Past Events

On October 19th STINAPA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Bonaire National Marine Park at Sorobon. For this celebration STINAPA will offer lionfish and goat dishes to Bonaire community free of charge. Because of this we are requesting your assistance with the hunting of Lionfish in our waters on October 12th and 13th. There will be prizes for the team with the most fish, the team with the biggest fish and the team with the smallest fish. To participate, registered hunters have to form a buddy team and need to register and sign the waiver form. Registration forms are available on the STINAPA Bonaire FB page and also on the Bonaire Lionfish hunter FB page https://www.facebook.com/groups/bonairelionfish/ or email bnmpassistant@stinapa.org. Registration will close on October 11th at 2pm. On October 12th the hunting lionfish will take place all day and you can hunt anywhere, but STINAPA will open up the Willem Alexander Marine Reserve at Karpata for hunting from 2 pm to 6.30 pm. Measuring station on Saturday October 12th will be at the Willem Alexander Marine Reserve as of 2pm till 6.30pm. On Sunday October 13th the Washington Slagbaai National Park (WSNP) will be open for the Lionfish hunters as of 8 am. You will need to show your proof of registration for entrée to the WSNP. Measuring station will be open from 2pm to 6.30pm at Slagbaai. 
Every fish is counted but only the biggest and smallest fish are measured.  
All participants need to follow the rules of Washington Slagbaai National park and the Bonaire National Marine Park. Happy hunting and thank you for participating.