Sunday, March 15, 2009

Protected park has five times the average fish population

Read storyProtected park has five times the average fish population

Fifty years after The Bahamas created its first national park, scientists returned to the spot that led to its creation.

Returning to Exuma allowed officials from the Bahamas National Trust, coral reef experts, botanists and scientists from the Nature Conservancy to see what has changed in half a century.

Experts found that the island is nearly exactly as it was discovered. With the exception of an out-of-control hutia population, there were many positive findings, including a healthy fish population five times the national average.

Full Story in The Tribune here

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