Windwardside, Saba 14 July 2019- An international expedition for shark research to the Saba Bank in the Dutch Caribbean is taking place under the leadership of the Dutch Elasmobranch Society (NEV), the Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) and the Nature Foundation Sint Maarten (NFSM) from July 15 to 25. Scientific projects will be carried out during […] Lees verder
Last week Caribbean nations agreed to add two more species to the Annexes of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, the only transnational legal instrument for the environment of the Caribbean. At the insistence of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, regional SPAW member governments unanimously decided to recommend largetooth sawfish and silky shark […] Lees verder
The fourth edition of Dutch Caribbean Shark Week took place from June 9-17, 2018 simultaneously in Curaçao, Aruba, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba, and in the Netherlands. An abundance of well-attended activities highlighted the importance of sharks for our oceans, and the threats they face. The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance produced a new overview […] Lees verder
In response to the public outcry that followed the online posting of a gruesome shark finning video last week, the Curacao ministry of Health, Environment, and Nature (GMN) announced that they will bring forward their Ocean Policy Plan. The plan, which was agreed last year, but not yet implemented, includes 10 specific targets for the […] Lees verder
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Carola Schouten and Government Commissioner of St. Eustatius Mike Franco signed a declaration on Thursday, September 20, pertaining to Statia joining the Yarari Marine Mammal and Shark Sanctuary. The waters of Statia are now part of the eleventh marine mammal and shark reserve in the world. The name […] Lees verder
The fourth edition of Dutch Caribbean Shark Week took place last week simultaneously in Curaçao, Aruba, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba, and in the Netherlands. An abundance of well-attended activities highlighted the importance of sharks for our oceans, and the threats they face. DCNA ambassador Jörgen Raymann visited Aruba, Saba, and Curaçao to speak […] Lees verder
The fourth edition of Dutch Caribbean Shark Week will take place from Saturday 9 to Sunday 17 June, 2018. The St. Maarten Nature Foundation, Saba Conservation Foundation, Stenapa on St. Eustatius, STINAPA Bonaire, Carmabi on Curacao, Arikok on Aruba, and the Dutch Elasmobranch Society in the Netherlands are setting up an exciting program full of […] Lees verder
We are very pleased to announce that the Save Our Sharks team was able to present the first donations of 545 Euros to the St. Maarten Nature Foundation to help them continue all the hard work they’ve been doing to restore the damaged nature of the island after hurricane Irma. With special thanks to those […] Lees verder
STINAPA Bonaire recently presented the preliminary results of the shark research conducted by STINAPA and Wageningen Marine Research in Bonaire using Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) surveys and citizen science diving observations on the East and West coasts of the island. Caribbean reef sharks, Nurse sharks, Great hammerheads, Southern stingrays, Spotted Eagle Rays and Mantas […] Lees verder
Throughout the summer of 2015 and spring of 2016 multiple observations were made of an undocumented species for the waters of St. Eustatius, the lemon shark. All observed individuals were estimated to be smaller than 65 cm in total length. The observations were officially described in a new short note by Guido Leurs, Erik Boman, and Paddy Walker. […] Lees verder
