The overall aim of the ESDP is to encourage the best possible representation from all European member states (to include all nations that are approved for EU scientific funding). Membership is at the nation level but with an identified representative. At the earliest opportunity the national (...)

A survey is being done in 2015, at a European scale, to gather recent (5 yrs) articles which were depending on the use of scientific diving (collection, observation, experimentation), published in journals of high IF (at least 5).
To illustrate this a leaflet has been distributed in December (...)

THE ADVANCED EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC DIVER (AESD) | to ESD standards An Advanced European Scientific Diver is a diver capable of organizing a scientific diving team. He/she may attain this level by either a course or by in-field training and experience under suitable supervision or by a (...)

THE EUROPEAN SCIENTIFIC DIVER (ESD) | to AESD standards A European Scientific Diver is a diver capable of acting as a member of a scientific diving team. He/she may attain this level by either a course or by in-field training and experience under suitable supervision or by a combination of (...)

Scientific Diving (SD): The purpose of SD is the undertaking and delivery of underwater science. It is needed: • to support research and education; • for the protection and conservation of the natural and cultural environment. It is neither recreational nor commercial diving. SD exists in a (...)