A new study has attached a dollar value to the “natural benefits” of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean and helps strengthen the case for the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway proposal.
Shark cleaning stations are one of the highlights of diving Cocos, where, in specific locations, butterfly fish and angel fish congregate and wait for hammerhead and other sharks species to come in for a thorough cleaning.
Observing the abundance of wildlife, especially sharks and dolphins, at a baitball is one of the most exhilarating experiences of my life!
Follow along as our executive director shares his scientific findings and spectacular photos from his spring dive trip to Cocos Island, Costa Rica.
Our Executive Director Todd Steiner reflects on his recent trip to Ecuador to collaborate with fellow scientists and to D.C. to see the food co-op he helped to form in his college days.
Turtle Island’s International Director Randall Arauz has been named as a PEW Marine Conservation Fellow. Arauz is one of five distinguished scientists and conservationists from around the world named as a 2016 Pew Marine Conservation Fellow. Arauz plans to use his fellowship to strengthen the sustainability of marine protected areas, and to foster shark conservation in Central America.
Turtle Island welcomes Randall Arauz, a world renowned and award-winning biologist, to our team in the newly created position of International Director.
Confusion! That was the result of a meeting yesterday by the Costa Rican authorities to present the position the country will adopt during the upcoming 2nd Meeting of Signatories (MoSII) of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of Migratory Sharks of the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), to be held in Costa Rica next February 15th to 19th. Instead of presenting the official country position, the positions of the Vice Ministry of Oceans and of the Institute of Fisheries (INCOPESCA) were presented.
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Today Costa Rica’s President Luis Guillermo Solís was awarded the ‘Shark Enemy’ award by the conservation organization Sharkproject International. President Solís was nominated by the Sharkproject team and picked by a team of international jurors for this dishonor based on his anti-conservation policy record that seeks to roll back marine conservation efforts, most notably protection for endangered and threatened shark species. Earlier this year his administration stated it’s intent to ramp up efforts to export shark fins, even with the recent news that demand for fins abroad was plummeting.