From Compass Cayman, an enlightening and exasperating article about the challenges and frustrations of securing conservation funding in the Cayman Islands: While the Cayman Islands struggles to find money to protect its indigenous iguanas and parrots, nearly $40 million sits in a specially established Environmental Protection Fund. The fund was set up in 1997 to [...]
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Free lionfish dives in the Cayman Islands
In the Cayman Islands, trained lionfish hunters are being offered free dives as an incentive to participate in lionfish culls: As part of the islands collaborative effort to fight the increasing numbers of lionfish in Cayman waters Red Sail Sports are beginning a monthly one tank dive on the last Saturday of the every month [...]
New discoveries in Cayman deep-sea vents: shrimp, anemones and … copper?
Scientists exploring the Cayman Trough, location of the world’s deepest known undersea volcanic vents, have found several new marine species: It sounds like a medieval vision of hell: in pitch darkness, amid blazing heat, rise spewing volcanic vents. But there are no demons and devils down here, instead the deep sea hydrothermal vent, located in [...]
Cayman Islands extends Nassau Grouper fishing ban
The Nassau Grouper fishing ban in the Cayman Islands has been extended for eight more years: The ban on fishing Nassau grouper from aggregate sites around the Cayman Islands has been extended another eight years. … “Currently the fishing of spawning aggregations can be likened to going to a hospital’s maternity ward and killing half [...]
In the Caymans, shark counts lower than expected; scientists call for laws against shark fishing
Recent research has found that shark diversity in the Cayman Islands is surprisingly low: International marine scientists working in the Cayman Islands over the last few years studying local populations of mega marine fauna, in particular sharks and rays, have found far fewer species of sharks in local waters than they would have expected. Dr [...]
Results of the Cayman Islands Marine Parks review
See below two videos that present the results, so far, of the recent review of the Cayman Islands Marine Park system. Previously on Green Antilles: Reviewing the Cayman Islands’ marine protected areas after 25 years. In related news, residents of the Cayman Islands are being invited to share their views about the future of the [...]
In the Cayman Islands, a retailer puts a halt to the sale of shark products
In support of the growing global shark conservation effort, a Caymanian supermarket has stopped selling shark meat and all other shark products: Foster’s Food Fair has removed all shark products from its shelves. The supermarket had previously sold shark meat and has now taken shark cartilage pills off the shelves. The store has also sponsored [...]
Saving the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Work to save the critically endangered Grand Cayman blue iguana continues at the Anne and Kenneth Griffin Reptile Conservation Center, operated by the San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research. Previously on Green Antilles: A conservation success story: the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana.
Plastic bag reduction campaign in the Cayman Islands
Steps are being taken to further reduce the use of plastic bags in the Cayman Islands: Following the ground-breaking success of last year’s plastic bag reduction campaign, Cayman BECOME is now embarking on another round of campaigning to further reduce the use of plastic bags on the Islands. Last year’s drive saw Foster’s, Hurley’s and [...]
Sponsor a turtle in the Cayman Islands
The Cayman Turtle Farm is inviting the public to assist their conservation work by sponsoring the release of a turtle into the wild: The Cayman Turtle Farm is offering companies and individuals an opportunity to participate in an important part of its sea turtle conservation programme by sponsoring a turtle for release into the wild [...]
