Times of the Islands Summer 2022
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, real estate, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, real estate, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
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green pages newsletter <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> department <strong>of</strong> environment & coastal resources<br />
ghost nets (nets in <strong>the</strong> ocean that are no longer in use).<br />
In <strong>the</strong> TCI, <strong>the</strong>re is not a large market for eagle ray meat<br />
or products. Yet, <strong>the</strong>y are still impacted by <strong>the</strong> seafood<br />
industry, and protecting <strong>the</strong>se creatures now can provide<br />
financial gains from ecotourism for years to come.<br />
Between 2009 and 2015, researchers Aaron<br />
Henderson, Jan Lupton, Kathryn Flowers, and Demian<br />
Chapman from The School for Field Studies on South<br />
Caicos and Stony Brook University in New York, assessed<br />
<strong>the</strong> movement and behavior <strong>of</strong> this species using photographic<br />
identification. They were able to identify 165<br />
individuals, many <strong>of</strong> which were sighted multiple times<br />
over <strong>the</strong> six years <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> study, <strong>of</strong>ten near or at <strong>the</strong> original<br />
site in which <strong>the</strong>y were photographed. From <strong>the</strong>se<br />
<strong>Times</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islands</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 61
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