Members of PVS met yesterday at China Walls to honor Albert Falco, a French scuba diving veteran and champion of ocean conservation, who passed away in Marseille on Saturday, April 21, at 84. Falco was was one of the longest-serving diving companions of ocean pioneer Jacques Cousteau and was on the Ocean Advisory Board of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a non-profit ocean conservation organization.
PVS navigators Bruce Blankenfeld and Nainoa Thompson watching video of Albert Falco …
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Bob tell how the only time as a child he did not have to eat at the dinner table was when there was a Jaques Cousteau special on TV; in keeping with that practice, he allows that privilege to his children today:
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A scattering of flowers on Maunalua Bay …
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