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Image: Jonas Patteet. Volunteer diver holding up a visibility marker at one of PB: Belgium's freshwater monitoring stations,

April 2015.

Project Feature - Project Baseline:Lake Iseo

Project Baseline at Lake Iseo (Italy) wasestablished by the North Coast Diversgroup in 2013. The team began their long-term underwater monitoring efforts byestablishing seven stations along thesouthwest shore of Lake Iseo. In additionto documenting these Stations on a regularbasis, the team has established acooperative arrangement with the ItalianCoast Guard and Provincial Police to helpremove derelict fishing gear and nets fromlocations along the coast of this lake. Overthe course of three months the team hasrecovered four nets, each measuring ~100meters in length.

The team is also involved with the CoastGuard and the municipal administration ofTavernola Bergamasca to determine a planfor the recovery of illegally dumped tiresfound near the team's underwatermonitoring stations.

Last month, the team continued theirannual participation in a program called"Clean Seabeds" by presenting ProjectBaseline to event attendees. This summer,team volunteers plan on adding two morelong-term monitoring stations as well asestablishing protocol required to rebuild thelocal fish population in the areas teammembers love to dive. Image: Renato Mauro Preda

Volunteer Profile - Renato MauroPreda

Renato Mauro Preda is the founder of thediving group North Central Divers and haslead Project Baseline: Lake Iseo asa volunteer Project Manager since 2013.

Renato has been diving since 1989 andcontinues to push his diving career throughan avid interest in technical diving. He ispassionate about wreck diving, but spendsmost of his time diving in Lake Iseo, whichis only a few kilometers from his home andthe headquarters of North Coast Divers. Heis supported by seven volunteer teammembers who take samples from thestations along the shore of the lake eachmonth.

Renato is proud that Project Baseline hasbeen received favorably by the local divingcommunity and authorities and feelsencouraged to continue broadening thescope of their activities in 2016 andbeyond.. Image: Renato Mauro Preda

Database Update as of June 2016

# of Stations: 777# of Images: 1,664# of Station Visits: 4,157

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Baseline Explorer (BEX)

Read more about how Brownies GlobalLogistics (known as Global Sub Dive)supported Miami Waterkeeper and ProjectBaseline when these organizations teamedlast March to raise awareness abouteminent disaster occuring on the naturalreefs near Port Everglades, Florida. Florida Reef Documentation StoryImage: George Monteiro

Event Spotlight

The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund donated$5,000 to the Florida-based not-for-profitorganization, Global Underwater Explorers,to support their central conservationinitiative Project Baseline. (That's us!)Click here to read more about this annualfundraising event!Image: Cantor Fitzgerald

Database Picture of the Month

Devil's Ear Spring (Florida, USA) issituated at the mouth of a 375' long springrun that enters into the Santa Fe River fromthe south side. It is an elongated limestonefissure that discharges directly into theadjacent Santa Fe River. Learn and See More by Clicking Here.Image: Vanessa Belz

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