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Read the media coverage on the Bimini Bay Resort and Casino
"residents of the island staged a massive protest to publicly voice their concerns about the project"
- Nassau Guardian (May 25, 2005) read full article
"Why was Mr. Capo given a permit when the whole area of mangroves was designated the #1 priority area and was supposed to be protected as a Marine Protected Area? "
- Award-winning Author Lynne Cherry read full article
"The ability of the local people to fish for their own sustenance will decrease or collapse"
- The Shark Trust (March 11, 2005) read full article
"Bimini Besieged"
- Shark Diver Magazine (March 2, 2005) read full article
"for Bimini and the greater Commonwealth of the Bahamas much more is at stake"
- The PEW Institute for Ocean Science (February 28, 2005) read full article
"degraded and destroyed by this extremely shortsighted and unsustainable development plan"
- The Nassau Guardian (December 8, 2004) read full article
"If allowed to be built, Phases II & III will destroy the Islands' biology."
- Earth Island Institute (December 8, 2004) read full article
"tearing apart a viable and important eco system that produces huge amounts of benefits for the local people and the local coastal environment "
- The Nassau Guardian (December 7, 2004) read full article
"The unprecedented ecological disaster in the North sound lagoon of Bimini via the Bimini Bay development. The lagoon serves as the only nursery in the area that supplies large areas of the Great Bahama Bank with fish."
- The Bahamas Tribune, Miami Herald (April, 2002) read full article
"There have been a lot of complaints about this, but he [Bimini Bay developer Gerardo Capo] just goes ahead without being stopped"
- The Nassau Tribune (December, 2003) read full article
"But, the only thing they [Bimini Bay] came in here to do is to destroy Bimini. We need some resolution to our problems and we need it now,"
- The Nassau Guardian (February, 2003) read full article
"Bimini Bay development continues to wreak havoc on the ecosystem there, compromising Bimini's culture and environment."
- The Bahamas Tribune, Miami Herald (April, 2002) read full article
"Bimini Bay Resort development has caused rage and resentment on the island"
- The Nassau Tribune (December, 2003) read full article
"Bimini Bay development project has started again amidst demands of environmentalists and scientists for better protection of the area's sensitive marine environment. Local fishermen have also complained of losses because of the dredging."
- The Bahamas Tribune, Miami Herald (April, 2002) read full article
"Bimini Bay's developer, American Gerardo Capo is "bulldozing" his way through pristine ecologically important nursery sea beds"
- The Bahamas Tribune, Miami Herald (April, 2002) read full article
"criticism from locals concerned with the destruction of their environment."
- The Nassau Tribune (February, 2004)
"blames the Bimini Bay project for the destruction of a large piece of land, which resulted in the clearing of cedar trees, 'destroying nature.'"
- The Nassau Guardian (February, 2003) read full article
"Bimini is 'under attack' by foreign developers."
- The Nassau Guardian (July, 2002) read full article
"In my opinion, the environment is our single greatest gift from God."
"The extent to which we protect our environment, marine and otherwise, is the extent to which we will be able to make our lifestyles comfortable and worthwhile."
- Dr. Earl Deveaux, The Washington Times
http://www.internationalspecialreports.com/theamericas/00/bahamas/16.html
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