We are in the Bahamas on our second dolphin tagging expedition. Fishing is slow. Last year we were covered up in dolphin. This year - nada so far...
But our observations of nature, wildness and conservation efforts continue. We have been exploring the tidal flats in the Berry Islands and came across a cemetery out in the middle of a large flat. Conch shells empty... harvested by the local Bahamian fishermen, piled up as a reminded of the human effort to extract wealth from our planet. I am not complaining about the local people making a living from the sea nor am I saying that they should not dump empty conch shells out there. It is just a reminder than we kill and eat most of the inhabitants of this planet's oceans and just left the remains behind as a signpost or in this case a cemetery of human impact on the planet. I am deeply affected by this and know more change, more awareness, more effort is required to protect the planet by me.
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