KEY WEST REGISTER CERTIFIED DIVE DIRECTORY     "first in Florida Keys News"©       A COMPREHENSIVE LISTING OF KEY WEST INSTITUTE APPROVED  DIVE OPERATORS IN THE CARIBBEAN AND FLORIDA KEYS  THAT SUPPORT KW INSTITUTE  INITIATIVES - in alpha order by geo region / contact us for listing - @ SIGN INDICATES INSTITUTE TESTED BY KWI RESEARCHER     Florida Keys - Bahamas - Cuba - Caymans - Central America           Contact  -    editor @keywestregister.com to add your organization! Florida Keys Key Largo area Amoray Dive Resort 104250 Overseas Highway Key Largo,.Florida 33037 amoray.com amoraydive@aol.com (305)451-3595 Fax: (305)453-9516 Aqua-Nut Divers 104220 Overseas Highway Key Largo, Florida 33037 kellysmo@aol.com               Key West Institute Commemorative Medallion "Caring for Sustainable Resources" Medallion created by Internationally awarded Wildlife Artist Mr. Dave Cusenza of the Pacific Northwest Medallion $99.95 postage paid Florida Residents add sales tax OCEANSAFE.ORG Ocean Safe Registryä ______________________________________________________________ Capt. Slate's Atlantis Dive Center                                                            51 Garden Cove Drive Key Largo, Florida 33037 dive@captainslate.com (305)451-3020 Fax: (305)451-9240 Caribbean Watersports PO Box 781 Key Largo , Fl 33037 cws@aol.com (305) 852-4707 FAX: (305) 852-5160 Dixie Divers 103400 Overseas Hwy Key Largo, Fl 33037 DixDivers@aol.com (305) 453-9588 Fax: (305) 453-0635 HMS Minnow Charters PO Box 1104 Key Largo , Fl 33037 hmsminnow@msn.com (305) 451-7834 Horizon Divers 43 Gumbo Limbo Ave Key Largo, FL 33037 h2osphere@aol.com (305) 453-3535 FAX: (305) 453-3511 Island Reef Diver 3 Seagate Blvd. Key Largo, Florida 33037 isldiver@bellsouth.net (305)453-9456 Fax: (305)453-9405 It's A Dive 103800 Overseas Hwy. Key Largo , Fl 33037 wesley@itsadive.com (305) 453-9881 Jules Undersea Park 51 Shoreland Dr. Key Largo, Fl 33037 info@jul.com Keys Diver 99696 Overseas Highway Key Largo, Florida 33037 tbfirm@aol.com (305) 451-1177 Fax: (305) 451-6389 Ocean Divers              @ 522 Caribbean Drive Key Largo , Fl. 33037 (305) 451-1113 Sea Dwellers Dive Center 99850 Overseas Highway Key Largo , Florida 33037 sdwellers@aol.com (305)451-3640                                                                      Sharky's 1-800-935-3483 The Dive Shop at Ocean Reef 10 Fishing Village Ocean Reef Club Key Largo, Florida 33037 diveshopor@aol.com (305)367-3051 Quiescence Diving Services P O Box 1570 Key Largo, Fl 33037 info@keylargodiving.com (305) 451-2440 Wreck Diver Charters P. O. Box 401 Key Largo. Florida 33037 wrkdiver@gate.net (305) 451-3900 Islamorada area     Bud and Mary's Dive Center P. O. Box 1126 Islamorada, Florida 33036 Imf63059@aol.com (305)664-2211 Fax: (305)664-1007 Conch Republic Divers 90800 Overseas Highway Tavernier, Florida 33070 capnt@terranova.net (305)852-1655 Fax:(305)853-0031 History of Diving Museum 305.664.9737 divingmuseum.org Florida Keys Dive Center P. O. Box 391 Tavernier, Florida 33070 scuba@floridakeysdiverctr.com (305)852-4599 Fax: (305)852-1293 Holiday Isle Dive Shop Kristie Newth P. O. Box 482 Islamorada, Florida 33036 diveshop@divetheisle.com (305)664-3483 Fax: (305)664-4145 Lady Cyana Divers Gloria Teague P. O. Box 1157 Islamorada, Florida 33036 ladycyana@ladycyana.com (305)664-8717 Fax: (305)664-4443 Ocean Quest 85500 Overseas Hwy Islamorada, Fl 33036 mail@oceanquestdivecenter.com (305) 664-4401 Rainbow Reef Dive Center 85500 Overseas Highway Islamorada, Florida 33036 divers@rainbowreef-divecenter.com (305)664-4600 Fax: (305)664-2007 Sea Raven 87770 Overseas Hwy Islamorada, Fl 33036 mail@searavendiver.com (305) 853-0625 Tavernier Dive Center P. O. Box 465 Tavernier, Florida 33070 tavdive@tavernierdivecenter.com (305)852-4007 Fax: (305)852-0869

Marathon & Lower Keys area Abyss Dive Center 13175 Overseas Highway Marathon, Florida 33050 abysdive@reefnet.com (305) 743-2126 Fax: (305) 743-7081 Aquatic Adventures Dive Center P. O. Box 510378 Key Colony Beach, Florida 33051 aquatic@keysconnection.com (305)743-2444 Fax: (305)289-0562 Captain Hook’s Dive Center 11833 Overseas Highway Marathon, Florida 33050 Grange@marathonkey.com (305)743-2444 (305)289-1374 Capt, Morgan's Dive Tours P O Box 510299 Key Colony Beach, Fl 33051 morgansdiving@aol.com (305) 289-0905 Cudjoe Dive Center                                                               Dive Charity supporter 477 Drost Drive Cudjoe Key, Florida 33042 (305)745-2357 Fax: (305)745-2357 Fantasea Divers 4650 Overseas Highway Marathon, Florida 33050 divexs@aol.com (305)743-5422 Fax: (305)743-4739 Hall’s Diving Center 1994 Overseas Highway Marathon, Florida 33050 hallsdiving.com (305)743-5929 Fax: (305)743-8168 InnerspaceDive Center MM 29.5 Big Pine Key, FL (305) 872-2319 Keylypso Charters 12648 Overseas Hwy Marathon, Fl 33050 keylypso@bellsouth.net (305) 743-7655 Looe Key Dive Center PO Box 509 Ramrod Key , Fl 33042-0509 looekeydivecenter.com 305-872-2215 FAX: (305) 872-3786 Sea-Clusive Charters P O Box 431961 Big Pine Key, Fl 33043 (305) 872-3940 fax (305) 872-0111

