to hear about peoples actual experiences with rebreathers,

There's a good article in the AAUS 1991 International Symposium
Proceedings, discussing one such experience.  The California Fish &
Game Dept (or was that Game & Wildlife?) has a relocation program for
the protected California Sea Otter population.  They capture and
relocate sea otters in order to increase the distribution of the
species.  However, they had a hell of a time catching the beasts.  To
make a long story short, they settled on the following equipment:

Full CCOR -- (Not Draeger, the other brand)
Dacor Scooters with front mounted cage/netting apparatus.

They found that with CCOR they could approach the very sensitive
otters without alarming them, and with scooters and front-nets they
could capture them with ease.  

I recommend this paper for a discussion of the training requirements
when moving to CCOR, and the operational limits.

Cheers,

David Story                        NAUI AI Z9588, PADI DM 43922, EMT
story@be*.wp*.sg*.co*	   Take only pictures, leave only bubbles.

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