Here in Antigua we have a new government and new Ministers responsible for the Environment and Fisheries. I am hoping that these new representatives will listen to reason and do something about protecting our reefs. There have been several great…
Reprinted from Slate magazine. The Worst Marine Invasion Ever I could not believe what I found inside a lionfish. By Christie Wilcox|Posted Monday, July 1, 2013, at 7:00 AM A lionfish in an aquarium Photo by Alexander Klein/AFP/Getty Images “Do you…
This weekend: The St James Club, Mamora Bay Divers and The Antigua Conservation Society have collaborated to come up with the first organized lionfish hunt on Sunday June 2nd in an effort to bring awareness to this problem and to…
The Fisheries Department has known for years about the practice of gill netting for parrotfish (chub fish) along barrier reefs in Antigua and Barbuda and over the past few months has recognized it as not only being unsustainable but damaging…
As many readers of my blogs know, the 2006 Fisheries Act has been sitting languishing with the Minister of Fisheries, waiting for him to sign off on the accompanying regulations. While awaiting this evasive signature, unsustainable fishing methods continue to…
Change.org|The Proven Petition Site We were on the radio again yesterday. Here is some of what Marine Biologist, John Mussington had to say as reported today in the Daily Observer: Over-fishing in Barbuda could affect economy By By Tameika Malone…
netted parrotfish by the thousands taken from the reefs In the past five days 1400 people have signed a petition to the Prime Minister of Antigua & Barbuda. The petition has been organized by The Antigua Conservation Society and asks…
Change.org|The Proven Petition Site A few of my friends who have been campaigning for the environment for a very long time started an organization called the Antigua Conservation Society Inc. in the hope that we could play a more active…
The Antigua Conservation Society has launched it’s facebook page www.facebook.com/AntiguaConservationSociety in in less than 12 hours overnight has attracted 60 members. They will be primarily an awareness and activist group highlighting strengths, weaknesses and threats along our coastal environment. The…
In Antigua, Fishing Brings Both Income and Ecological Destruction By Desmond Brown (as seen on IPS News) In Antigua, the absence of barrier reefs forces developers to use boulders to protect against groundswells coming ashore. Credit:Desmond Brown/IPS Buy this picture…