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Upcoming events
The Island School Student Research Symposium - Scientists, government officials, supporters, and guests will come together again on December 6, 2008 to hear students from The Island School share the results of their semester-long research projects.
The Cape Eleuthera Institute will be
presenting a booth at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium in Fort Lauderdale,Florida, 7-11th July 2008. This is an event that is part of The International Year of the Reef. A poster will also be presented on The Abundance of Economically Important Fish Species Inhabiting Patch Reefs in Shallow Water near South Eleuthera, The Bahamas: Implications for MPA Development. Other conferences that will be attended this year will be the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, the World Recreational Fishing Conference, and the International Symposium on Tarpon and Bonefish.
Recent publications
Biology and Management of Bonefish – This fall heralds the long awaited release of a new book, Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries edited by Dr. Jerald Ault from the University of Miami. Included in this first ever scientific reference book on bonefish and tarpon is a chapter written by CEI scientists on the Ecology and Management of Bonefish in the Bahamian Archipelago. You can order this book now on amazon.com.
Impacts of Catch and Release – Our research on bonefish as part of the Flats Ecology and Conservation Program has generated several publications in the last few months. Our collaborative work with several research partners and Bonefish and Tarpon Unlimited represents some of the first work ever done on studying the effects of catch-and-release angling on bonefish.
Danylchuk, A.J., S.E. Danylchuk, S.J. Cooke, T.L. Goldberg, J. Koppelman and D.P. Philipp. 2007. Post-release mortality of bonefish (Albula spp) exposed to different handling practices in South Eleuthera, Bahamas. Fisheries Management and Ecology 14:149-154.
Cooke, S.J., A.J. Danylchuk, S.E. Danylchuk, C.D. Suski, and T.L. Goldberg. 2006. Is catch-and-release recreational angling compatible with no-take marine protected areas? Ocean and Coastal Management 49:342-354.
Offshore Aquaculture – Research conducted at our offshore cage site over the past few years generated a manuscript that addresses the sustainability of this mode of aquaculture.
Benetti, D., L. Brand, J. Collins, R. Orhun, A. Benetti, B. O’Hanlon, A. Danylchuk, D. Alston, J. Rivera, and A. Carbarcas. 2006. Can offshore aquaculture of carnivorous fish be sustainable? World Aquaculture 37:44-47.
Recent observations
Lionfish in The Bahamas - Many of our staff are reporting sightings of lionfish at many of our dive and snorkeling sites spanning the entire island of Eleuthera. Lionfish are an exotic species common to the tropical Pacific and have inadvertently been introduced to the waters of The Bahamas. Their presence could have profound cascading effects through the local marine ecosystems. Help monitor Lionfish by reporting sightings here.
Return of Long-Spined Sea Urchins and Elkhorn Coral – The abundance of long-spined sea urchins has increased dramatically over the past six months at several of our nearshore sites. Interestingly, we are also seeing small colonies of Elkhorn coral in some of these same areas. Urchins are known grazers of algae that can out-complete corals for space, and the increase in the number of urchins could be helping structurally important Elkhorn corals to also repopulate.
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