From Ruth:
I have now been in Andavadoaka working for Blue Ventures for 7 months. I’ve been ‘fish enabled’ for about 5 of those months, and am out there doing fish point outs and tests with volunteers during their training period, and collecting data towards the end of the expedition.
In order to [...]

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It’s a Saturday. Not that the days of the week bear much consequence to our working week here in Andavadoaka; but it is a Saturday, Saturday 10th May. An important meeting is to be held with all parties involved within the Velondriake, just south of here. As a result much preparatory [...]

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You arrived on the camion all tired and weary
the hours of bumping making your eyes look all bleary
we can’t believe six weeks has passed
it really has gone so very fast
we hope you’ve had a blast and a ball
because the things you’ve done have been far from small
After your efforts, the beach was pristine
Compared to before [...]

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Another song to help identify different species of snapper…
“We Love Our Snappers!”
(To be sung to the tune of “Can’t take my eyes off you”)
When you are learning your fish,
Can’t give your snappers a miss,
Continuous dorsal fin,
Often higher where they begin,
With slightly upturned snouts,
And downturned mouths
This makes them [...]

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