CITES recommends halting shark product exports from Ecuador
CITES recommends halting shark product exports from Ecuador
Sponsor a Scientific Expedition to Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica
Join CREMA, The SeaChange Agency, and Turtle Island Restoration Network, on a scientific expedition to Cocos Island National Park, Costa Rica, as a scientific expedition sponsor! All expeditions will be led by Costa Rica biologist Randall Arauz, currently the Science and Policy Advisor for Marine Watch International (www.marinewatch.org).
Threatened Shark Species: The Main Target of Costa Rica’s longline fishery
Over 1,000,000 specimens landed from 2015 to 2019. (San José, Costa Rica – March 15, 2022). Threatened shark species sustain the economy of Costa Rica’s longline fishing industry, constituting the main product brought to shore (landed) from 2015 to 2019. ...Costa Rican court will resolve on the future of hammerhead sharks in three weeks
The Court of Costa Rica announced on March 16th that within three week time it would resolve regarding the lawsuit against the State, INCOPESCASINAC, for allowing the commercialization of hammerhead sharks, a Critically Endangered species.