Environment
Rotaract Club of Ambergris Caye launches Environmental Educational Campaign
Hoping to educate island children on the importance of protecting and keeping our environment clean, the Rotaract Club of Ambergris Caye along with MarAlliance has launched an Environmental Educational Campaign in San Pedro Town.
Community and Society
The San Pedro Town Council pleased with Sargassum clean-up campaign
A total of 1,700 yards of Sargassum was removed from the beaches of San Pedro Town during a massive clean-up campaign on September 27th and 28th, after the non-stop influx of the seaweed was declared a natural disaster.
Conservation
The Queen Conch Season is officially open; illegal conch fishing continues to be a challenge
As of October 1st, conch season opens & runs for approximately 7 months or until conch quota set for that period has been met, which ever comes first.
Environment
New fly-fishing guides in San Pedro Town receive their licenses
A short ceremony was held at the Hol Chan Marine Reserve Office in San Pedro Town on Wednesday, September 26th, to officially issue licenses to the newest fly-fishing guides of the island.
Community and Society
Residents join in the fight against Sargassum after SPTC declares the situation a natural disaster
The SPTC officially declared the sargassum epidemic as a natural disaster, and invited the entire island community to join their collective efforts in addressing the issue, starting with a mass cleanup on September 27th & 28th.
Environment
Belize joining other Central American countries in Fisheries Research Project
Led by the Central American Organization for Fisheries and Aquaculture (OSPESCA), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations along with Mexico’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute, the project is aimed at evaluating the fishery resources in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Environment
Another glass pulverizing machine for San Pedro Town
For the past months, Recycle San Pedro has been doing an excellent job on the island, finding ways to keep the environment clean by recycling both glass and plastic bottles.
Environment
SPTC addresses unregulated beach dredging in northern Ambergris Caye
The site of what appeared to be unregulated dredging in front of a beachside property nearly ten miles north of San Pedro Town caused much concern on Thursday, September 6th, as the practice is not just illegal, but the area is known for turtle nesting. Mayor Guerrero said that the practice is intolerable as it damages the beach, which is ‘Queens Land.’