Le Meridien Fisherman's Cove Project

The 26th September was the celebration of MCSS' 20 years of work from whale sharks, sea turtles, beach erosion, marine mammals, wetlands and terrapins to coral reefs ! David and the five current project leaders (Inga Petelski, Savinien Leblond, Alessia Bacchi, Vanessa Didon and Chloé Pozas-Schacre)  gave a talk remembering all the various projects undertaken by the NGO since and presenting the on-going work.  This anniversary was celebrated at Le Méridien Fisherman's cove as this special day was also the opening of the first ex-situ coral nurseries in Seychelles.  David going through 20 years of work by MCSS Inauguration of the coral growing tanks in the presence of the Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate change All the MCSS current project leaders, interns and volunteers Two coral growing tanks have been set-up next to the snorkeling kiosk. They are filled with filtered seawater and wil...

Jack, Lucie, Nick and Lonne, our four new interns Recently, the project has welcomed four interns from different corners of Europe who have been doing a great job so far, especially with the construction of the two coral growing tanks ( which are going to be ready soon ....) Here they are!  Lonne, Aishah and Carolyn working on one of the two coral growing tanks Hello, my name is Lonne! I am 19 years old and am interning with MCSS for 20 weeks as apart of my University’s course content.  I study in The Netherlands in a University of Applied Science called Avans, and am currently in my third year of the ‘Environmental Science for Sustainable Energy and Technology’ program. During my internship with MCSS I will get the chance to work on various really exciting projects that are currently up and running. A few of these include the Coral Nurseries at Fisherman’s Cove, Terrapin Monitoring down at Anse Forbans, Wetland Research Project, among others. I have so fa...