A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM June 2017 2. Prior to the Dive-In on June 10 th , the club This Issue will be meeting at 10 am at Circleville Dive General Meeting Minutes p. 1 Calendar p. 1 Center to do some work. Current thoughts are Executive Meeting Highlights p. 2 to paint the picnic tables & create racks for Dive Reports p. 2 gear around the South Quarry shelter. More From the Prez p. details will be provided during the meeting on Environmental News p. 3 June 1 st . Log Book p. 7 th Parting Shots p. 3. 2017 marks 60 Anniversary of the Columbus Sea Nags. Steak Dinner July 29 th at General Meeting Minutes the Ranft residence. Free to club members Present : Steve Ranft, Glenn Mitchell, Ryan and $15 per person for non club members. Jones, Laurel Sheppard, Dave Foley, Marty 4. 2016 Club membership dues are $30.00, Bailey, Don Ellerbrock, John Guegold, Steve $40 for husband/wife. 2016 Ohio Council dues Locsey, Gerry Kubatska, Mag Ranft, Andy are $9.00. Dennis, Mark Thomas, Randy Fleming, Ryan 5. Please contact Laurel Sheppard and Dave Parkevich, Pat S Foley with any program ideas for 2017. 6. Please contact Ryan Jones and Steve Program – “Underwater Photograghy” – Locsey with any activities and dive ideas for Presented by Mark Thomas 2017. 7. Club logo patches and decals are available 50/50 Raffle winner to new club members as a part of their Glenn Mitchell (winnings $8.50) membership dues. Returning members can purchase extra decals/stickers at a cost of Member Raffle $1.00 each—these are plastic/waterproof--and 1) Don Ellerbrock, Prize = T-Shirt extra patches for $2.00 each while they last . donated by Ryan Jones Dues can be mailed to: 2) Dave Foley, Prize = T-Shirt donated by Glenn Mitchell Ryan Jones 120 N. Warren Ave. Columbus, OH 43204 3) Mag Ranft, Prize = T-Shirt donated by 8. Facebook: You can find the Club Facebook Ryan Jones page by going to: http://en- 4) Steve Locsey, Prize = Long Sleeve gb.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-Sea-Nags-SCUBA- Shirt donated by Ryan Jones Divers-/289276535926?v=wall , thanks to Andy Dennis. Treasurer’s Report 9. Twitter page!! Thanks to Josh Carney , the $ 6,743.86 club now has a Twitter page: <@CbusSeaNags>. Check it out today ! Announcements 1. Janet Dew, one of the early members of Calendar of Upcoming Events the Sea Nags from the 1960’s recently passed 2017 June of cancer. Janet & her husband, Danny, 1 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Cozumel donated two vintage Sea Nags windbreakers Dive trip and old newsletters to the club. 3 Wreck-A-Palooza (http://www.inlandseas.org/event/wreck-a-palooza-2017/ ) 10 Dive In at Circleville Dive Center S’NAG-A-NEWS Page 1 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM June 2017 15 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 3rd Annual White Star Campout and Dive: The July 6 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: No Program club will reserve 2 or 3 campsites. The club Only a social meeting will get an estimate of participants at the next 8 – 9 3rd Annual Club Dive Weekend at White Star Quarry general meeting. 20 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM 29 Sea Nags 60 th Anniversary Celebration Renewing the relationship between Columbus Aug Sea Nags Dive Club and Underwater 3 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Dave Foleys Connection is under consideration and St Croix trip 17 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM review. 18 – 21 Club Dive at Pennyroyal Quarry Hopkinsville, KY A list of “Shows and Events” from Dive Industry 26 Corn Roast/Swap Meet Association, Inc. was presented for review. Sept 7 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Great Lakes All members are welcome to attend Acoustic Telemetry Observation System Executive Meetings 21 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Oct 5 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Pennyroyal Revisited 19 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Nov Dive Reports 2 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: Sea Hunt Please send dive reports to episode 16 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM <ColumbusSeaNagsNewsletter @gmail.com > Dec 7 General Meeting @ Planks, 8:00 PM Program: TBD Brought to you by 21 Executive Meeting @ Planks, 7:00 PM Lakeview RV Park Full Hook-ups • Scuba Diving • Propane Monthly meeting programs subject to change without notice. Laundry• Swimming• Fishing• Wi-Fi (740) 653-4519 Joey & Terrie Stewart Executive Meeting Highlights 2715 Sugar Grove Rd. Fax (740) 653-5606 March 16 @ Planks, 7:00 PM Present: Steve Lancaster, OH 43130 rvatlakeview.com Ranft, Mag Ranft, Gerry Kubatska, Donn Spasms Ellerbrock, Dave Foley, Ryan Jones None reported Oral Reports Solicitation of ‘Community Outreach’ ideas is None reported under way. Written Reports Some of the tasks that may be undertaken on None reported the June 10th ‘Donation’ Day at Circleville Dive Center include: Paint Picnic tables, building of gear racks, brush clearing, and dock building. Start time will be 10am. National Museum of the Great lakes is hosting “Wreck-A-Palooza” on June 3rd and October 