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Final Reflections from Navassa

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

April 2, 2012

The mission to Navassa wrapped up on Friday. As the sun began to set, activity on the Golden Shadow continued. Laptops whirred while everyone entered their data for the week. Those not entering data compared notes, stories, and observations from the trip. Information about fish species, coral counts, discussions with the fishers and a lot more information will be compiled and processed by all the various organizations participating in the mission.

Mandy Karnauskas in the ship's office.

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Tags: coral reefs, Global Reef Expedition, Golden Shadow, invasive, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, lionfish, Navassa, NOAA, Port Antonio, reef fish identification, sea birds
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Surface Interval

Monday, March 26th, 2012

March 25, 2012

The crew of the M/Y Golden Shadow is busy getting the ship ready to depart for the Global Reef Expedition’s next mission to Navassa Island, an uninhabited island between Jamaica and Haiti currently managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

During the extended surface interval in Port Antonio, Jamaica, staff cataloged samples, reorganized the lab, and indexed the data for processing by various partners. The hiss from the dive locker means Dive Safety Officer Nick Cautin was busy filling tanks for tomorrow’s dives. The activity on-board never stops.

In addition to scientific research, education and outreach are important components of the Global Reef Expedition. The Living Oceans Foundation staff conducted two community-based workshops while in port. In the first workshop, the Foundation hosted 5 high school students from Port Antonio High School and 25 college students from the nearby College of Agriculture, Science, and Education (CASE). Eddie Gonzalez, LOF Director of Education, presented on the work of the Foundation and the importance of investigating the natural world. The students also observed a research vessel up close as they toured the Golden Shadow.

Students from Port Antonio High School and CASE discuss priority conservation areas in Jamaica.

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Tags: coral reefs, education, Global Reef Expedition, GRE, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, LOF, PEPA, Port Antonio, Portland Environment Protection Association, The Nature Conservancy
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Golden Shadow Heads to Jamaica’s Pedro Bank

Monday, March 12th, 2012

March 11, 2012

After a night boarding at Errol Flynn Marina at Port Antonio, Jamaica and a rolling crossing that left more than a few green faces and empty chairs at dinner, the Golden Shadow motored overnight to Pedro Bank, about 100 miles southwest of Kingston.

Loading up the Golden Shadow in Errol Flynn Marina, Port Antonio

Now we’re anchored off Southwest Cay, a.k.a. Bird Cay, one of four small, mostly empty islets that together cover a tenth of a square mile. It’s a strip of sand with a few bushes and palm trees and a long, low pile of what looks like bleached coral but is actually empty conch shells discarded by fishermen over the decades. Just beyond it is Middle Cay, one of two inhabited islets, with a Jamaican Coast Guard station, a research station built by The Nature Conservancy, and a scattering of fishing huts. Read the rest of Golden Shadow Heads to Jamaica’s Pedro Bank »

Tags: Calcutta, coral reefs, Errol Flynn Marina, Global Reef Expedition, Golden Shadow, Jamaica, Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, middle cay, Pedro Bank, Port Antonio, resilience, southwest cay
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