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Underwater mapping system being developed for the Grenadines
- By Carmel Haynes
- Published 11-Aug-09
- Environment/Energy
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August 12, 2009-- A three-week research cruise will identify and document critical marine-life habitats such as reefs, seagrasses, and mangroves through SCUBA diving and the use of a live-action drop camera that can descend to 250 ft. Data gathered through these methods will be combined to create a first-of-its-kind 3-D underwater map of the Grenada Bank.
Caribbean fishers chart a course for marine conservation
- By Carmel Haynes
- Published 04-Jun-09
- Environment/Energy
- Unrated
Previous Gladding Memorial Award winners Don de Maria (left) of Florida and Anderson Kinch of Barbados discussing plans for the November fishers' summit
June 5, 2009 -- Historic November summit will bring together fishers
from throughout the English, Spanish and French-speaking Caribbean and Gulf of
Mexico with scientists and researchers to find common solutions for some of the
most vexing issues facing the fisheries of the Wider Caribbean.
Impact of climate change on Caribbean fisheries sector under-researched
- By Carmel Haynes
- Published 04-Mar-09
- Environment/Energy
- Unrated
Bridgetown, Barbados, Mar 4, 2009 -- The "Report of the Fishers Forum on 'Climate change and
small-scale fisheries in the Caribbean at the 61st Gulf and
Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) Gosier, Guadeloupe, 10-14 November, 2008"
points
to a need to place on the regional climate change agenda more demand-driven
research regarding the phenomenon’s effects on small-scale fisheries,
especially given the uncertainty about the impacts on their livelihood from climate
change and the possible responses fishers could take to mitigate its negative effects.