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BULK RATE a PERMIT NO. 17 COVICRIER VIRGIN ISLANDS POSTAGE PAID FORM 3547 REQUESTED COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, CARIBBEAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE, ST. THOMAS, V.1. 00801 Volume 1 me Se For over a year now the "Bulletin" published by the Caribbean Research Institute as a medium of informa- tion about what we are attempting to do ceased to come out due to our being under-staffed. At the be- ginning of the 1977-78 school year we decided to re- suscitate it since it was becoming obvious that the community was interested in our efforts and was anx~ ious to obtain information from the Institute. COVICRIER (College of the Virgin Islands Caribbean Research Institute Excerptor) will, we expect, be published as a Quarterly "News-letter". It is hoped that it will serve the purpose intended and that the community, with facts in hand, will be able to give us the support desired. Norwell Harrigan Director THE SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTER (SRC) SOCIETAL Using a framework earlier developed by Norwell Harrigan describing the CHARACTER- characteristics of this society-dubbed 'Raran' by Harrigan (meaning ISTICS dwarfed) - Dr. Jerome McElroy, Senior Research Associate, is putting the economist"s interpretation on them and introducing some rigor in the process. STUDY OF Phase I of a study of consumer patterns in the Virgin Islands has been CONSUMER completed atid is being prepared for publication. This section deals PATTERNS with St. Thomas; phase II will be concerned with St. Croix. The study is intended to provide an indication of cost of living indices in the Virgin Islands and should prove useful to government agencies, businesses and inter- ested persons. 3-4 TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT, "Shark as a potential fishery Tesource for the . SHARK - THAT IS! Caribbean," is the subject of a report completed in September by the ERC Director and the report is now being prepared for printing. The study describes the life history and potential available resources for the Caribbean in regards to shark fishing. It also includes an economic breakdown of the products, the market and production problems. WATER QUALITY STUDIES A "Study of the Effects of Run-Off on Water COMPLETED Quality in Two Tropical Bays" was also completed during this quarter by Mr. Tom Purcell. This effort kept track for two years of rainfall, fresh water run+off volume, water chemistry and the growth of plankton in the bays. It was found that a) the near-shore or on-shore salt ponds, mangroves, etc. greatly effect the quality of run-off water and protect the bays, b) there appears to be a second order connecticn between the runoff and local fisheries. Outreach Aetivities COUNCIL OF CHURCHES The Caribbean Council of Churches held a meeting MEET IN ST. CROIX on September 17th and 18th on St, Croix, U.S.V.I. and had as its theme, “The Role of the Church in the U.S.V.I. and St. Maarteen". Dr. Jones-Hendrickson was an invited guest at the meeting which included clergy and lay people from St. Croix and St. Maarteen. He spoke on the role of the church from an economic and social standpoint in the U.S.V.I. and St. Maarteen.