19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

Studying Octopus in Southwest Madagascar: My Story

By Daniel Raberinary, Community Conservation Coordinator, Madagascar My name is Daniel Raberinary, I come from Majunga, Madagascar, and studied at the Marine … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Madagascar Toliara

The Highs and Lows of the Octopus Project

by Sophie Andriamalala, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar For the last two weeks the octopus team in Toliara have spent 10 hours … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: International Conferences

From Toliara’s Sights to Hong Kong’s Bright Lights

by Sophie Benbow, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar Arriving in Hong Kong direct from Toliara, southwest Madagascar highlighted some fairly stark … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: International Conferences

Smartfish-eries and marine protected areas

by Sophie Benbow, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar I recently travelled to Mauritius to attend a workshop funded by the FAO … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

Addressing gender differences in natural resource management

by Kame Westerman, Velondriake MPA Project Coordinator, Madagascar Octopus is the most commercially valuable species within the Velondriake LMMA (locally managed … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Madagascar Toliara

Mapping the octopus: road tripping south of Toliara

by Sophie Benbow, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar On a recent trip to the south of Toliara I seem to have … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: International Conferences

The path to sustainability for developing world fisheries…

by Sophie Benbow, Southwest Regional Coordinator, Madagascar On February 13th 2012 I attended a conference organised by the Marine Stewardship … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

Exploring the sea floor

by Kame Westerman, Project Coordinator, Andavadoaka. Standing on Split Rock, with the high-tide watermark well above my head, I’m astonished … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Madagascar

Some of my highlights from Madagascar

by Kate Evangeli Octopus Day We’d been trained up in the art of how to sex an octopus which basically … Continue reading

19 JUN
categories: Andavadoaka / Velondriake Madagascar

Hot water

From Iain Matthews Just as the Greeks sat silently until nightfall in the belly of a horse-faced statue, we similarly … Continue reading