This page will eventually become a collection of my reviews of Environmental Impact Assessments conducted in the Bahamas. The links lead to a Science and Perspective copy of the EIA as published, then a link to my comments on the EIA as submitted to the developer and the Department of Environmental Planning and Protection. I will also include a brief summary of the EIA. Enjoy.

  • Global Reef Expedition May 3rd 2011

    May 3rd 2011 What? No pictures? Sadly, data entry is not very exciting and neither is sitting on a rocking ship. But cheer up! Tomorrow will be better and hopefully back to the sea and the surveys.  

  • Global Reef Expedition May 2nd and 3rd 2011

    May 2nd 2011 37 perhaps the biggest challenge, writing on a boat in rough seas  

  • Global Reef Expedition March 1st 2011

    May 1st 2011-Holey Depressions! I sincerely believe some animals have an innate ability to sense when people do not mean them harm. This migrant warbler took a few hours to rest aboard the golden shadow and surreptitiously inspected our activities. Perhaps it wondered what I was doing diving instead of looking for Kirtland’s warblers? Today…

  • Global Reef Expedition April 30th 2011

    April 30th 2011 I love wildlife on the land and in the sea, but there is still something fishy about a 5 foot long Barracuda coming this close to you. Hahaha I said fishy get it? Anyway, we are getting into the groove and so the writing underwater is becoming more legible and there are…

  • Global Reef Expedition April 29th 2011

    April 29th 2011   The great thing about diving in a location as remote as the Cay Sal Bank is the huge difference in fish and marine creature diversity. You get to see the weird and wild organisms you normally would not see. And the ones that you may commonly see in the more populated…