BAHAMAS - MUCH DESTROYED but MUCH IS NOT : HURRICANE DORIAN

OFFICIAL SITE OF THE BAHAMA ISLANDS

Did you know that the Bahama Islands - 700 of them - are in the ATLANTIC OCEAN and are NOT in the Caribbean ?

I must have read a hundred articles and watched as many videos, searching for NEW information, about the oil spill and the destruction that Hurricane Dorian caused, since the Bahamas claims to have the clearest water on the planet and it's clear that it will take millions - maybe billions of dollars to rebuild Abaco Island and some other parts of the Bahamas.  It's so frightening, the changes in weather, the increased frequency and intensity of storms. People are experiencing intense suffering and loss.

But once you realize how spread out these islands are, you realize that you really can still enjoy much of the Bahamas.  And so - weather permitting - I agree that vacationing in the Bahama Islands and stimulating their economy is something you can do to help the people of that nation of islands.

17 YEAR STUDY ON FEMALE LEMON SHARKS - BAHAMA NESTING GROUND

BBC SCIENCE : LEMON SHARKS GO HOME TO REPRODUCE

"In the study, scientists tracked lemon sharks in the Bahamas for 17 years to prove the case.

Even though this species is highly migratory, pregnant females prefer to give birth where they themselves were born.

The researchers say it strengthens the argument for restrictions on fishing at specific sites.

The idea of females returning to their own place of birth to reproduce has been observed in a number of marine species most notably in salmon but it has also been seen in sea turtles.

In this new work, researchers looked at lemon sharks in their largest nursery area around the Bimini Islands in the Bahamas."

OCEANIC WHITE TIP SHARKS STUDY : BAHAMAS

BBC NATURE : OCEANIC WHITE TIP SHARK RETURNING HOME TO BAHAMAS

EXCERPT:  "They are opportunistic predators with powerful jaws and as such are considered one of the more dangerous sharks to humans, although the number of unprovoked attacks on people is small...
"Of all the sharks that live in the open ocean they're the ones that have really declined a lot in the last few decades," said Dr Demian Chapman of Stony Brook University, New York, US, who led the study.

"They've gone from being one of the most abundant large vertebrates on the planet to being considered quite endangered."