[ohliz]

You might enjoy this video about the fish sanctuary in TB



This is about the Belize trip:

[ohliz]

Ron thanks for stopping in and reading!  I have come to really love TB more than anyplace else in JA. The pace is slower than Negril for sure but it's not like parties aren't going on, they are, it's all just a bit more chill. 

Glad to answer questions about anything. 

[oldtimer]

Wonderful video !!!! 2 years ago ,while staying at Treehouse , there was a fisherman coming ashore right in front of Country Country and he had nothing but short lobsters and baby fish . The tourists couldn't buy the catch quick enough . This was day after day . Does the guy have a right for survival or should he leave the fish alone and let them grow ? There was also a Bull Shark murdered up off the cliffs . Sharks are what save the ocean by  keeping the weak and sick thinned out . Black River and area are WAY !!!!!!!!! farther ahead than the fishermen of the north shore .

[ohliz]

It's really tough to tell someone who is poor not to catch a few little fish to make enough $ to survive when leaving them would, one day, possibly for a different fisherman, grow into more $. 

Constant stress between short and long term goals, just like most places, but with more desperation.

One thing i like in the Belize video is when the JA group snorkel and see the # and size of fish in the sanctuary there and are so amazed and want to replicate that  back home. Dennis says it gives him hope and determination. But even in Belize (which, like Costa Rica, seems to have a lot of Jamaican folks  on the east coasts), they struggle to educate everyone who sees big lobsters (with roe) and fish in the sanctuary and want them.

The filmmaker who made the Massa God Fish can Done video, Esther Figeuroa, has lot of other very cool videos focused on environment and sustainability issues in Jamaica. Educational, and also beautiful and entertaining. I subscribe to her youtube channel. 

[ohliz]

Ron  - you said you moved from Ohio? Where did you live here? 

[kylake]

Still following and Gloria is a really nice lady at SL. We talked for a while when we stopped coming back with Dennis. 
Not a very good pic but I took a quick click on the camera as we went under the bridge showing Dennis ducking. Just like you we stuck a bill signed at Rudys (no pic)
   

[ohliz]

Love it!! Can I borrow that pic and add it to that post with your credit?

[kylake]

Sure and you don't even have to credit. I have another one for you and David took this by rocking the boat by the mangroves at Rudys. Artsy and kinda neat if you ask me.
   

[ohliz]

Thanks ky!

Artsy

[kylake]

Thanks Liz, spelling corrected :-)