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…
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…
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…
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…