The Managing Association of the Saint-Martin Nature Reserve, within the framework of the European LIFE BIODIV'OM program, is studying the installation on our coasts of certain populations of fish including the Nassau grouper and the giant grouper, two endangered species in the global level. This is the first time that such a study has taken place in our territory.
• Giant groupers and Nassau groupers under threat
In decline in the region for decades, populations of giant groupers and Nassau groupers are endangered. However, they have a fundamental role for the environment, by their function of superior predator in the food chain, but also in economic and social life, by their consumption within our families, their uses for catering, and by the economic value they provide for tourism activities such as scuba diving.
• An unprecedented study
The Managing Association is carrying out a scientific study in order to understand the natural processes of colonization of the coastal seabed by post-larvae of fish. The aim is to sample the various populations of fish when they leave the offshore currents towards the Saint-Martin coasts. Luminous devices, developed by the company ECOCEAN, thus make it possible to collect these samples during the new moon.
• Participate in the missions of the Association managing the Nature Reserve
Departure at 6 a.m. for a navigation to the study sites under a beautiful sunrise, lifting of the devices by force of arms, securing of samples and living fauna, return to port, identification, sorting, counting individuals before releasing them. A whole program that the agents of the Nature Reserve invite you to share with them. Embark and participate actively in this mission which takes place on the new moons of February, March and April 2021.
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