Belize is located in Central America, ... Belize Tourism Board . Additionally, the Fish Right, Eat Right program was created to control illegal fishing and promote best practices in fisheries.

Roughly 4,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers in Central America built a network of canals and ponds to trap fish. Their system could have captured enough seafood to feed 15,000 people each year ...

The Belize Barrier Reef is home to a diverse array of top predators like lemon sharks, nurse sharks, tiger sharks, and Caribbean reef sharks. In a unique collaboration, local fishers leverage ...

It’s time we recognize the role of women in Belize’s small-scale fisheries sector and provide a space for them to discuss the challenges and opportunities they face. That’s what Dr. Sandra ...

The fishers were harvesting enough fish to feed up to 15,000 people a year. Aerial scans of the Yucatan Peninsula in South America have uncovered a gigantic 4,000-year-old fishery in Belize, which ...

20 Best Things to Do in Belize, From Barrier Reef Excursions to Cave Tours. ... It’s home to colorful fish, shrimp, groupers, black tip and reef sharks, and other Caribbean marine life.

Humans Hunter-gatherers built a massive fish trap in Belize 4000 years ago. Earthen channels that span more than 640 kilometres show that pre-Mayan Mesoamericans built large-scale fish-trapping ...

The team plans to continue studying the deep sea fish of Belize. And though they’re not necessarily expecting to spot a sleeper shark again, ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A team of archaeologists from the University of Vermont is among researchers who have discovered ancient fish-trapping canals in the Central American country of Belize.