Safety Statement Issued by  EDBA Members & Board of Directors

        The Mission Statement of the Eastern Dive Boat Association (EDBA,) States that the association endeavors to “provide cooperation among all dive boats.”

        The Eastern Dive Boat Association further believes that membership in the association carries with it a responsibility to ensure safety for its existing members as well as the responsibility for the safety of those who travel on the vessels of the association members. This responsibility necessitates that we follow procedures that will attempt to ensure this safety.

          In the interest of sustaining these premises, this responsibility compels us to address the questions of killing of birds at sea in violation of United States Code 16 USC-703, and the use of firearms on dive boats while they are at sea with dive passengers.

          The Eastern Dive Boat Association deems the illegal or unsafe use of Firearms unacceptable.  If such weapons are used by dive boat operators and/or passengers on dive boats in an illegal or unsafe manner, we consider this practice to be a danger to divers in the water, divers preparing to enter the water, passengers on the vessel, other boats in the vicinity and possibly other innocent and uninvolved persons afloat or ashore.

    Should the code of behavior exemplified in our criteria for membership be compromised by a member, the Executive Board of the EDBA shall handle a formal complaint according to the provisions established by our constitution.

          It is the desire of the Eastern Dive Boat Association to promote safe, enjoyable and responsible diving opportunities.

Executive Board

Eastern Dive Boat Association