Marine park ranger Marit attended the CARI’MAM workshop & meetings last week. The idea of the meeting is to deploy about 20 hydrophones throughout the Caribbean so the distribution of sea mammals can be recorded. The…..
Year: 2019
Statia participates in ICCD
Hurricane Dorian could not stop our contribution to the International Coastal Clean up effort. The data taken from this worldwide collective effort is invaluable in the fight against ocean pollution. STENAPA removed waste from the Zeelandia Beach and underwater in…..
Rinsing protocol for dive gear used at dive sites with diseased corals
Non-sensitive equipment and tools should be soaked for 10 minutes in a 1% bleach solution, rinsed with fresh water and allowed to air dry. The bleach wash solution should be allowed to……
STENAPA takes measures against coral disease in Statia
A relatively new coral disease termed ‘Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease’ is a fast spreading lethal disease that was first reported in Florida 2014 and later in St Maarten in November 2018. The cause…..
New Diadema project aims to restore sea urchins in Saban and Statian waters
The new RAAK PRO Diadema project aims to restore the population of the long-spined sea urchin populations (Diadema sp) on the coral reefs around Saba and St. Eustatius. This particular urchin was……
