Make waves as a BSAC Marine Champion!

Clidive on the March for Clear Water, 2024. Credit score: Simon Rogerson

Only one month in, and BSAC’s new Marine Champions initiative is already hitting the spot with golf equipment and members. 

BSAC is aiming to create a community of Marine Champions inside its golf equipment as a part of its strategic mission to be ‘the go-to group for anybody desirous to study, get pleasure from and defend the underwater world.’

With the help and endorsement of their membership’s committee, every Marine Champion will coordinate conservation actions resembling Underwater Litter Picks, seaside cleans, seagrass and oyster surveys. They may even help the event of future BSAC environmental initiatives, in addition to lead on their very own membership’s ‘in-house’ marine conservation tasks.

Since its launch in August, Marine Champion registrations have been steadily rolling in, with members eager to assist defend and advocate for our marine atmosphere.

Calshot SAC’s new Marine Champion Aaron Parsons stated he determined to enroll to the initiative because it offered the alternative to get his membership concerned in conservation. He defined:

Litter-picking turns into a part of any dive, citizen science can deliver a undertaking to the membership, and shore surveys can get the entire household concerned. And, as a dad and diver, the well being of our marine atmosphere is a excessive precedence for me.

In the meantime, Sports activities Diver Diana Fisgativa stated that changing into a Marine Champion for her membership, Holborn SAC, meant she might additionally use her place as a diver to assist make a distinction.

Changing into a Marine Champion will give me the chance to deliver a strong message to my friends and future divers about marine conservation.

Katherine Knight, Chair of BSAC’s atmosphere committee, stated she was delighted by the response to the initiative and hoped much more BSAC members and golf equipment would get on board. She stated:

We’re already getting unfold of Marine Champions across the UK, and are additionally seeing some abroad registrations coming in, which is nice information! 

I’ve been impressed with the fervour and enthusiasm all our Marine Champions have for the initiative – they’re actually motivated to champion our seas and waterways at a grassroots stage. That is the beginning of a constructive wave for change.

To use to develop into a BSAC Marine Champion, it is advisable to be aged 18+ and a member of a BSAC membership.  For extra info on the Marine Champions initiative and to use, go to bsac.com/marinechampions