Sombrero Reef Explorers 19 Sombrero Blvd Marathon , Fl 33050 captfred@sombreroreef.com Tildens Scuba Center 61 Hawks Cay Blvd Duck Key ,Fl 33050 diving@hawkscay.com (305)289-4931 The Diving Site 12399 Overseas Highway Marathon, Florida 33050 divingsite@aol.com (305) 289-1021 Fax: (305) 289-0046 Tropic Isle Dive Center 11499 Overseas Highway Marathon , Fl. 33050 jim@floridakeysdive.com (305)289-0303 Fax (305) 289-0745 Underseas, Inc. P. O. Box 219 Big Pine Key, Florida 33043 diveuseas@aol.com (305)872-2700 Fax: (305)872-0080 Key West area Captain's Corner 125 Ann Street Key West, Florida 33040 www.captainscorner.com (305) 296-8918 Dive Key West 3128 North Roosevelt Blvd. Key West, Florida 33040 info@divekeywest.com (305)296-3823 Fax: (305)296-0609 Key West Diving Society 951 Caroline St. Key West, Florida 33040 keywestdivingsociety.com (305) 292-3221 Lost Reef Adventures 261 Margaret Street Key West, Florida 33040 lostreefkw@aol.com (305) 296-9737 South Point Divers        @ Key West, Florida 33040 www.southpointdivers.com (305) 292-9778 Subtropic Dive Center 1605 N Roosevelt Blvd. Key West, Fl 33040 (305)-296-9914 Salvage and diving excursions The concept of marine salvage has been recognized by the law since the times of Byzantine Empire. In modern times, the Salvage Convention of 1910 was adopted by an international panel and ratified by the United States in 1913. The U.S. also adopted a Salvage Act in 1912 to supplement the Convention and address new circumstances. Unlike land based volunteer acts to save property, the person who saves property at sea is entitled to a reward which is generously computed in light of the fundamental public policy involved. Public policy, to encourage mariners to provide prompt service in emergencies, is to award compensation much greater than the value of the actual labor involved. The formal requisites of an act of salvage, in a way similar to those required for general average, are the following: 1) there must be a serious peril from which the vessel or property could not have been rescued without the salvor's assistance; 2) the salvor's act must be voluntary (no legal or official duty to render assistance); 3) the act must be successful in saving all or part of the property at risk. When the property has been abandoned, anyone may become a salvor and if the owner later wants to reclaim his property, he would take it subject to a lien for the salvage claim. The owner in possession of the property, however, does not have to accept an offer of salvage. While the typical act of salvage involves the rescue and tow of a vessel at sea, the range of situations which can constitute salvage is quite broad. Among examples of salvage are the following: the escorting of a distressed ship to a position where aid can be rendered; giving information on how to avoid an obstruction such as an ice floe or to avoid running aground; carrying a message which results in the provision of emergency assistance. In general, it can be said that, so long as a vessel is in danger, almost any voluntary act which contributes to its ultimate safety or rescue may qualify as an act of salvage. As was noted earlier, certain tests must be met for an act to qualify for salvage. For property to become subject to salvage it must be on the water or on a beach or reef. It was also mentioned that since the act of salvage must be voluntary, a person who is under a duty to provide assistance cannot claim as a salvor. A crew member, for example, would not qualify under any circumstance. The same goes for passengers. Public employees such as firemen or even licensed pilots are not entitled to an award for saving property if it was their duty to do so. On the other hand, a salvage claim is not defeated by the fact that the salving vessel is professionally equipped to render assistance or engage in salvage operations. It should be noted that, while nothing prevents a government from claiming salvage, the U.S. Coast Guard has long