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About Us
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia, ARSBC, is a registered non-profit society based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a registered tax-deductible charity in Canada.
Our mission is to create environmentally- and economically-sustainable "artificial reefs" in British Columbia and around the world for the enjoyment of Scuba Divers, and for the protection of environmentally- and historically-sensitive marine habitats. Since 1991, the ARSBC has sunk 6 ships and one Boeing 737 in B.C.!
The ARSBC has no paid employees and consists of a volunteer Board of seven Directors, and hundreds of volunteers from B.C., Alberta, and the north-west United States, who have worked on our projects.
Mission Statement
The Artificial Reef Society of British Columbia (ARSBC) creates and promotes artificial reefs for use by SCUBA divers as a means to:
- Promote economic activity in the vicinity of artificial reef sites;
- Promote the technologies and procedures required to establish safe and environmentally-friendly artificial reefs;
- Promote the use of artificial reefs as a means to minimise the impact of recreational SCUBA divers on historical wreck sites and other ecologically-sensitive dive sites;
- Monitor developments of all our artificial reefs for environmental impact and diver safety.
ARSBC President Howie Robins with Jacques Cousteau in 1995.