During the activity, divers and biologists witnessed the birth of hawksbill turtles.
The department of the Archipelago has the third most extensive coral reef in the world.
Ten Colombian Navy crew members accompanied this activity.
For three days, the Colombian Navy, through the Specific Command of San Andrés and Providencia, together with the LionFish Expedition Foundation, carried out the first lionfish hunting activity of the year in East-South East Cay, in the same way known as Bolívar Cay, in order to neutralize this invasive specimen that hits the coral ecosystem.
On this occasion, a group of twenty people, made up of divers of the Coast Guard Station of San Andrés, divers of the LionFish Expedition Foundation and local rudimentary fishermen, gathered to arrest and monitor this specimen, controlling its reproduction and in the same way benefiting the productive groups of fishermen who conduct tasks in this area of the department.
This was expressed by Sergeant Oscar Durango, a diver of the Coast Guard Station of San Andrés “For three years we have been supporting this important activity with personnel, materials and transport for the benefit of the SeaFlower Biosphere Reserve. In the southern shore of Cayo Bolívar we can observe the great richness of the Navy ecosystems in this region and despite the adverse weather conditions, we can take 27 fish.”
During their stay in this sector of the department, the divers witnessed the hatching of a turtle nest, an event that is possible to witness on this cayo island thanks to the constant monitoring and control activities carried out by the crew of the Navy Infantry Battalion No.11, who receive constant instructions by the Corporation for the Sustainable Development of the Archipelago - CORALINA.
Source: Press - Navy of Colombia
