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>Press Release > > > Sub Ocean Safety, Inc. (SOS), an organization founded by Dr. Tom >Millington and Robert Izdepski (publisher of the Universal Diver/Adventurer >Magazine) announces the success of it's first annual Underwater Marathon, >held in Destin, Florida. Covered by Jorge Torres, producer for the Discovery >and Learning Channels, this fundraising marathon broke the existing world >record of 9 underwater miles, establishing a new record of 15.25 miles, posted >by marathon promoter Robert Izdepski. > "The purpose of this marathon was to raise awareness about the most >important environmental issue in the world's oceans today," says Izdepski. >"Overfishing of the world's reef structures by diver/fishermen has passed >epidemic proportions and is now the main threat to our ocean ecosystems. The >hours spent underwater by diver/fishermen, far surpass the total hours spent >underwater by the world's sport diving population. This amounts to an enormous >impact on the heart of our oceans, the global reef structures. We can ignore >this >issue no longer." > "We know the way through this supposed maze." continues Izdepski. >"Sub Ocean Safety has 'win, win solutions' to these problems. By winning the >respect of the diver/fisherman community (SOS just received a $3,600 check >from the Honduranean lobster fleet) with our DCS medical rescue projects, we >can proceed with our fourth world diver education programs. As we train divers >to avoid paralytic decompression disease by cutting back on their bottom times, >the diver/fisherman's impact on the world's reef system is reduced, eventually >leading to a level of sustainable harvest. As we work towards this >environmental >goal, we rescue human lives and make friends around the world. It's a simple >premise SOS works by: If you try to do good things, good things happen." >For more information about SOS: Call 1-800-867-3807, write SOS, >PO Box 834, Lacombe, LA, USA, 70445, fax 504-882-3557, or zap our e-mail >subocean@co*.ne*
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