'Satellite Tags'

This month’s issue is all about migration. An exciting discovery in Venezuela of bats originally tagged on Aruba and Bonaire, confirms their long distance travel between our islands and the South American continent. In St. Maarten waters, Humpback Whales were tagged to gain insight in their migratory routes as a way to improve conservation strategies for these majestic marine mammals. Several Humpback Whales were fitted with satellite transmitters that provide a ‘live feed’ of the animal’s location. On St. Eustatius research efforts are beginning to shed more light on a very elusive bird species: The Bridled Quail-dove. Read more >

This months edition of BioNews takes a look at recent research expeditions to the Dutch Caribbean including terrestrial and marine expeditions organized by Naturalis to St. Eustatius, two marine expeditions to the Saba Bank by NIOZ and DCNA and the Waitt Institute marine surveys of the waters around Curaçao which were part of their “Blue Halo” initiative. Read more >

This month's issue takes a closer look at the spatial behavior of sharks around the islands of Saba and St. Eustatius as well as the Saba Bank. A report on the results of a recent study on Bonaire looks at the fish community structure at different habitats ranging from from open water through seagrass and algal beds, mangrove fringes to mangrove pools and backwaters. Finally you will find an article on a new initiative in the Dutch Caribbean: The organization of a marine expedition to St. Eustatius hosted by the Caribbean Netherlands Science institute. A team of international researchers, students and citizen scientists has discovered a number of species which are believed to be new to science. Read more >

We are proud to announce that, Dutch State Secretary Sharon Dijksma declared the establishment of the ‘Yarari Marine Mammal and Shark Sanctuary’ in the waters around Bonaire and Saba. Articles focus on radar surveys of Audubon's Shearwater, dermal parasites on fish and proposed development of an alien invasive species strategy. Read more >

This issue focuses on a three year long shark conservation project “Save our Sharks” which is funded by the Dutch Postcode Lottery and which kick started in August with Kingdom wide “Shark Week” events. Read more >