The abundant and varied marine life that inhabits these waters is undoubtedly the richest natural resources and important part of the archipelago. One of the benefits offered by the waters of Los Roques for lovers of diving is that industrial fishing is prohibited, what is offered to visitors is a sea and fauna untouched, completely intact. Some fish species such as navajones or surgeons, cachamas, Isabelita or angel and butterfly fish have special adaptations to life on the reef, the colorful fish wrasses are dedicated to cleaning other fish, parrots or parakeets bark with their strong jaws polyps of the coral limestone surface. The snapper, rabirrubias, mackerels, groupers and spiny lobster, among others, completed the deal that moved on this extraordinary natural setting. Preserve the environment Roques archipelago is currently discussing to find an effective way to reconcile economic development with national park status. Under certain regulations, is based on the traditional use of fisheries resources and, thanks to the special environmental conditions, increasing tourism.
The diving-with-sport fishing is an activity that requires special permits issued by the authorities of the Parque Nacional Los Roques. In the specific case of diving, also apply some restrictions that seek to protect and conserve the environment. For example, there are areas defined for this activity, diving teams can not exceed 12 people, only three groups are allowed in the same immersion dive and every point can be visited only once every four days. Such exotic names as Stone Guasa, Tab Rabusqui, Boca de Cote, Salt Cay, and two insecticide control Noronqui highlights some of the most popular dive sites that offer abundant pelagic life such as groupers and snappers large, dense schools of barracudas , green and mottled brown, turtles, octopus and lobster, among others. The water visibility ranges from 15 to 60 meters, depending on the time of year and the average depth is recorded in the diving sites is between 6 and 60 meters. In Los Roques National Park there is a Special Use Zone which is the Marine Biological Station Two insecticide control, where he developed over 30 years several research programs on the marine ecosystem of Los Roques.
One such project is the breeding and restocking sea turtles and you can visit the kennel located in Two insecticide control-South-authorization of the National Parks Institute. The ecological characteristics specific to the archipelago of Los Roques, conservation and protection of reefs and their strict regulations for diving, make Los Roques is a unique destination in the world for recreational diving. For more information on the Iroquois or travel programs can contact or write. Organization President Vicente Morata Eco Challenge, CA Adventure Tour Operator, Diving Ecotourism and Venezuela.