2012 Week 1

In the first article that we went over today, we learned that ecotourism does in fact create awareness, but it does not help the conservation efforts. Ecotourism does little to conserve and some would say that the negatives outweigh the positives. In the second article, we discussed the effects of invasive fish species, like how they can destroy a...

Today Cedar cabin was able to wake up at a solid 7:40 and eat a breakfast provided by our dive instructor Casey right at the Guavaberry Resort where our marine bio group is stating. Our fresh and relaxing start however was short lived. We immediately left the resort as a group to our community service site about half a...

On the last day at the BVI, I woke up from Doc's voice coming from the porch. After taking a hot shower, I walked down to the wait area once again to wait for Glen, who the is the truck driver. When the truck drop us off at Olde Yard, we ate breakfast. The breakfast consisted of muffins, banana...

After sightseeing and absorbing the awesomeness of the BVIs for a while, today we helped contribute to the health of a coral reef ecosystem by transplanting elkhorn and staghorn coral. In the morning, we woke up, and our diver Glenn took us down the marina for breakfast. While eating. Drew gave me the fantastic idea of using a breakfast...

The start of the today was a really fulfilling experience. Today we woke up at 7 30 put our clothes on and walked down to the islands recreational park. Once there we where told we had to paint this huge wall and also plant trees. We got to work right away placing the sealant onto the walls and then...

Today was the most exhausting but better yet exciting day of the trip so far. I woke up at 8am only to find myself throwing on my super exotic swimsuit. By 8:30am, our taxi driver Glen came by to take us to breakfast at the marina. For breakfast, I helped myself to some pineapple and then topped it off...

Today was the first day I slept in. Mr. Kirby woke my whole cabin up at 7:20 this morning. We headed down to the marina for breakfast by a taxi ride from our favorite Virgin Gorda taxi driver, Glenn. After breakfast, we set out on our boat the "Sea Monkey" towards Long Bay for coral transplanting. We snorkeled for...

Boxfish The Ostraciidae, otherwise known as the Boxfish, belongs to the family Tetraodontiformes and is similar to the fishes that we know as pufferfish. Ostraciidaenare known for their box-like body shape that is formed because of its large flat scales, their octagonal patterns on their scales, and the form of defense that they use through toxins that are secreted through...

BLUEHEAD Order - Perciformes Family - Labridae Genus - Thalassoma Species - bifasciatum The bluehead fish has the highest average abundance of all fish in the BVI. Therefore, it is likely that we will see a lot of these on our trip, also because the blue head often approaches divers and snorkelers. Sometimes seen in schools up to 1000 fishes, they feed upon plankton...