Diving activities

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Diving in the sense of going underwater, has these purposes.

Type of diving	Classed as
underwater archaeology (shipwrecks; harbours and houses sunk by storm or earth movements)	scientific
aquarium maintenance in large public and commercial exhibition aquaria	commercial, scientific
cave diving	technical, recreational
civil engineering in harbours, water supply and drainage systems	commercial
constructing,testing & maintaining equipment for the oil & offshore construction industries	commercial
boat and ship inspection, cleaning and maintenance	commercial, naval
demolition and salvage of ship wrecks	commercial, naval
fish farm maintenance	commercial
fishing, e.g. for pearls, scallops, abalones, crabs, lobsters, sea crayfish	commercial
diver training for reward	professional
media diving: making television programs, etc	professional
harbour clearance and maintenance	military
stealthy infiltration	military
manned torpedo,frogman	military
mine clearance and bomb disposal, disposing of unexploded ordnance	military, naval
search and recovery diving	commercial
search and recovery by police for evidence and bodies	police
rescue diving for underwater casualties	police
diving to investigate or arrest unauthorized divers	police, military, naval
surveying sea life and freshwater life, marine biology	scientific, recreational
underwater tourism	recreational

Most of the classes of diving listed here, except recreational diving, are some form of professional diving, however some professional diving activities are carried out by volunteer recreational divers.