Incredible night snorkel July 13, 2012 The “String of Pearls” is one of the most amazing sights possible at night on the reef. Friday night the reef was lit up by the male ostracods that mate by producing a mucus strand from their posterior. A flashing bioluninescence moves up the strand giving the appearance of […]
Turtle report 2011 released: May shows improvement in nesting season Biologist Kirah Foreman from Hol Chan Marine Reserve has officially released the 2011 turtle monitoring report to coincide with the commencement of the 2012 turtle nesting season in Belize. The report concentrates on nesting sites on Ambergris Caye that is specific to specie nesting on […]
Many of you may remember the Winnie Estelle as a vessel used by TREC students. Winnie Estelle to stop in San Pedro on her final voyage home Many young islanders may not be familiar with the Winnie Estelle but many long-time residents can certainly share their memories of the vessel. 90 years after her launching, […]
Belize Collecting Suggestions – Maynard Schaus (mschaus@vwc.edu) During Jan. 2012 we obtained a permit to collect daddy long-legs from the ministry of forestry. It was a big hassle, but ended up working out in the end. For other terrestrial animal and plant species, you would go through the forestry office. For marine specimens, you apply […]
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Minister And Co-ops Meet: Close Conch Season Soon? Today Fisheries Minister Lisel Alamilla met with key stakeholders in the fisheries industry – including the bosses of the principal cooperatives. It was a consultation session about a very sensitive issue: namely, an early closing of the conch season – as much as two months early. It’s […]
Bill Gates is here in San Pedro with his $275 million yacht. He snorkeled Hol Chan yesterday. With all the money in the world to go anywhere – the snorkeling is still Best in Belize
COALITION RELEASES REFERENDUM NUMBERS Yesterday was a busy day for the Coalition to Save our Natural Heritage as they held the People’s Referendum, as a way to give a voice to many who were silenced when signatures were rejected from a petition to host a national referendum. People came out by the numbers to vote […]
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Subject: [Coral-List] Fully funded Marine Science internships in Bermuda To: “coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov” Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Applications are now being accepted for BIOS’ 2012 REU Program! The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has received National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) funding to support 4-8 fellowships for undergraduate student research at BIOS during the 2012 […]