The sea turtle nesting season has officially begun on St Eustatius. STENAPA’s Marine Park Manager and Sea Turtle Program Coordinator, Jessica Berkel found 18 green sea turtle activities (beach crawls with or without successful nesting) …..
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Annual Community Clean Up 2020
Statia can be as beautiful, cherished, and respected as we want her to be. Therefore, it is our responsibility to manage our waste first and foremost as individuals. Before anyone comes to clean the roadsides or collect waste bins, we have…..
Sea Turtle Conservation Program on St. Eustatius
Since 2002, STENAPA has been monitoring the sea turtles that visit the shores of St Eustatius and the surrounding Marine Park. Nightly patrols help us spot the tracks of hawksbill, green and and leatherback turtles (although….
Statia's Red-Billed Tropic Bird Population
Nesting takes place in loose colonies, as they nest on a scrape found on a cliff face that is easy to take off from. A single egg is laid and is incubated by both sexes for about six weeks. Whether the egg hatches or not can be influenced by pollution……
Keeping our corals healthy
The third presentation in the Marine Park Information Series ‘Keeping our Corals Healthy’ was a dive into the marine park. From the point of view of corals, Jessica Berkel, STENAPA’s Marine Park Manager, described the amazing world under the sea, the several ways we benefit, the……
