Jun 15, 2021
Joint Efforts and Joint Celebration: The Belize Sea Turtle Conservation Network
It is Sea Turtle Week and Belize’s conservation community is raising awareness of these endangered creatures, and their long journey sometimes hundreds of miles in open water to their nesting grounds. News Five spoke with three people leading the protection efforts in Belize.
Andrea Polanco, Reporting
Mario Muschamp is off the coast of Punta Gorda. He’s heading to a beach in the Port Honduras Marine Reserve where sea turtles nest.
Mario Muschamp, Terrestrial Manager, TIDE
“This is actually one of the better nesting sites here in the Marine Reserve and so one of the things we do during this time of the year is to walk these beaches and look for any nesting activities. What we do is we try to identify the species by measuring the track from what we see in the sand and then we try to locate the nest and once we locate the nest we take measurement to see how far t
Feb 23, 2021
Coastal Piracy – An Interagency Approach to Combating Criminal Network at Sea
“Square grouper” coming ashore on Belize’s coastline used to be the main traces left behind by regional drug traffickers. But now boat engine thefts, attacks on island homes and fishermen are giving Belizean authorities another glimpse into this lucrative trade, and the local players involved. News Five’s Duane Moody has more on the fight against crimes at sea.
Duane Moody, Reporting
Wet drops, as part of the transnational narco-trafficking trade, were once a prevailing issue when policing the coastal waters of Belize. There was a flurry of reports of bales of cocaine from South American countries floating at sea. While that crime has become almost non-existent over the years, the now pervasive issue is that of piracy at the hands of locals, who have been posing as fishermen.