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Misool Eco Resort-February and March Newsletters

Misool Eco Resort-February Newsletter The amazing folks who are Misool Eco Resort are real BHS heros.  Besides managing a world class resort, they work very hard protecting the environment and...
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Cenderawasih Bay – Reminiscences from 2013 and 2014 by Ellen Gritz

Cenderawasih Bay – Reminiscences from 2013 and 2014   by Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D.   My husband, Mickey Rosenau, and I have dived in Cenderawasih Bay twice, in July of 2013 and in...
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Paradise Regained by Douglas Seifert

Paradise Regained by Douglas Seifert World renown marine life image maker Douglas Seifert shares another article from WATER COLUMN his regular feature in Dive Magazine (UK), about the on-going...
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Saving the Last Great Reefs by Douglas Seifert

Saving the Last Great Reefs by Douglas Seifert World renown marine life image maker Douglas Seifert shares an article from WATER COLUMN his regular feature in Dive Magazine (UK), about the...
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Indonesian Government Sinks Vietnamese Shark Poaching Boat, Creates New Dive Site

First published in Conservation International’s blog Human Nature. (Re-posted with Permission.) Two years ago, Conservation International proudly blogged that the Raja Ampat government in...
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New Raja Ampat Dive site: Batu Kapal

Batu Kapal: S 00 21.948  E 130 27.937   On a recent Got Muck and Secret Sea charter aboard the Dewi Nusantara we sampled a newly recommended site called Batu Kapal (Boat Rock). Originally...
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Raja Ampat police nab Vietnam-flagged fishing boat

Raja Ampat police nab Vietnam-flagged fishing boat The link below is to the Jakarta-based Antaranews article about the recent capture of a Vietnamese illegal fishing boat in Raja Ampat.  The boat...
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Mengembangkan Database Hiu Paus Kaimana! by Carla Kerstan

Mengembangkan Database Hiu Paus Kaimana! Carla Kerstan Tim kami baru saja kembali dari seminggu memantau hiu paus di Selat Bicari, Kaimana. Kunjungan ini cukup memuaskan, oleh karena kita...
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New Goby Species named for West Papuan Governor, Abraham Atururi by Mark Erdmann

New Goby Species named for West Papuan Governor, Abraham Atururi by Mark Erdmann Leave it to the Bird’s Head to produce a gubernatorial goby! In a recent paper published with my colleagues...
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Blogs from WWF (a Bird’s Head Seascape partner)

Links to WWF blogs, on their activities in Taman Nasional Teluk Cenderawasih Blog 1: Alam dan Budaya dalam Satu Petualangan Blog 2: Lagi, Spesies ‘Aneh’ Muncul di Teluk Wondama Blog 3: Semangat...
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