Frederick leaves Coalition to run in General Election (for UDP?)
Frederick leaves Coalition to run in General Election (for UDP?) Coalition to Keep BT Dump Free consolidates its leadershipThe Coordinating Committee of the Coalition met on February 8th to discuss plans for upcoming Coalition action against the plan to put…
Quake off Solomon Islands triggers deadly tsunami
Homes were damaged and at least five people have been reported dead after a tsunami triggered by an undersea earthquake hit the Solomon Islands. The quake, with a magnitude 8.0, struck at 01:12 GMT near the Santa Cruz islands, the…
Health implications associated with exposure to farmed and wild sea turtles
By Clifford Warwick, Phillip C Arena2 and Catrina Steedman Correspondence to: Clifford Warwick. Email: [email protected] Original published by JRSM Short Reports at http://shortreports.rsmjournals.com/content/4/1/8.full?sid=a748a878-fdde-4c41-ba1d-baa97b1e0c0b Abstract Exposure to sea turtles may be increasing with expanding tourism, although reports of problems arising from…
Tourists handling captive sea turtles face health risks [from WSPA]
Tourists encountering captive sea turtles while on holiday face health risks, according to new research published this week by the London-based Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. While interacting with wild sea turtles in their natural habitat is quite…
UD students study Cayman’s lionfish
From University of Delaware UDaily Lionfish invasion Invasive species among marine science subjects in Cayman Islands study abroad programme With a spiky fringe of venomous barbs and bold brown-and-white stripes, the exotic lionfish invaded Florida waters several decades ago and…
Turtle Farm does not pose risk to human health says CTF
CTF counters latest WSPA smear tactic Contrary to recent allegations made by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), the Cayman Turtle Farm (CTF) says that handling of captive turtles at the facility is not a threat to…
National Trust Update
Lunch & Learn with geologist Murray A. Roed Wednesday, 6 February, 12:00 noon at the Brasserie Conference Room, Cricket Square There are still a few spots left for this special event! Geologist Murray A. Roed’s work has had a transformative…
Australia dolphins ‘saved’ by juvenile’s distress call
The distress call of a young dolphin has been used to lure a large pod of the animals to safety, after it appeared they would strand themselves in shallow water. Environment officials in Western Australia caught the juvenile and took…
Cayman’s stingrays will be protected
Ahead of plans for a major overhaul of the law to expand local marine parks, Mark Scotland, the Minister for the Environment, announced the Cayman Islands Government is proposing to make a minor amendment to the marine conservation law in…
West Bay and Cayman Brac fishermen oppose marine park proposals
At a press briefing last week, Gina Ebanks-Petrie, the Department of Environment (DoE) Director, revealed that all of the comments and submissions from the public regarding the proposals set out by the DoE to produce the enhancement of and expansion…
