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Removing the ROV from the Reef
posted (March 23, 2015)
Remember the submersible vessel which was grounded on the reef about 6 miles north of San Pedro? The Department of Environment promised last week that they would try to remove it over the weekend, and this evening, they announced that they did it.

A Government release says that the DOE hired a private company out of San Pedro to assist them and got the conservationists from the Hol Chan Marine Reserve to remove it. That company assisted in successfully removing the Deep Tech Quantum ROV on Saturday. The DOE reports that the ROV is now their possession at a secure location. The work will now start in assessing the damages to the coral reef as soon as the weather permits, and the DOE it is, quote, "…still in communication with the appropriate party responsible for this incident." End Quote.

And in relation to the French Vessel, "Termaji" the DOE and the Solicitor General's Office have already applied to the Supreme Court to cut the steel hull of the sailboat into smaller pieces, so that it can be safely removed.

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