In May, Cuba agreed to join an international consortium of countries launching an effort to target Illegal Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing; that accord is now binding. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has announced that a groundbreaking international accord today and is now legally binding for the 29 countries and a regional … Read more
A team of NOAA oceanographers set sail from Miami aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster on May 7th to investigate ocean currents and fish larvae distribution in the southern Gulf of Mexico and western Caribbean. The joint cruise between NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) is a new … Read more
Cuba has agreed to join an international consortium of countries launching a global effort to target illegal fishing. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is the sponsor of the international sustainability pact that now requires the agreement by just one more party before coming into force. Cuban Ambassador to the United … Read more
The Kinship Fellows webinar series, a free and public offering of expertise in market-based conservation, will feature Fernando Bretos in A Cuban Conservation Challenge on March 22 at 1:00 PM Central. Register here to attend the webinar. Bretos, a thought leader on the Caribbean marine conservation, directs the Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. His … Read more
Cuban President Raul Castro returned home on Wednesday afternoon after a major state visit to France. During his trip to France, Castro and French President Francois Hollande signed several bilateral agreements aimed at strengthening the economic ties between the nations. On Monday, an agreement was signed that converted $230 million of Cuba’s $390 million remaining … Read more
Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment reports that it made intense efforts throughout 2015 to preserve Varadero’s beaches through the replacement of invasive plants with native species, which aid in the prevention of dune erosion. The work to restore vegetation to the coastal area is reportedly the most comprehensive undertaken in recent years in … Read more
A new environmental agreement Officials from Cuba and the United States have signed a landmark agreement to protect marine ecosystems from rising manmade threats. The agreement, first announced in October, commits Cuba and the U.S. to collaborate on science, outreach and education regarding ‘sister’ marine protected areas,” according to the Environmental Defense Fund, which has … Read more
By the Cuba Journal staff The Environmental Defense Fund and the Cuban government are joining forces on a plan to implement new protections for sharks in Cuban waters. Scientists believe that the area is home to nearly 20 percent of the world’s 500 shark species, many of which have been in steep decline in recent … Read more
