On the 15th and 22nd there will be two more boats going out which I will start the list with all the divers that were not able to dive on the first two trips. Email Joe Gulli if interested in participating.    nolionfishstx@yahoo.com

Please keep the 6th of November Free for another Lionfish get together at Sharkey’s.   Free food and discounted drinks  Finally Friday!

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National Park Service  has contracted  Dive Experience in  arranging Lionfish removal dives  once a month to  Buck Island (2 dives) and the East End Marine Park (1 dive) . This is rare opportunity to dive an amazing area that is otherwise not open or accessible to recreational divers. What more, THESE DIVES ARE FREE OF CHARGE (that’s right $0.00)!  The [...]

DAN discontinues DAN Dive accident Insurance for divers outside the continental US, including us here in the USVI!… http://bit.ly/PEDQh # Underwater Olympics and BBQ rescheduled for 11/8/2009! Besides there being cruiseships in Frederiksted on 10/31 and… http://bit.ly/zZpz # Come to "Underwater ympices and Beach BBQ" Sunday, November 8 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. UNDERWATER [...]

A draft of the  LIONFISH RESPONSE MANAGEMENT PLAN for the US Virgin Islands in MS Word document format can be downloaded  by  clicking here (To open this document you will need Microsoft Word, or a compatible product such as OpenOffice.org Writer  installed on your computer. Clicking on the link will open the word document in a new [...]

Moved to November 8th due to conflict with cruise ship.   Bring a side dish to share and something to drink.  Club to bring the meat for grill.

Alert all divers in the VI who depend on DAN for dive/travel insurance. We just received this notification via e-mail:   On Oct 21, 2009, at 2:35 PM, “Judkins, Nathalie” <njudkins@dan.org> wrote:           ATTENTION - DAN MEMBERS ENROLLED IN AUTOMATIC RENEWAL PROGRAM  Dear DAN Member,  We would like to take this opportunity to welcome [...]

Help stop shark finnig in Floria, sign the petition. http://bit.ly/kILOM # CRABBS monthly meeting at The Nature Conservancy, Estate Little Princesse at 6:30 PM tomorrow Tuesday! Fun and… http://bit.ly/XP00Q # Save the date for CRABBS SCUBA OLYMPICS – November 1, 2009: http://bit.ly/Vozw3 # Save the date for CRABBS SCUBA OLYMPICS – November 1, 2009: http://bit.ly/mEUju [...]

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Trim your BCs, shine you regs and turbocharge your splitfins… Come to the CRABBS meeting Tuesday to learn more!

Note the location where the lionfish is located. Look for some distinctive features about the location which you can memorize and decribe after you dive. If you have a lionfish marker in your BCD pocket, drop the marker close to where the lionfish is located. If you do not alredy have a few lionfish markers [...]

Calling all Volunteers that would like to assist the St. Croix East End Marine Park! The St. Croix East End Marine Park is conducting an Activity Survey to document activity within the Marine Park. We would appreciate the help of Volunteers to collect data regarding their observations of human and boat activities in the Marine [...]

Wishing you all Happy Bubbles for the weekend!

Here are some pictures of some of the CRABBS members (and one little mermaid) out diving the past weekend! Note the new dive sock fashion!

The end of the year is approaching, but there is still time to grab some POINTS and race ahead in the contest for the coveted CRABBS diver of the year award! You can earn point by: – Getting new members 5 points – Getting speaker 5 points – Advance training 5 points – Attending meetings [...]