Topic: Cayman Islands Department of Environment
The boats are gone, but rays remain at Stingray City
Cayman’s iconic Stingray City is not believed to be at risk despite the closure of the site to tour boats.
Cayman parrot amnesty ends
A total of 326 Cayman parrots have been registered with the Department of Environment at the close of its six-month amnesty.
UPDATED: Small fire extinguished at the landfill
Cayman Islands Fire Service and the Department of Environmental Health are currently working on the site of small surface landfill fire that is extinguished...
Rock iguana population numbers ‘critical’
The Sister Islands rock iguana on Little Cayman has been tagged “critically endangered” after the most recent survey taken by the Department of Environment.
Lobster season closes this weekend
Lobster season closes on Sunday until 30 Nov., the Department of Environment is reminding the public.
Second highest turtle nesting numbers recorded
During the 2019 turtle-nesting season, the longest one ever recorded, 675 nests were found across all three islands.
Green iguana cull crosses 54k mark
Cullers have turned in 54,508 green iguanas since the start of this year.
Researchers monitor ‘Grouper Moon’ spawning
Researchers from Cayman’s Department of Environment and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation reported encouraging initial findings from the annual Nassau grouper aggregation in the Sister Islands.
Marriott resort seeks to regain its beach
The Grand Cayman Marriott Beach Resort has applied for a coastal works licence to re-establish the eroded beach in front of its Seven Mile...
West Bay mangroves cleared without permission
West Bay mangroves cleared without permission
Dead turtle found caught in fishing line
The Department of Environment is urging the public to correctly dispose of fishing line after divers found a dead hawksbill turtle in 80 feet of water off the coast of North West Point, in West Bay. The turtle’s left flipper was wrapped in fishing line, according to the DoE.
Two ‘king tides’ expected in early 2020
The Department of Environment is appealing to Cayman Islands residents to help document the incidences of ‘king tides’ – much higher-than-normal tidal surges – that are expected early this year.
Iguana culling takes a holiday break
The Department of Environment said it will be closing off its green iguana culling collections for the year from Monday, 23 Dec.
3 graves to be moved to make way for road widening
The National Roads Authority is seeking approval from the Department of Environmental Health to move three graves in a private cemetery to facilitate the...
CCMI: No evidence scientists can recreate a reef
Research labs, including our own at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute, have made great progress in improving the ‘fitness’ of corals so they are more resilient. While there has been enormous progress, the scientific knowledge needed to regrow a coral reef is still is in its infancy.
Verdant Isle outlines coral relocation plan
Piece by piece, section by section, scientists for Verdant Isle claim they can relocate some of the coral reef impacted by the planned cruise...
Champion of the rock iguanas
Tanja Laaser doesn’t have a cape or a spandex outfit, but when the green iguana hotline rings on Little Cayman, she answers the call.
Discarded fishing line a threat to rare seabirds
Researchers studying seabird populations in the Sister Islands have discovered evidence of the devastating impact of discarded plastic in the ocean.
‘Ghost net’ found off Cayman
Fishermen made the horrific find of hundreds of dead fish and sharks tangled in an abandoned net drifting off Grand Cayman on Monday.
Grand Cayman grouper population lags behind
After the winter full moon, at three sites around the Cayman Islands, scientists gather to study and document one of the wonders of the underwater world.
Killed sharks pictured with fins removed
Just days after putting out a warning over illegal shark fishing, the Cayman Islands Department of Environment, received an anonymous tip that the problem may be worse than they thought.
