What Green Fins actually measures

Green Fins is easy to misread as a logo. Reef-World’s own explainer is drier. In partnership with the UN Environment Programme, the foundation wrote a 15-point code of conduct for marine tourism — the common ways boats and guests damage reefs — and then built a system that assesses operators against it.

Where a country has adopted the programme, trained assessors visit once a year. Staff get a training hour. Managers leave with action points. Membership is not automatic. There is a performance threshold, then a public listing so a traveller can find an operator by place and rank.

Why a journal cares

Camel’s public copy calls itself the first Green Fins Gold member in Egypt. That sentence is only as strong as the standard behind it. This brief is the standard, not the house. Gold, Silver, and Bronze are explained on Green Fins’ own membership page — a sister brief in this journal.

We will not pretend a code of conduct is a reef survey. It is an operator score. The original Reef-World page is the method. If you want the fish, go diving. If you want the rulebook, start there.