Research in the Cayman Islands is teaching scientists about the behaviour and movement of sharks in the Caribbean: Three tiger sharks tagged off the coast of Grand Cayman as part of a collaborative research project have returned to local waters after almost a year travelling around the Caribbean. Although Tina was last tracked off the [...]
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St. Maarten Nature Foundation starts night patrols to fight shark poaching
The St. Maarten Nature Foundation is taking steps to make sure that people comply with the new ban on shark fishing: The Nature Foundation [has] issued a press release about people who are trophy hunting the resident shark population within the Man of War Shoal Marine Park and subsequently killing them. … “Sharks have a [...]
Lionfish on the menu in The Bahamas
It’s been recommended that one way to fight the lionfish invasion of the Caribbean is to eat the critters. Well now lionfish is on the menu at at least one hotel in The Bahamas: With more than 400 servings of a new menu item last month, Bimini Big Game Club’s General Manager Michael Weber and [...]
The Bahamas signs international shark conservation agreement
The Bahamas is one of eight countries to have signed an international agreement on shark conservation: A declaration signed by the Bahamas, Colombia, Honduras, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands, Mexico, Micronesia and Palau, is expected to declare up to 2 million additional square miles off limits to commercial shark fishing. The question of effective enforcement [...]
St. Maarten, The Bahamas ban shark fishing
News via the St. Maarten Nature Foundation: Great News to Report: The Honorable Minister Franklin Meyers has just signed the Decree prohibiting the intentional catching and harming of Sharks, Rays and Skates in St. Maarten Territorial Waters! St. Maarten is one of the few countries in the world where shark conservation measures are in effect. [...]
Jamaica loses hundreds of millions of dollars to illegal fishing for lobsters, sharks
As in The Bahamas, fisheries official in Jamaica are concerned about transboundary marine poaching: Jamaica has lost more than USD 132 million in lobster meat to poachers since 2006. As a result, Agriculture Minister Dr Christopher Tufton is pushing for the country to create a regional plan to address illegal fishing. He said that out [...]
Guest post: Report from the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress
[Just one post today, but it's a good one: a guest contribution from Robin Ramdeen, who recently attended the 2nd International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) in British Columbia, Canada. Robin's report highlights Caribbean participation in the Congress, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities with which regional marine conservation stakeholders are presented.] The [...]
Video: Dr. Rachel Graham wins international conservation award for her work to protect Belize’s sharks
A marine biologist from Belize has became this year’s winner of one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for grassroots nature conservation: the Whitley Gold Award, donated by WWF-UK. Dr Rachel T. Graham, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Gulf and Caribbean sharks and rays programme and a member of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group, [...]
Branson backs down on lemurs in the British Virgin Islands
Sir Richard Branson has backtracked on his plan to release lemurs in the British Virgin Islands. Here’s what he says on his blog: It’s interesting how on occasions when you set about to do something for all the right reasons it can backfire on you. For many years I’ve been involved in organisations to try [...]
