Cuba 2009
Cuba 2009 – Images by Tom McMurray Cuba is a remarkable place in so many different ways. It is a Caribbean paradise with some of the most pristine reefs in the sea, it’s history is rich with culture, food and music, it’s sophisticated people and it still lives under the vestiges of the Soviet style [...]
Midway Atoll, 177.4 West, 28.5 North
MIdway Atoll is 1200 miles NW of Honolulu, HI. Part of the new Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Midway atoll is composed of three islands, the largest being 1100 acre in size, famous for the critical battle in WWI, home to over 1,000,000 albatross and my home for 10 days this month. I am here with a [...]
Blog repaired and back online…
We had our blog hacked by someone with a web address in Russia a couple weeks ago. We had to rebuild it and are still working to get the photos and video links reestablished. Hopefully we will get everything back to the way it was. In the meantime 2009 has gone and 2010 arrived. And [...]
So what?
Success in the conservation effort is a real challenge anywhere on the planet. We live in a culture that thrives on a wealth extraction industry from our environment – oil/gas, timber, fishing… you name it. Somebody catches it, digs it, kills it and then sells it to the highest bidder. It is more than the [...]
Berry Islands Bonefish
We just returned from a week in the Berry Islands where we have been exploring the many bonefish flats and permit edges there. Our primary objective was to determine a rough estimate of the number and size of bonefish on the various flats. Interestingly we really only saw and caught fish larger than 5 lbs. [...]
