St Vincent and the Grenadines were one of the first Caribbean countries to recognise the importance of the marine ecosystems and begin putting in place legislation to protect it. The Tobago Cays Marine Park was one of the first marine protected areas in the Caribbean, with horseshoe reef being one of the most well preserved,…
Month: February 2021
Caribbean Sharks; threats and conservation.
A recently published article in Nature has shown that since 1970 there has been a 71% decline in shark abundance due to increasing fishing pressures around the world. Caribbean sharks are no different. In St Vincent, on Mayreau I witnessed the landing of 10 sharks, a mixture of black-tip, and lemon sharks. All smaller than…
The Ashton Lagoon Project, Frigate Bay.
For the last few days we have been anchored in Frigate Bay, Union Island. Sustainable Grenadines have…
Marine Mammal facts.
Marine Mammal facts: this is a group encompassing whales, dolphins, manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions and walrus, sea otters and polar bears. These are animals like humans, giving birth to live young and relying upon air to breathe, however they spend most or all of their time in the water. These are charismatic species, capturing…
Threats to the ocean.
Some major threats to the Ocean: Having recently crossed the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the Caribbean on a sailing boat, I saw first hand some of the major threats facing our Oceans today. Plastic pollution; even in the middle of the Atlantic, where we were closer to the International Space Station then any other…