By Dale Pontone | June, 2022 Each year, an additional 14 million tons of plastic infiltrate our oceans, making up 80% of all marine debris. Tobacco Caye Marine Station has worked since 2018 to collect and record trash items, on the Marine Debris Tracker, that have... 
Blog post by Teagan Miller Tobacco Caye Marine Station hosted its first ever lionfish tournament on July 7th, 2021. The marine station has been removing and researching lionfish in the South Water Caye Marine Reserve for two years now. Station Managers James... 
Lionfish are members of the family Scorpaenidae (Scorpionfishes) which includes many of the world’s most venomous species. Lionfish are originally native to the Indian and Pacific oceans but two species (Pterois) volitans and P. (miles) were introduced to the Atlantic... 
Tobacco Caye is a tiny 4 acre island located directly on the Belize Barrier Reef. The word “caye” in Mayan means sand accumulation on the reef and that is exactly how Tobacco Caye was formed. Tobacco Caye is located roughly 14 miles off of the coast of Dangriga which... 