More than 70 passengers aboard spv Royal Clipper joined the ship’s on board marine biologist March 31 in St. Kitts for a beach cleanup. The passengers worked to improve turtle breeding grounds in North Friar’s Bay in preparation for the nesting season of the region’s endangered leatherback turtles later this month.
The effort was initiated by Star Clippers and is a collaboration with the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network and Kantours, St. Kitts. The passengers managed to collect and remove 652 pounds of garbage from the fragile turtle habitat. The trash was separated into garbage and recyclable items and hauled away.
“I’m really pleased with the level of participation by the passengers and the amount of trash we removed from the beach,” commented Royal Clipper’s biologist, Dr. Maranio Peruzzo. “We will continue to reach out to local conservation networks within our stops in the Caribbean and involve our guests in future beach clean up efforts.”
Luc Federmeyer Said,
April 14, 2010 @ 8:05 pm
The passengers and the crew of the Royal Clipper were very motivated, because this morning was rainy and windy on this beach!… And the local tourists guides, drivers.. joigned the Royal Clipper group with the locals environnementalists! Nice composition! Thanks Dr Peruzzo!
Signed Turtle spirit!
barbara burian Said,
April 15, 2010 @ 1:35 am
sorry we missed this as we left the royal clipper on march 27. we so enjoyed dr. peruzzo’s lectures and expertise. what a wonderful adventure and contribution to the environment.
hope to join you next year….barbara
Photos from the Beach Cleanup in St. Kitts | Star Clippers Blog Said,
April 26, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
[...] are a couple of photos from the beach cleanup in St. Kitts that we posted about a couple of weeks ago. Thanks to all of the Star Clippers guests who came out! It was a [...]
sudarshan kc Said,
April 27, 2010 @ 10:45 am
namaste nd good afternoon. its me sudarshan kc from nepal a landlocked country in south asia. and i am very much interested to be a part of cruise service in hospitality sector as a waiter or any…..i really enjoyed to see this cruise through internet. thanx a lot