provided a rescue service with a traditional policy of not claiming salvage for its rescue efforts. For what concerns the amount of a salvage award, a court opinion from The Blacwall is often cited: "Courts of admiralty usually consider the following circumstances as the main ingredients in determining the amount of the award to be decreed for a salvage service: "(1) The labor expended by the salvors in rendering the salvage service. "(2) The promptness, skill and energy displayed in rendering the service and saving the property. "(3) The value of the property employed by the salvors in rendering the service, and the dangers to which such property was exposed. "(4) The risk incurred by the salvors in securing the property from the impending peril. "(5) The value of the property saved. "(6) The degree of danger from which the property was rescued." The items taken into account in assessing the value of the property are the ship, freight and cargo. The salvage award can never be greater than the value of the salved property and will always be substantially lower except in the case of abandoned or derelict property. Where substantial values are involved, awards tend to be under 20% of the value of the property. Salvage awards are for salvage of property, not life.The 1912 statute does not provide for awards for the pure salvage of life unaccompanied by salvage of property. Salvors of human life, however, who have taken part in the services rendered on the occasion of the accident giving rise to salvage, are entitled to a fair share of the remuneration awarded to the salvors of the ship, her cargo and accessories. In other words, the trial court will also consider moral as well as economic issues. There are two types of salvage contracts. One is the agreement in extremis entered into by the master of a vessel in danger under the stress of circumstances. The second type can be entered into by the owner and a professional salvage team after the immediate peril has ceased. The in extremis agreement will be enforced only if the court finds that it has been fairly negotiated and not entered into under duress with the result of an extortionary bargain for the salvor. If the court finds that a form of extortion was attempted, it may reduce the award or forfeit it entirely. A suit to enforce a maritime lien for salvage can be brought both in rem against the vessel or in personam against any person who may be liable. The trend for the resolution of salvage disputes, however, seems to be arbitration even if extrajudicial resolutions are not necessarily binding on crews of salving vessel.        Bahamas                                           Cuba                  Market analysis from "The Financial Haven Key West, Florida" "Don't find your investment strategy from a painted TV face or  your Cuz' Daryl" -  SENSEI        OCEANSAFE.ORG partner "Later - See You On Duval Street"©          ©  Copyright 2019 & Trademark of Key West Register Corp.

DATE 1572 thru 1607 1607-1608 1608-1609 1610-1617 1618-1634 1634-1665 1666-1677 1677-1705 1705-1723 1724-1728 1729-1730 1730 1730-1733	ASSAYER MARK O F F (small o over the F) F&D (small o over the D) F A F D P G L J D R G F	ASSAYER NAME Name and exact dates for the period 1577-1607 are (first dated coin) Geronimo Bercerra Martin Lopez Jose Eustaquio de Leon Nicolas de Rojas Felipe Rivas Angulo
LIMA- MINTMARK = P
DATE 1572 1577-1588	ASSAYER MARK X D, D (small o over 2nd D)	ASSAYER NAME Xines Martinez Deigo de la Torre
POTOSI - MINTMARK = P
DATE 1574-1576? 1574-1579? 1575-1579? 1580? 1581-1586 1586-1589 1589-1593? 1593-1596? 1596-1605? 1605-1613? 1613 1613-1616 1616-1617 1618 1618-1623 1622-1623 1624-1626 1627-1636 1628 1636-1640 1640-1643 1643-1648 1644-1648? 1645-1648? 1646 1646-1647 1647-1649 1649-1651 1651-1652	ASSAYER MARK R M, L B C, B, X/S, L B A B R, RL (monogrammed) B R (curved leg R) C Q M RAL (monogrammed) T P P, P (small o over 2nd P) T P T/R F/R T/R T R V P Z O (dot in center of O) E	ASSAYER NAME Alonso de Rincon Exact dates and some names for the period 1574-1586 is unknown Juan Ballesteros Juan Alvarez Juan Ballesteros Baltasar Ramos Leceta Hernando Ballesteros Baltasar Ramos Leceta Agustin de la Quadra (first dated coin) Baltasar Ramos Leceta Juan Ximenez de Tapia Luis de Peralta Pedro Martin de Palencia Juan Ximenez de Tapia Luis de Peralta Pedro Trevino (in various monogrammed forms) Juan Ximenez de Tapia Felipe Ramirez de Arellano Geronimo Velazquez Luis de Peralta Pedro Zambrano Juan Rodriguez de Roas Antonio de Ergueta