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PADI Underwater Hunter Specialty Course

The Underwater Hunting & Collecting Specialty Course is designed to assist you in expanding your horizons as you apply your diving skills to another aspect of enjoying the aquatic environment.  Mans earliest ventures into this environment were to gather food varying from inter-tidal organisms to deep water fishing.  Early man also discovered the value of marine organisms and their by products as food, ornaments and trade items.  Many cultures developed and thrived throughout the world based on their abilities to collect, convert and trade these items – i.e. fish & fish by products, pearls, corals, shells (beads, buttons & ornaments), sponges, dye (sea hares), shellfish (oysters, clams, mussels, scallops), cephalopods (squids, octopus, cuttlefish), crustaceans (crabs, lobsters), mollusks (snails, conch, abalone), and algae.  With the advent of modern equipment and ingenuity, many marine organisms have been pressured to the point of extinction.

The point of this Specialty Course is to introduce the diver to the marine environment from the viewpoint of a new “predator” with the capability of either preserving or destroying a balanced eco system; how fish and game laws are determined; how to take clean and prepare seafood; how to collect and preserve marine specimens; and an introduction to aquarium systems.

The diver who completes this program will not only benefit from the standpoint of food/diet, but also from an awareness of how eco systems work, how to identify marine life, why Fish & Game laws are necessary, and how to prepare marine specimens for display/gifts.  Since these concepts cross all boundaries – fresh/salt water, warm/cold water, shallow/deep water, bottom composition, or world location – this Specialty is for everyone.  Join others who are expanding their awareness of how you, the diver, can use and interface with the marine environment without abusing it.

Prerequisites:  15 years old with an Open Water Diver Certification – participants must furnish full SCUBA equipment and text books.

Certification:  Specialty Chevron, Certification Card & Wall Certificate

Course Schedule: 

3 Classroom Sessions.  Upon completion of the classroom sessions, the student will be able to choose the type of game taking equipment needed for his local area; modify this equipment to suit his particular needs; identify the various types of game which can be taken by divers; Locate the particular Fish & Game laws which pertain to divers; Collect, clean & preserve marine specimens; demonstrate an ability to take clean & prepare seafood; identify equipment used to collect & keep live marine specimens.

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