b'Dialogue among island fishermen and with the government department of LVV has now increased. The problems that can come from overharvesting are now being discussed along with ideas of viable alternatives. Recognition:In May 1997, Minister of Tourism and Economic Affairs Tico Croes presented a special Iguana Award to Castro Perez for the environmental awareness the project has created. In September 1998 International recognition during the CTC-22conference in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The ARCP received an Honorable Mention for the 1998 ISLANDS MagazineEcotourism Award. In April 2010, Castro Perez received a Dutch Royal recognition of the Order of Orange-NassauAction: Once again, the clean-up portion of the project will affect all the beaches (from Arashi on the Northwestern point toBaby Beach on the southern tip) and dive sites (about two dozen) on the leeward side. Though the number of affectedsites has not increased, what has changed is the number of participants at each site.Every year in the month of September dive operators, watersport companies, hotel green teams, private companies, schools, Scouting, Social groups, Church groups, Sport Clubs etc., etc. will lead their individual groups over an increasingly larger area.Presentations at local schools have already begun. An estimated 5,000 primary and secondary school students will be reached through project-organized lectures. An Aruba Reef Care Project pamphlet has already been created and distributed by ATA to island hotels via the ArubaHotel and Tourism Association (AHATA).Sponsors: MAIN: ATA, Dive Operators, Hotels, Restaurants and AHATACoverage: An intensive P.R. campaign through the local media is already underway via press releases. In the past, information aboutthe project has been disseminated through print, radio and T.V. interviews. An international audience has been reached viamagazines i.e. Skin Diver Magazine, Resort & Travel NewsUS, RecommendU.S, ReiseGermany) and newspapers (El TempoColombia), the most notable being the September 1996 broadcast of the project on CNN World Report.In 1999, Castro Perez was interviewed by Despierta America, Univision, and a top Latin American TV network.28'