Archive for May 2009

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Admin updates

We must apologize for the delay in the Morocco fisheries report, it will be posted soon. It has been challenging getting the information from French into understandable english. Due to us having been in Croatia, without our vehicle and only 1 plastic bag of clothes I am unable to update the stats page and the kids quotes. [...]

Let us know what you think of this, the end part that is?

We were sad to leave Portugal but we had a lot of work to get stuck into in Madrid and I was excited to meet the Oceana team and learn more about conservation efforts in the EU. One often hears about Greenpeace or the Sea Shepherd but ask the average Joe Soap about the state [...]

Lagos, Portugal and diving with a sunfish (Mola mola) or 3.

Waiting around in Tarifa, the ferry arrival town in Spain from Morocco was not the worst case. It is a quaint town, with a buzz of activity. The long white sandy beaches stretch into the distance uninterrupted and merge with an idyllic blue warm Mediterranean sea. Kite surfing is the new thing in town and [...]

Africa behind, Europe ahead, our crossing into Spain

It was quite a sight boarding the ferry to cross the straight of Gibraltar from Morocco to Spain.  Large busses, EU bikes, cars and sedans and millions of camper vans all lined up outside of the ferry holding area, inching themselves one at a time up the ramp and into the bowels of the boat. [...]

Morocco and our final few extra days

If one writes a story, then one would require a beginning, middle and an end or some form of conclusion. Our time in Morocco was coming to a rapid end, but there was a piece missing from our story, the story itself. This may sound a bit strange but until we started our boomerang trips [...]

Project Aware funds the Marine Resource Expedition

We are very excited and happy that Project Aware (Divers Conserving Underwater Environments) has confirmed a small  grant for the Marine Resource Expedition. We look forward to working with Project Aware in creating awareness to marine resource conservation on a global scale. 
We would like to thank Project Aware for their support, and we look forward [...]