by Jen Sanders Now this is a story all about how you will learn fish in Nosy Cao, I’d like to take a minute so sit for a bit, so I can tell you ’bout the Groupers and the Sweetlips. … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

From Sam: I finally arrived at the site at sundown on April 1st, easily the longest transition period I’ve had from one place to another. That said I really, really loved the trip through Madagascar. I had a great time … Continue reading →

From Sam: On Getting Here After twenty three hours in the air (which itself was preceded by a night in the Guatemala City airport), it would not be hard to have other individuals irk me. But to my pleasure, the … Continue reading →

So let’s talk about expedition 36 You may at times have felt it a bit fixed what with no viz, we’ve all been in a bit of a tizzWhat with all the storms, we’ve all been a bit forlorn. No … Continue reading →

Industry watchdog Which? commends Blue Ventures’ Carbon Offset Blue Ventures’ innovative non-profit carbon offsetting programme has been highly rated by companies watchdog Which? in its new report on the UK carbon offsetting industry. The report, which looks at the rapidly-growing … Continue reading →

This week, Blue Ventures held an Open Day for the village. We had posters, made by the volunteers, about the inter-relationship between the mangroves, seagrass and reefs, what a marine protected area would mean for the fishing stocks (and what … Continue reading →