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I always wanted a friend with a boat

By: Ed Egan our mission. Well, Pest Bust- us more effective and effi-
ers Aruba has just become cient! They are even training
Why am I smiling? our best friend...with a boat! our volunteers as captains
They have donated unlimited on the sea after they receive
Hunting LionFish for the
use of their 6 meter 90 horse- their Aruba captain's licens-
past 3 years on Aruba has
been 95% shore diving, 3% power boat to shuttle our ALL es! Many thanks to our best
boat diving and 2% can- VOLUNTEER diver hunters to friends with a boat at Pest
celled boat dives which we and from dive sites to make Busters Aruba!
turn into shore dives. Hunt- Now all I want is a friend
ers know that means about with a bigger boat..
1 hour and 45 minutes of Anybody???
swimming out, scuba diving
and swimming back in from
the reef with a zookeeper
and spear.
Since ALFI Foundation is
very underfunded we rely
on our partner dive shops
and business to assist us in

De Palm Island with our own little spot... Hooraayyy!

By: Abigail Vrolijk
Design it and we will work it out for we will let everybody know.
you guys. How great is that?!
De Palm Island has been hosting Together with Scubble Bubbles Foun- Thank you again to De Palm Island and
the ALFI divers once a month every dation (coral restoration) we are de- De palm Tours for this great gesture.
month. This is a weekend of great signing our new little head quarters on
lionfish hunting, raising awareness De Palm Island. We will have a booth
and some fun with the family. for information, our t-shirts and rash
It was great when the general man- guards, ‘parking’ space for our divers.
ager, Miriam, came over and said:
walk with me! She showed me De Palm Island has been great with
their current marine display in the helping us raising awareness. A date to
middle section and said: This is open our new ‘spot’ is not set yet but
going to be ALFI’s new spot.