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Implementation of Access and Benefit Sharing in The Bahamas: A Precautionary Tale Biodiversity is incredibly important for the myriad ecosystem services it provides, especially for coastal nations such as The Bahamas. However, the newly implemented access and benefit sharing (ABS) ...

Please see our paper published yesterday on the recent challenges of conducting scientific research in the Bahamas; www.mdpi.com/2673-7159/5/...

We are back in the Sea of Abaco assessing the current status of the dolphin population impacted by hurricane Dorian. We encountered 15 individual animals. There were three mother-calf pairs and eight of the dolphins are in our catalogue, one first documented here in 1992!

Wonderful week #GCFI77 in Guadeloupe sharing knowledge and creating new collaborations

Being interviewed by our BREEF BESS intern Journey about the threats to marine mammals that the proposed development in south Abaco might cause;
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Another successful Whale Camp - thank you mostly to the students, all of them a pleasure, but also Dr Johansson of University of The Bahamas-North and of course our supporters The Moore Charitable Foundation and Rotary Club of Abaco

No dolphins these windy days, but lots of fun and learning.
The Moore Charitable Foundation
Rotary Club of Abaco
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A good start to this weeks' Whale Camp, finding a big group of dolphins on Day 1 on the boat! Thank you to @MooreCharitable and our long term supporters, Rotary Club of Abaco for their continued support helping to provide outreach to young Bahamians.

Our first Whale Camp was a great success, as we learnt from a wonderful presentation the campers gave on their final night summarising their experience. What a fantastic group! @MooreCharitable

Big group of dolphins and another snorkeling adventure. Thank you again to @MooreCharitableFoundation for their support for our Whale Camp for young Bahamians

Another great day with dolphins and a sandbar lunch stop

Whale Camp is underway! Great first day with two dolphin encounters. Thank you to @MooreCharitable
for their support.

We have collected some more data for our 'Nutritional Stress' project in Andros working with our colleague, @leighhickmott, credit for some of the photos. We also found some more dolphins in Fresh Creek, and in non-boating weather have enjoyed the natural beauty of the island.

We have had some luck in between storms in Andros, collecting data for our 'Nutritional Stress' project to assess body condition and document pregnancies of Blainville's beaked whales, working with, @leighhickmott. We also a 'killer tomato' used for target practice and returned it to the navy.

We made the crossing to Andros where we will be based for the next weeks working with
@leighhickmott to continue our important 'Nutritional Stress' project using aerial photogrammetry to assess individual body condition and document pregnancies of Blainville's beaked whales.

In the Caribbean, Hammerhead Sharks Return to School | Hakai Magazine The detection of schooling behavior is a promising sign of recovery for this iconic and endangered animal.

For the first time since the 1970's, scientists have observed an iconic hammerhead shark school in the Caribbean- a promising sign of recovery for a heavily overfished species. My latest for @hakaimagazine.com 🧪🦑🌎🦈

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Dead stranded Risso's dolphin on Harbour Island yesterday. A necropsy was completed. Thank you to all those involved, especially Dr Ruth Ewing, Desmond, Janet, Juan, Zee and her team! It was a male, 305cm long, empty stomach, emaciated. Samples have been collected for analysis.

NOAA and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announce $18.3 million in grants through the New England Gear Innovation Fund to support the development and use of innovative fishing gear that reduces the risk of gear entanglement for North Atlantic right whales. www.nfwf.org/media-center... 🐋