Man, does it feel great to finally see recognition for these true Ocean Heroes. Marine biologist John Halas has finally received much deserved recognition from Oceana for designing permanent mooring buoy systems in the early 80's that have measurably reduced or eliminated anchor damage to coral reefs all over the world. My own work has leveraged John's design and resulted in the installation of hundreds of mooring buoys throughout the Caribbean, Hawaii, and Indo-Pacific. In fact, we recently established Fiji's largest anchor-free marine protected area.
But what you don't hear about in the Oceana award is recognition of John's wife, Judy Halas, who has been running the business--Environmental Moorings International--over the years (where's the award for Judy?).
Well, my congrats go out to both John and Judy. Well-deserved recognition for Ocean Heroes!
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