UPDATE: AG’s failure to act results in loss of mangroves
UPDATED: 11AM 18 Oct. We have just been informed that an injunction was issued by the Grand Court last night (17) and served this morning just after 9am. Work stopped at the site around 10:30am. There will be a legal hearing…
Island Heritage insures first electric car in the Cayman Islands
When James O’Neill received his car insurance policy from Island Heritage Insurance on 29 September 2012 it was a moment years in the making. Earlier this month, after years of lobbying on the part of Cayman Automotive’s John Felder and…
New Flora book of the Cayman Islands announced
The Ministry and Department of Environment are pleased to announce the recent publication, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, of the ‘Flora of the Cayman Islands’ by Dr George R Proctor, former head of the Natural History Division of the…
UPDATED: New Marine Park Proposals Public Consultation
UPDATED Note amended dates for East End and North Side from previously published From Laura Richardson Research Support Officer, Cayman Islands Department of Environment As you may know, Department of Environment is now at the end of a three…
Cayman Government replies to WSPA claims of health risks to turtles at farm
Statement by the Cayman Islands Government Regarding the Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter The Cayman Islands Government places a high regard on maintaining the health and safety of visitors to our Island and to our tourist attractions and takes…
Letter to the Editor from World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Committed to ending animal cruelty & suffering across the world, for over 30 years Dear Colin Please find below our response to your article on October 14th regarding WSPA and the Cayman…
Letter to the Editor from Guy Harvey
I am writing this letter as one of the foremost marine scientists in the Cayman Islands on the biology, ecology, natural history and socio-economic value of the southern stingrays, in the context of their relationship with these Islands. In reference…
Cayman Islands Turtle Farm accused of outdated practices and crippling debts by business model
Further to our October 12 story “Cayman Turtle Farm fights back against WSPA’s Stop Sea Turtle Farming” (see www.ieyenews.com/2012/10/cayman-turtle-farm-fights-back-against-wspas-stop-sea-turtle-farming/) the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) has responded with the following article. We also publish a separate response…
Jamaican Lititz farmers battle odds to Beat Army Worm infestation
Mark Titus, The Gleaner Farmers in Lititz, St Elizabeth, are bemoaning the lack of support from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and its affiliate, the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), as they wage a relentless battle against a myriad…
CRFM and ANCORS, Australia sign 5-year MoU
From CRFM, Belize City, Belize, Fri, Oct 12, 2012 Fourteen (14) Caribbean fisheries professionals from Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Suriname, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent & the Grenadines today concluded the first Fisheries Law and Management…
