Posts tagged Steve Peletz
Mauricio Hoyos | Ocean hero
Mauricio Hoyos | Ocean hero

Inspired by the movie Jaws as a youngster, Mauricio Hoyos Padilla obtained his PhD studying sharks. His research convinced the Mexican government to expand the marine protected area around Revillagigedo (aka Socorro), protecting sharks and other marine species from overfishing. Mauricio is a founder of Pelagios Kakunja. He is a key part of Fins Attached and Migramar (along with Goldman Award winning biologist Randall Arauz). His lifelong dedication and research helps Mauricio safeguard habitats in Mexico and contributes to marine science around the world.

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Lloyd Austin | Dive pioneer
Lloyd Austin | Dive pioneer

Lloyd Austin dedicated his life to training underwater researchers to dive safely. His 830 students went on to log 130,000 dives without any signficant accidents.

Austin served as Diving Safety Officer for U.C. Berkeley’s Scientific Diving Program from 1967-1996. He designed and built a career following his passion for the ocean, marine science and teaching. Lloyd passed away in December 2018 at the age of 87 years old. Until 2018, Austin still dove around the world and in the 52 degree waters of Monterey and Carmel, California. As a teenager in 1947, he experimented with scuba by taking an oxygen tank with him as he walked to a depth of about twelve feet underwater while breathing off of the bottle of oxygen at Salt Point State Park on the Northern California coast.

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MARCH 25, 2019


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Steve PeletzLloyd Austin, UC Berkeley Research Diving, Steve Peletz, Scientific Research Diving