7th. Register Online at: nmgl.eventbrite.com For more information, please visit: www.inlandseas.com Any ideas to increase club membership? S’NAG-A-NEWS Page 2 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM June 2017 Environmental News after its initial phase. Global coral reef restoration effort launches in “Alarmed by the catastrophic state of their coral the Caribbean By Carin, April 27, 2017 reefs, people have made various attempts to restore coral cover with restoration measures,” says Dr. Dirk Petersen, Executive Director and Founder of SECORE. “However, outcomes have often been short-lived and lacked an integrated concept. Moreover, the true capabilities of coral restoration have not been exhausted yet. With our joint Global Coral Restoration Project we aim at changing that.” A Caribbean start Coral reefs are hotspots of diversity that host countless plants and animals. They are a Spawning elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, an endangered source of livelihood for millions of people and Caribbean key species, photo Paul Selvaggio function as essential coastal protection against the frequent tropical storms. Today, coral reefs With the Global Coral Restoration Project, are on the decline worldwide and doomsday SECORE International, the California Academy scenarios of their fate have been spreading of Sciences and The Nature Conservancy seal broadly in the media. In the Caribbean, coral their commitment to help rehabilitate coral reefs have been seriously degrading over the reefs and preserve them for future generations. last three decades, with hurricanes, disease This project aims to study and apply coral outbreaks and mass die-offs taking their toll. restoration techniques and practices on a Key reef-building species, such as the elkhorn larger scale, integrating coordinated and staghorn corals, are critically conservation, education and outreach efforts. endangered ―one focus of this collaborative By seeding reefs with sexually reproduced project is to assist in the rehabilitation of those coral offspring, this project aims to help species. maintain corals' genetic diversity which in turn maximizes their ability to adapt to future The first phase of the Global Coral Restoration conditions. Furthermore, working with sexual Project will focus on the Caribbean. Scientists coral restoration has the great potential to of the three key-partner organizations have produce huge numbers of coral offspring from gathered profound knowledge about coral one coral spawning event. The project includes reproduction and how to restore and conserve training for partners from island nations and corals of the Caribbean , and plan to use a wide territories, including organizations capable of array of tools to implement coral restoration on translating their efforts into local management largerscales. plans that support this large-scale coral restoration initiative. The Global Coral “The Nature Conservancy has been working Restoration Project starts in the Caribbean and throughout the Caribbean for over 40 years, is planned to expand into the Pacific region helping to establish millions of acres of marine S’NAG-A-NEWS Page 3 A PUBLICATION OF THE COLUMBUS SEA NAGS HTTP://WWW.SEANAGS.COM June 2017 protected areas and learning from multiple required to handle coral offspring and plant coral restoration efforts including our own,” them onto wild reefs often limit restoration says Dr. Luis Solorzano, Executive Director efforts. Accordingly, SECORE and partners Caribbean Division, The Nature Conservancy. have designed coral settlement substrates that “Through this collaboration with SECORE and self-attach to the reefs, enabling seeding coral the California Academy of Sciences, we will recruits to join the reef in meaningful numbers. accelerate the science and innovation required SECORE and partners are currently for scaling up coral restoration efforts. Our conducting pilot projects for larger-scale sexual efforts can help to ensure healthy and resilient coral restoration on Curaçao and in Mexico . Caribbean reefs.” Education and sharing knowledge Within the frame of the Global Coral Restoration Project, hands-on practices will be Through this partnership, three capacity- shared with local stakeholders, in turn enabling building centers will be established in the a more comprehensive approach to assist in Caribbean: in Mexico, Curacao, and the U.S. the rehabilitation and active restoration of coral Virgin Islands. At each location, a local team of reefs. During the past few years, the project experts will test and refine sexual reproduction partners have studied how to raise large techniques, and share these through capacity- numbers of delicate coral larvae of several building trainings and workshops with coral Caribbean species, practiced less labor- reef practitioners around the world. In addition, intensive ways of seeding coral recruits on local communities will be actively involved in reefs, developed protocols to choose suitable the process, providing local partners with restoration sites and learned how to efficiently outreach tools to facilitate community monitor ongoing restoration success.