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NEWS AND EVENTS

WESTJET LAUNCHES NON-STOP SERVICE TO PROVO

WestJet has recently launched their new non-stop service between Providenciales and Toronto, Canada.

WestJet will fly between Toronto and Provo three times per week from now until May 1, 2010

Click here for the most current Winter 2010 Airline schedule for all carriers.



Congratulations Gary Haas for submitting the winning photo caption!

 
Image by Rob Rogers

He is thinking what exactly??
Gary Haas submitted - 'You've gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya punk??"

Gary won 6 days of diving for 1 person, good until November 15th 2010; black out dates October 3-10 2009 and December 20th 2009-January 4th 2010.

Thank you to all that participated in our contest.

Why the interest?
Indo-pacific Red Lionfish Lionfish (Pterois volitans) are a non-native invasive species that have been documented along the entire US East Coast from Florida through Massachusetts, east to Bermuda and south throughout the Bahamas and in other Caribbean nations such as Turks and Caicos and Cuba. The expansion has been extremely rapid and exponential in scope.
 

Lionfish are:• Voracious predators being shown to eat native fish and crustaceans in large quantities. (Juvenile Nassau grouper have been found in lionfish stomachs in the Bahamas)• Not known to have any native predators• Equipped with venomous dorsal, ventral and anal spines, which deter predators and can cause painful wounds in humans.• Capable of reproducing year-round with unique reproduction mechanisms not commonly found in native fishes• Relatively resistant to parasites, giving them another advantage over native species• Fast in their growth, able to outgrow native species with whom they compete for food and space.

Non-native marine fishes can pose a major threat to marine fisheries, habitats and eco-system function. Increased reports of non-native species and the successful invasion of lionfish in Atlantic waters have proven the need for early warning and rapid response to confirmed sightings. Members from REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) were down in Provo at the end of last year to educate Dive Provo staff on the Lionfish problem and to show us the most expedient way to remove the fish from dive sites. The Dive Provo staff are now showing interested divers how to catch Lionfish and are also removing Lionfish from dive sites on a regular basis.

For more information on invasive Lionfish and on other important environmental issues where you as a diver can help visit http://www.reef.org/programs/exotic/lionfish


Free Diving Prize Winners
The following individuals attended Dive Shows in their local areas this year, and stopped by Dive Provo’s booth to register for our Newsletter and for a chance to win diving with our company.

The winners were drawn from the many entries that we received, and won THREE days of two tank morning dives with Dive Provo. The two tank trips visit every area around Provo including the famous walls at West Caicos, NW Point and French Cay. Congratulations to the following winners:

The Scuba Show 2009, Long Beach, CA: Charmaine McCartney
Beneath the Sea 2009,
Secaucus, NJ: Cheryl Lee
Our World Underwater 2009,
Chicago. IL: Joan Lange
 


Come Visit us at one of the Following Shows for your chance to win!

Nothing beats a face to face meeting with the dive shop owner when trying to decide where to spend your next holiday.  So come meet owner and dive operator Alan Jardine at one of the following 2009-2010 Shows:

Our World Underwater: Feb 19 - 21, 2010 Rosemont, IL

Beneath the Sea: March 26 - 28, 2010, Secaucus, New Jersey

The Scuba Show, May 15 - 16, 2010, Long Beach, CA
 



Dive Provo Owner
Alan Jardine

 


For Telephone reservations, please call 1-800-234-7768 (in the US)
 
954-351-9771 (all other countries)

For mail or fax reservations:
Dive Provo Reservation Service, 5601, Powerline Road, Suite 205, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309; Fax 954 351 9740

To contact Dive Provo directly on island:
Dive Provo, PO Box 413, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands.
Telephone 649-946-5040, Fax 649-946-5936