NCUPS Free Seminar: California Artificial Reef Enhancement Program

The Northern California Underwater Photographic Society (www.NCUPS.org), proudly presents a very special seminar with George Steinbach, executive director of the California Artificial Reef Enhancement (CARE) Program (http://www.calreefs.org), Friday, June 8, 2007. The 27 oil and gas platforms along California's coast will eventually run dry and have to be decommissioned. A debate has begun about whether or not these platforms should be left in place to preserve the marine life, which arguably thrives in this environment, or if the oil companies should follow the original mandate to remove the entire structure. The oil and gas platforms offshore California are not popular with many citizens of the Golden State. However, if you are a fish or marine invertebrate you will likely have a very different perspective. The underwater portions of these structures are covered with marine life and have developed into thriving marine reef ecosystems - a veritable cornucopia of sealife for the underwater photographer...