DIVING ACTIVITIES

'Diving activities', underwater diving which may be performed for the following reasons:

Type of diving	Classed as
aquarium maintenance in large public aquariums	commercial, scientific
boat and ship inspection, cleaning and maintenance	commercial, naval
cave diving	technical, recreational
civil engineering in harbors, water supply, and drainage systems	commercial
crude oil industry and other offshore construction and maintenance	commercial
demolition and salvage of ship wrecks	commercial, naval
diver training for reward	professional
fish farm maintenance	commercial
fishing, e.g. for abalones, crabs, lobsters, pearls, scallops, sea crayfish, sponges	commercial
manned torpedo, frogman	military
harbor clearance and maintenance	commercial, military
media diving: making television programs, etc	professional
mine clearance and bomb disposal, disposing of unexploded ordnance	military, naval
policing diving to investigate or arrest unauthorized divers	police, military, naval
search and recovery diving	commercial
search and rescue diving	police
stealthy infiltration	military
surveying sea life and freshwater life, marine biology	scientific, recreational
underwater tourism	recreational
underwater archaeology (shipwrecks; harbors, and buildings)	scientific

Some professional, commercial, and police diving activities are sometimes performed by volunteer divers.

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★ Diving locations