Culebra Puerto Rico

ISLA CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO Snapperfarm, Inc. logo Sea Grant logo Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science logo ... [Read More]

CIA - The World Factbook -- Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico at the cutting edge of offshore aquaculture
In May 2002, the first offshore aquaculture enterprise in Puerto Rico was launched by Snapperfarm, Inc. and by August they began stocking two Ocean Spar Sea Station cages, one with 12,000 cobia and the other with 4,000 mutton snapper juvenile fish, in the waters off of the island of Culebra. The new cage technology will facilitate growing fish in offshore waters with negligible environmental impact, giving way to a clean industry of tremendous economic potential for Caribbean fishers. Snapperfarm, Inc. brought this innovative technology to Puerto Rico in collaboration with the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and The Aquaculture Center of the Florida Keys, Inc. Other collaborators are NOAA - National Sea Grant Program, NOAA-National Marine Fisheries Service, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus' (UPRM) Puerto Rican Aquaculture Research and Development Center, UPRM Department of Marine Sciences, UPR Sea Grant College Program, and the Culeb ... [Read More]

USGS Fact Sheet: High-Energy Storms Shape Puerto Rico
The shelf area offshore the town of Luquillo was mapped usingDivers examined and photographed reefs around Culebra Island, drilled deepcores to determine the geologic history of the reefs, and took cores fromindividual living corals to study growth rates and to evaluate the effectof Hugo and of previous storms. Reefs on the east and southeast (orwindward) sides of Culebra were devastated by Hugo, whereas only minordamage to the coral reefs along the west (or leeward) side of the islandwas found. In spite of the devastation, the reefs on the east side ofCulebra are showing signs of healthy regrowth. The geological evidencesuggests that high-energy storms may be necessary for healthy growth ofcoral reef complexes in the same way fire is necessary for healthy forestgrowth. ... [Read More]

Archeology at Lower Camp: Culebra Island Wildlife Refuge
In September1989, Hurricane Hugo devastated the island of Culebra. Among the casualties were the office and residence facilities of the Culebra National Wildlife Refuge (CNWR). As a result, new facilities were scheduled to be constructed in Lower Camp. Federal laws require that before ground modifications-including building construction-can take place as part of a federally landed or permitted project, the responsible agency must determine if there are any significant prehistoric or historic sites that could be impacted by the project. The National Park Service, serving as advisors to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, noted a scatter of prehistoric artifacts requiring the attention of archeologists. In February 1992, archeologists from the Atlanta based firm of Garrow & Associates, Inc., headed by Puerto Rican archeologist José R. Oliver, began the first scientific archeological excavations of a prehistoric site on Culebra Island. ... [Read More]

National Weather Service Forecast Office - San Juan, Puerto Rico
WNG-693 Culebra Weather Radio ...

This NOAA Weather Radio station operates on an assigned FM frequency of 162.450 MHz at 300 watts of power from NWSFO San Juan with antenna facilities located on Mt. Flamenco in Culebra, Puerto Rico. ... [Read More]

Welcome to the Puerto Rico Environment
The Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Area (AFWTA) on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico , is a Superfund site that includes land areas, waters and cays in and around the islands of Vieques and Culebra impacted by 100 years of military training operations, largely by the U.S. Navy. Due to these activities, some land and water may be contaminated with mercury, lead, copper, magnesium, lithium, perchlorate, TNT, napalm, depleted uranium, PCBs, solvents, and pesticides. ... [Read More]

Vieques, Puerto Rico
EPA Proposes the Atlantic Fleet weapons Training Area on Vieques and Culebra for Inclusion on the Superfund National Priorities List (August 2004) | EPA propone la Zona de Entrenamiento de Armas de la Flota del Atlántico en Vieques y en Culebra para inclusión en la Lista Nacional de Prioridades de Superfondo (de agosto de 2004) ... [Read More]

ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT IN Puerto Rico
The location of the cages may have an effect on wild fish distributions. All these species censed are present on coral reefs, but some of them are more common on open waters, like jacks, Sphyraena barracuda or Scomberomurus cavalla . The submerged and floating objects represent a substrate for many organisms (Hunter et al. 1967) and there begins the aggregation effect of the cages. One explanation is the attraction to drifting materials as schooling companions; the other is the fact that they provide a substitute substrate for species undergoing a change to another mode of existence (Hunter et al. 1967). It is believed too that submerged objects should give rise to an increase in complexity of the media (Deudero et al. 1999) that increase this attracting effect. Since these fishes are opportunistic feeders (Humann 1994) its presence around the cages could be attributable to food searching. The presence of species exclusively associated to coral reefs like Holacanthus ciliaris can ... [Read More]