“Underwater world Maine: At Diver Ed’s Dive-In Theater, visitors aboard the Starfish Enterprise watch as marine biologist Eddie Monat plumbs the depths of the Gulf of Maine for natural treasures with an underwater camera, while his wife, Edna – no kidding – narrates topside. The real fun begins when Eddie brings sea cucumbers, lobsters, and other creatures on board for close-ups. The two-plus-hour tours (reservations required) include plenty of silly humor along with genuine science. 105 Eden Street, Bar Harbor, 800-979-3370″
written by Michael Blanding, From the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, May 16, 2010
“To a casual observer, a close-up view of the harbor on Sunday afternoon probably didn’t look any different from the same view the day before. But if you were a fish or a crab, you might have noticed a difference. The bottom of the harbor is cleaner, thanks to the efforts of about 20 volunteers who chipped in Sunday morning to help find trash or lost items and fish them out.”
Read the full story, written by Bill Trotter, as it appeared in the Bangor Daily News, April 19, 2010
Article from the Boston Sunday Globe by Stephen Jermanok, 4/11/10
Having been to Adadia National Park at least a dozen times, I knew that there was no better welcome mat to that glorious mix of forest, mountains, and ocean than atop the short summit of Acadia Mountain.
I didn’t want to turn the kids off to the outdoors by doing too many sports, so that afternoon, I booked a boat ride with Diver Ed. During the winter, former harbor master Eddie Monat dives for scallops. For the past decade in the summer months, he’s been leading trips in Frenchman Bay to find the creatures lurking in the deep.
Read the rest of the article in the Boston Sunday Globe
Article from The Working Waterfront by Blake Davis
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| Edna Martin helps her husband, Ed Monet, as he prepares to dive. Blake Davis |
Carving a wake in the early morning calm of Frenchman’s Bay, the Starfish Enterprise steams out of Bar Harbor on its maiden voyage.
Onboard, 11 passengers-parents and kids, all sporting duct-tape name tags-are sitting on long yellow benches.
Ed Monat, 43, known to his passengers as Diver Ed, stands by the cabin. A few kids begin to laugh as Monat, bulging his eyes, squeezes into his one-piece dry suit. The heavy neoprene stretches tightly against his thick chest and legs. His long tangled hair and most of his face are covered in a hood made of the same elastic material.
Read the rest at the Working Waterfront’s website
May 19, 2010 8:53 pm | 
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