Steve Broadbelt Email & Phone Number

Originating from Yorkshire in the UK, and now a citizen of the Cayman Islands and his home for the last 21 years. Stephen is the co-founder and operator of the premier dive shop in the Cayman Islands, Ocean Frontiers Ltd., and is known as a leader in Greening the Dive Business. He is also the developer of Compass Point Dive Resort, one of the first Green Globe Certified resorts in the Cayman Islands.A two time recipient of Project AWARE's Environmental Achievement Award and responsible for contributing and spearheading many environmental projects, such as: Shark Tagging & Research, Historical Wreck Mapping, Green Sea Turtle Satellite tracking, Dive Site Carrying Capacity Studies,Sea Water Temperature data capturing to monitor for Coral Bleaching and Culling of invasive Red Lionfish in Cayman Islands' waters. Since 2008, Stephen has lead a new initiative in the Cayman Islands called "Project Dive 365". This project has a goal of installing 68 new dive site moorings over a 5 year period . The overall goal is to eliminate anchor damage to reefs and spread the load of divers visiting the Cayman Islands. The drilling phase of the project was completed at the end of 2012. Stephen has served on the Board of Directors for the Cayman Islands Tourism Association since 2004 as a Water Sports Director and as President for 2008 and 2009. Through this board he has contributed to various projects, including: creating and implementing new laws to protect Cayman's Stingray Attractions, advocating Cayman's SustainableSeafood in restaurants with 'Cayman Sea Sense', organizing the Cayman Islands International Film Festival to spread environmental awareness and the sinking of the Kittiwake Navy Ship as a wreck dive and artificial reef.Stephen's next green project is to develop a Green Building Council LEED Platinum Certified property.Specialties: Product Development Initiatives in the Tourism and Scuba Diving Industry.Property Development for small boutique resorts.

Listed skills include Scuba Diving, Tourism, Diving, Social Media, and 41 others.

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