All posts by Blue Ventures

Blue Ventures is an award winning marine conservation charity. We rebuild tropical fisheries with coastal communities. On our Beyond Conservation blog you can hear voices from the front line of marine conservation written by our staff and volunteers.

Selamat petang!

By Elise Schultheis I can’t believe it’s already my last day on the island! Four weeks on Tioman have gone by so fast! There’s no way I’ll be able to sum up all of the unforgettable adventures I’ve had in...

/ Jun 29, 2009

Blue Ventures Malaysia reef clean up program

Blue Ventures Malaysia reef clean up program mentioned on greenfin marine park website

/ Jun 23, 2009

Expedition diary of Olivia Poller, age 13

By Olivia Poller My name’s Olivia Poller, I’m 13 years of age and from Australia. Recently Mum and Dad decided to go on an adventurous holiday to Madagascar, dragging my brother and myself along with them.

/ Jun 23, 2009

From the Antipodes to Andavadoaka

By Liz Poller We are almost into the last week of our expedition and I am starting to feel sad that we have to leave this paradise. For me the trip to Andavadoaka has been the best experience I have...

/ Jun 23, 2009

Malaysia research blog April-May 2009

Phew, expedition number one in the can, done, completed. It’s been a tough few weeks and jam packed with activities, research and outreach programs but it has flown by. It seems just yesterday that 8 sweating, pale but smiling volunteers...

/ Jun 23, 2009

Fish, football and floundering.

By Liz Griffiths Our fourth week started with proper science training dives. Learning how to identify the different types of corals was one thing; next we had to learn how to collect the data from the seabed.

/ Jun 16, 2009

Fiji scholars blog: Saras Sharmas first days with Blue Ventures

Blue Ventures are operating a scholarship programme to run in tandem with our Fiji expeditions. Here is the account of the first few days on site by Saras Sharma, a junior fisheries officer at the Fijiian department of fisheries and...

/ Jun 10, 2009

Zen and the art of buoyancy control

By Liz Griffiths We are now half way through our six week expedition. Last week, the few dive ‘beginners' amongst us sat (and passed) our PADI Open Water exam.

/ Jun 9, 2009

Helen’s first few months in Fiji

Helen McGrath, dive instructor out on Leleuvia gives her account of the first few months of the our Fiji expeditions.

/ Jun 2, 2009

Madagascar, Expedition 46, Greetings from Andavadoaka!

The Blue Ventures expeditions to Madagascar are back in operation, thankfully, after several months of disruption. The first blog by the first group of volunteers to visit Andavadoaka Since January...

/ May 27, 2009

Blue Ventures Malaysia take part in reef clean up

This weekend the Blue Ventures Malaysia (BVM) team, along with 4 university students from Kuala Lumpur, have been taking part in a reef clean-up event organised by the Department of Marine Park Malaysia (DMPM). One of the main aims of...

/ May 20, 2009

When you’re bringing your work to the dinner table…

Island life changes you. Slowly and gradually Swiss cottages and the expedition becomes your normal life.

/ May 20, 2009

Rare launches first conservation campaign in Madagascar with Blue Ventures

Andavadoaka, Madagascar. Blue Ventures' conservation scientist Gildas Andriamalala recently returned to Madagascar to establish the country's first Rare Pride Campaign, after receiving nine weeks of intensive training in the use of social marketing and communication in conservation,

/ May 15, 2009

Space and time: The Leleuvia hypothesis.

By Leah and Duncan. You may be wondering why this blog for a six week expedition is being posted during the fifth week..... Well the thing is, Leleuvia is what we like to call a worm hole...

/ May 8, 2009

Kicking off the Qio club

By Katie. Today we headed over to Uluibau Primary school on Moturiki to start up a conservation club for the kiddos...

/ May 8, 2009