Please share with your appropriate networks. Questions and applications go to REEF General Manager, Martha Klitzkie, at Martha@REEF.org. Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) is now accepting applications for the Spring 2013 Marine Conservation Internship. The internship is designed to provide in-depth experience in marine conservation and non-profit organizations. The program is geared to college-age individuals […]
Conch Survey conducted countrywide The Fisheries Department is working within the various marine reserves countrywide in conducting their bi-annual national conch survey. The survey, which should be completed next week, is conducted in compliance with Appendix Two of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and is intended to make stock assessment of […]
Oil Covered Turtle Recovers, Released Last month, 7News aired the alarming story of a juvenile green sea turtle which was found covered in crude oil, along the main channel at in the Hol Chan Marine Reserve off Ambergris Caye on July 24. The biologists from the Hol Chan Marine Reserve labored to rescue the turtle, […]
Oceana Wins Strike Out Case Against GOB A breakthrough decision in a claim brought before the Supreme Court, whereby Oceana is challenging the validity of six oil concessions granted by the Government of Belize in 2007, was handed down in the chamber of Justice Oswell Legall this morning. The ruling went in favor of Oceana […]
Why Belize? There are less expensive places to go to study Tropical Marine Biology but they have a greater volume of tourists. Although volume reduces cost it also reduces the quality of the environment and the quality of your experience. Here are some other reasons to come: -The second Largest Coral Barrier Reef in the […]
Proposed New Marine Reserve for Ambergris Caye Stakeholders who gathered at the San Pedro Lions Den on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, to participate in a public consultation regarding a new marine reserve for Ambergris Caye, came to a mutual consensus and totally supported the draft proposal. The consultation was held by Ambergris Caye Wetlands Committee […]
Human poaching threatens successful 2012 turtle nesting This year marks the fourth consecutive year that turtle monitoring is being conducted on the northern beaches of Ambergris Caye. Monitoring of the turtles is done during the turtle nesting season which runs annually from May through November. This year however, nesting started a few weeks earlier than […]
Fish Aggregating Device placed in offshore Ambergris Caye Captain Shark’s worked closely with the San Pedro Game Fish Association on June 29th to install a fish aggregating device (FAD). The FAD was placed in the waters approximately two miles offshore from El Pescador Resort on Ambergris Caye and anchored at a depth of about 2,400 […]
Turtle found covered with crude oil at Hol Chan Marine Reserve A turtle completely covered in crude oil was found floating in the Hol Chan Marine Reserve off Ambergris Caye. The juvenile Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) was found by a group of divers on Tuesday July 24th along the channel at Hol Chan Marine […]
This is why we don’t serve local sea food at TREC and Why you shouldn’t wait to visit this ecosystem (but eat chicken when here). The truth from the NY Times – A World Without Coral Reefs IT’S past time to tell the truth about the state of the world’s coral reefs, the nurseries of […]