{"id":1985,"date":"2010-08-11T07:35:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T14:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/?p=1985"},"modified":"2010-08-12T07:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T14:36:41","slug":"cuba-preserving-the-cradle-of-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/08\/11\/cuba-preserving-the-cradle-of-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: Preserving the Cradle of the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/documents\/11281_cayo_largo_factsheet.pdf\"><strong>Cayo Largo<\/strong><\/a> (\u201cKey Largo\u201d) is part of a chain of about 350 small islands and keys that together comprise the Canarreos Archipelago.  The key is a critically important nesting site for endangered sea turtles, which depend upon its safe, isolated, and unlit beaches.  Its healthy and abundant coral reefs, sea grass beds, and mangrove forests provide breeding, nursery and feeding grounds for many commercial fish species that populate the southern Gulf of Bataban\u00f3, Cuba\u2019s most productive and economically fishing grounds. Anglers from around the world come to fish the flats for prized bonefish, tarpon and snook.  Its shallow reefs, sandy beaches, and slow pace are also a draw \u2014 tourism is an important and growing industry in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>This spring a team from EDF went to Cayo Largo to get an on-the-ground look at efforts to protect the key\u2019s rich marine life, coastal ecosystems and biodiversity amidst tourism development and other activities.   Experience what we found there by watching this short video \u201cCuba: Preserving the Cradle of the Caribbean\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like in so many areas in Cuba, Cayo Largo\u2019s natural beauty and rich biodiversity are its biggest assets that, if well-protected, will provide a backbone for robust and sustainable economic growth in the years to come.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/cuba\"><strong>EDF is working with Cuban scientists and environmental officials<\/strong><\/a> to identify ways to integrate coastal management with sustainable fishing and marine protected areas. <\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AsNrwo6g5mE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cayo Largo (\u201cKey Largo\u201d) is part of a chain of about 350 small islands and keys that together comprise the Canarreos Archipelago. The key is a critically important nesting site for endangered sea turtles, which depend upon its safe, isolated, and unlit beaches. Its healthy and abundant coral reefs, sea grass beds, and mangrove forests &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1955,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[503],"tags":[],"coauthors":[5163],"class_list":["post-1985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cuba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cuba: Preserving the Cradle of the Caribbean - EDFish<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/edfish\/2010\/08\/11\/cuba-preserving-the-cradle-of-the-caribbean\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cuba: Preserving the Cradle of the Caribbean - EDFish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cayo Largo (\u201cKey Largo\u201d) is part of a chain of about 350 small islands and keys that together comprise the Canarreos Archipelago. 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