Working closely with Friends of the Environment on various projects (moorings, coral project etc…), they nicely included BEP Foundation as part of their Marine Brochure. Please have a look so you know what is permited in the Bahamas. Read the brochure
Two years ago, a False Killer Whale was reported to have stranded on Duck Cay, off Cherokee Sound. BMMRO were quickly on the scene, and hoping to undertake the usual procedure of a necropsy, in which post-mortem samples are taken for analysis. However the poor creature was in an [...]
Fall 2017 has been mainly focused on the Science Fair and Mammals Posters' distribution and whales antenna removal. Check the recent news
BMMRO studies on mamals environment in the Abacos Lighthouse maintenance Coral Nursery researches and children education in partnership with Perrin Institute and Friends Of The Environment Coral posters and boaters brochures Killer Whale re-articulation Science Fair WISHING YOU A GREAT SUMMER :)
Due to the nature of this experience, BEP just wanted to share with you this priceless moment when you put your energy to save life for the sake of happiness :-). This was the morning of the 14th of August, with “Friends of The environment “ [...]
Diane and Charlotte from BMMRO wanted to share with BEP a day out experiencing Mammals. We have been very grateful to the weather forecast on last August 13th, 2017 which could not be any better. Calm sea, windless, and only sun was the perfect day for this 9 hours experience on [...]
Dr. Craig Dahlgren is a marine ecologist who studies a wide range of topics related to tropical marine ecosystems. His work includes studies of mangrove and coral reef ecosystems, efficacy of marine protected areas, and population dynamics of fishery species ranging from traditional Caribbean fishery species like Nassau grouper [...]
Time flies … and we are pleased to keep you updated on what we accomplished this first 2017 semester. New projects are in the pipelines…. Let’s discovered them later…Wishing you a great Summer ! The BEP-Foundation’s Team
(from left to right) Ariane de La Baume-BEP, Charlotte Dunn-Mammals, Charles de La Baume-BEP, Diane Claridge-Mammals. Early May, the posters have been shipped with exemption for duty & VAT from government ! That is enormous knowing that you have 50% duty and 7.5% VAT when anything is imported in [...]
Conch is important to the Bahamas as a cultural icon and also an important source of income (conch fishing). Sadly, harvesting juvenile conch is a common practice in the Bahamas. Each juvenile conch taken is potentially thousands of new conchs that will never be. Surveys of conch grounds at numerous [...]
