Le Meridien Fisherman's Cove Project

Marie navigating, Lisanne worried Some wetland fun!! This week new excitement is the wetland mapping!! The wetland at H hotel where the terrapin project is being held is now being mapped for the size and also the depth is being checked. Michel,Lisanne and Marie getting ready The small assignment started last week but due to bad weather it delayed the progress. During this week the two interns Marie and Lisanne has been making this a priority to get it done by the end of this week. Doing the depth measurement a small boat situated at the hotel is used to go around the wetland, instead of a paddle the boat is navigated by a long net which makes it interesting and a fun way to get around. heading out To measure the size or the outline of the wetland the process involves going around every five meters and a GPS point is taken along the edge and for the depth a measuring tape with a weight at the end is dropped then the depth is rec

Practice makes perfect! This week the research team of M.C.S.S carried out the reef impact assessment. I sheril, Lisanne and Marie went out on a cloudy day to practice the survey. The trial was not very successful due to bad weather conditions that resulted in bad water visibility as well at lots of wind making it difficult to swim along the transect. Despite the fact that we had those challenges were still able to practice the method. We started out in five meters but due to visibility we proceeded to the two meters depth. The measuring tape was rolled out for twenty meters by Lisanne and them I and Marie followed behind.  Marie was doing the reef impact assessment and I was doing the substrate assessment. After being satisfied with the data recorded we swam to the shore.