Guests from Belo-sur-mer visit Velondriake
Over the last several days, Velondriake committee members welcomed more than twenty guests from Blue Ventures’ second site in Belo-sur-mer, … Continue reading
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Kwetu, Community Aquaculture in Mombasa, Kenya
By Shawn Peabody, Madagascar Locally Managed Marine Area (LMMA) Coordinator. I travelled to Mombasa, Kenya last week to attend a … Continue reading
Earlier this week, the two mangrove reserves opened again to legal harvest…
By Kame Westerman, Velondriake MPA Project Coordinator. Mangroves are important habitats for juvenile fish, crabs, shrimp and sea cucumbers. Mangrove forests … Continue reading
Mad weather, dinner in Mexico, big turtles and a Whale Shark
by Christiana Hayward. Lying on the jetty looking out over the lagoon towards the barrier reef I marvelled at huge white breakers boiling, crashing, thundering over the reef, unable to hold back the tempest allowing rolling waves into our normally calm lagoon… Continue reading
Our dive camp days
by Christiana Hayward-Kourabas. Between the barrier reef and the shore is a huge shallow expanse of calm crystal clear sea the blues interspersed with dark patches of reef. We followed the jungley coast for about ten minutes until we reached two tiny wooden jetties, one broken down and falling into the sea on almost each remaining post a cormorant stretching out its wings and pelicans resting, waiting. Continue reading
Waffles and wildlife
by Alasdair Gilchrist. As is sometimes the will of the weather gods we woke up the other morning to winds powerful enough to prevent us passing through the cuts in the reef to reach the deep outer reef. Rather than writing the day off we decided to concentrate our efforts on other environments. Continue reading
The team reach Bacalar Chico
by David Chanter. Hola amigos. Life at Bacalar Chico Base Camp is unreal. The best way I can think to describe it is to imagine the film ‘The Beach’ but less developed. Continue reading
From Manchester to Mexico and Mangroves
by Christiana Hayward
Leaving the cold, grey persistent drizzle of Manchester was not difficult; my flight to the States uneventful and then a few short flights and I landed in Cancun at about half nine at night. There was a bus to Cancun city bus terminal almost immediately and from there I took the eleven o’clock, overnight, bus down to the Mexico Belize border. Continue reading
Blue Ventures in Belize
by Jon Slayer (written in February before the first Blue Ventures expedition)
Belize has been a fantastic experience so far, JJ and I arrived mid-December and have been working non-stop to get an experience worthy of Blue Ventures ready for volunteers. In Sarteneja we have found a welcoming community to add to BV’s locations worldwide. Continue reading
The Case of the Disappearing Sea Cucumbers
by John MacMahon One of the projects that Blue Ventures has got involved with in order to empower the local … Continue reading