March 27, 2010
The 3rd Meeting of the IAC Consultative Committee was held March 24-26,2010 in Belize City, Belize. “Turtle steak” – it’s considered a delicacy in Belize but one that’s increasingly hard to find, first, because it’s illegal and second, because the population of hawksbill turtles is on the decline. Well, that’s true all over the region [...]
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January 22, 2010
Extensive coral bleaching occurred on the reef near Ambergris Caye in 2009. Species affected include boulder coral, lettuce leaf, finger coral, shallow water starlet and brain. The vast majority of damaged coral has recovered. Agaricia and Porites porites showed permanently dead areas. Some regions showed a high mortality of about 10% in Montastrea annularis. There [...]
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