That’ll Teach ‘Em
Continuing with local education, two volunteers have been helping out with French and Maths lessons in the Catholic Mission school.
It’s in Their Hands
A team from Blue Ventures and Wildlife Conservation Society have travelled to Nosy Ve to talk to the inhabitants about the idea of creating an octopus reserve and update them on recent decisions in Lamboara and Andavadoaka. It is greatly...
It Was This Big
Catch monitoring continues in Andavadoaka.
It’s Just Not Cricket!
Blue Ventures staff and volunteers were out in force on Sunday 9th October as they donned their ‘football boots’ for Blue Ventures versus Veso male and female football matches. The matches were a village event and a large crowd gathered...
Clean up your act
Plans are currently underway for a beach clean up following the success of the last one in June, 2005.
Research This!
The Blue Ventures have been tirelessly working towards producing the new Research Update to present the findings from the re-opening of the Nosy Fasy no-take zone. We are pleased to announce that it is finished.
As an aside:
Friends of ours have recently set up the following website, so that you can find out which bank is the bestest. Have a look!www.ratemybank.com
www.wildmadagascar.org
Here’s a great new website we’ve been using recently http://www.wildmadagascar.org/home.html. It allows you to get a comprehensive view of what there is to offer in the fantastic country that is Madagascar. Check it out and maybe it’ll persuade you, if...
It’s fin-ished!
Another big step has been taken in the fight for protection of sharks. The North Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO) has recently placed a ban on shark finning. This will apply with immediate effect to all ground fish and shrimp trawl...
The Vaccinators
Some of the volunteers plus the Blue Ventures Doctor have been helping the village doctor Joseph and a team of vaccinators with a polio vaccination campaign (funded by UNICEF and other NGOs) which has involved vaccinating all children under five...
Name That Tuna
The European Union is funding a project that takes an exciting step in the direction of sustainable tuna fishing. Tuna stocks are rapidly depleting at present owing to overfishing. In a new scheme, costing around $10 million approximately 80 000...
Net Again!
Irish, British and Norwegian marine experts have reported that Spanish fisherman are devastating the number of deep-water sharks in the northeast Atlantic. This is due to unregulated fishing techniques that will often involve trawlers leaving nets unattended for weeks, in...
Giants of the Sea
With news just in from site – a giant grouper was seen at Dos de Baleine today, it was at least 2.5m maybe 3m. A monster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Keep Fin Eat Soup!
New laws have been introduced in Egypt following increased pressure and lobbying from the Red Sea Governorate and HEPCA (Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association) that officially ban and criminalize shark fishing and trading. Divers and conservationists noticed that since...
Into the deep…..
The deep-sea environment is an area that has previously been thought of as a barren landscape, containing few life forms, is now being recognised to be the habitat for as many as 10 million species, some of which form coral...