Hi all. Some friends of mine and I are hoping to visit Cuba, alas, on dry land and were wondering what the latest rules and regulations were. But more so, what the watery world is like there, I have training is a reef biologist and a most anxious to look at the condition of the reefs. I have traveled a lot in the tropical Pacific and have noted what others before me have seen which is that biodiversity roughly tracks the size of the island where the reef exists. So I'm very optimistic that if the reefs have not been ruined as they have elsewhere, that I might find a wider range of reef animals than in other parts of the Caribbean . What is foremost in my mind is the extent to which the government allows you to wander about. For example in China tourism is very strictly regulated and you can't go just anywhere you please. On the other hand if some of you have taken boats to Cuba you have been to exactly the sort of place in which I have the most interest . Peter H Denton. A twenty year veteran of the list.

Peter, Cuba is not yet open to recreational tourism by U.S. Citizens. Regards, Ryan Sent from my iPad > On Apr 10, 2015, at 4:51 PM, Peter Denton via Trawlers-and-Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: > > Hi all. > > Some friends of mine and I are hoping to visit Cuba, alas, on dry land and > were wondering what the latest rules and regulations were. But more so, > what the watery world is like there, I have training is a reef biologist > and a most anxious to look at the condition of the reefs.

Peter: Go to cubamar.org and see their marine science tour options. Dan > On Apr 10, 2015, at 9:07 PM, "Ryan R. Healy via Trawlers-and-Trawlering" <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: > > Peter, > > Cuba is not yet open to recreational tourism by U.S. Citizens. > > Regards, > Ryan > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Apr 10, 2015, at 4:51 PM, Peter Denton via Trawlers-and-Trawlering <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> Some friends of mine and I are hoping to visit Cuba, alas, on dry land and >> were wondering what the latest rules and regulations were. But more so, >> what the watery world is like there, I have training is a reef biologist >> and a most anxious to look at the condition of the reefs. > > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

Of course by that Ryan means the U.S. Government does not allow U.S. Recreational boats to go to Cuba. From the Cuban standpoint, Cuba is open to U.S. Boaters. ‹Peter Swanson On 4/10/15, 9:27 PM, "Dan Stephens via Trawlers-and-Trawlering" <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: >Peter: > >Go to cubamar.org and see their marine science tour options. > >Dan > > > > > >> On Apr 10, 2015, at 9:07 PM, "Ryan R. Healy via >>Trawlers-and-Trawlering" <trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: >> >> Peter, >> >> Cuba is not yet open to recreational tourism by U.S. Citizens. >> >> Regards, >> Ryan >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Apr 10, 2015, at 4:51 PM, Peter Denton via Trawlers-and-Trawlering >>><trawlers@lists.trawlering.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> Some friends of mine and I are hoping to visit Cuba, alas, on dry land >>>and >>> were wondering what the latest rules and regulations were. But more so, >>> what the watery world is like there, I have training is a reef >>>biologist >>> and a most anxious to look at the condition of the reefs. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >>http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.co >>m >> >> To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, >>change email address, etc) go to: >>http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.co >>m >> Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World >> Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > >_______________________________________________ >http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > >To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change >email address, etc) go to: >http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com >Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World >Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.