CRFM Ministerial Sub-Committee on Flyingfish calls stakeholders to action
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE – Fisheries ministers who met on Friday, 22 February 2013, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, to review urgent governance and management issues challenging the seven Caribbean countries that currently harvest the Eastern Caribbean flyingfish (scientific…
Coral Reef is showing signs of coming back in the Caribbean
ORACABESSA BAY, Jamaica – Mats of algae and seaweed have shrouded the once thick coral in shallow reefs off Jamaica’s north coast. Warm ocean waters have bleached out the coral, and in a cascade of ecological decline, the sea urchins…
BT Coalition writes to UK’s FAC
BT Coalition deplores “double standards” of Governor and FCO; appeals to the UK’s FAC to impose “rule of law” Faced with what they consider a refusal by the UK government to consistently ensure good governance and the rule of law…
Alice Mae Coe et al v. Governor of Cayman Islands et al: Writ of Summons
Writ of Summons in Alice Mae Coe, Annie Multon, Ezmie Smith, and Betty Ebanks v. The Governor of Cayman Islands, The Attorney General of the Cayman Islands, Minister for Finance, District Administration, Works, Lands & Agriculture, and National Roads Authority…
Restaurants and watersports operators to partner for major lionfish culling effort
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; 25 February 2013. Calling all restaurants and watersports companies! We need you to partner up for the first annual Fosters Food Fair Earth Month Lionfish Tournament, which will take place April 26-27, 2013. Registration is available…
Consultation on Small-scale Fisheries Governance Arrangements for the Caribbean
CTA/CRFM/CNFO Consultation to formulate Small-scale Fisheries Governance Arrangements for the Caribbean BELIZE CITY, BELIZE; SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013 – Across the Caribbean, the fisheries sector employs over 182,000 persons, directly or indirectly. Whereas commercial fisheries play a key role in…
Telescope: making students show off their creations
The attached photograph shows amateur telescope making students and their completed telescopes at the University College of the Cayman Islands (UCCI). The proud students stand by their recently completed astronomical telescopes built as part of a UCCI Observatory Amateur Telescope…
Grand Cayman Nature Tours
The Cayman Islands were discovered by Columbus over 500 years ago. Permanent settlement came later. Indigenous plants were used for shelter, food, clothing, healing, everyday utility, boatbuilding, livelihood and export. They are part of the history, culture and identity of…
Dive Adventure: Grand Cayman
By Michael Zeigler Amazing underwater photography opportunities abound in Grand Cayman When I heard that my employer’s annual “Apex Award” trip in January was to Grand Cayman (sweet!), I immediately started mentally preparing for all of the great underwater photo…
Exoplanet Kepler 37b is tiniest yet – smaller than Mercury
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News Astronomers have smashed the record for the smallest planet beyond our Solar System – finding one only slightly larger than our Moon. To spot the tiny, probably rocky planet, they first…
