by CREMA | Apr 20, 2020 | Press Releases
The small scale fishers of Coyote and Bejuco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, landed more spotted rose snapper in 2019 than they had ever landed in any of the 12 previous years since records have been kept, with more than twice as much snapper landed when compared to 2011.
by CREMA | Mar 27, 2020 | Press Releases
Scientists Document First Evidence of Hammerhead Shark Swimming Persistently Between Cocos Island National Park and Las Gemelas Seamount Shark Connectivity Emphasizes Need for Greater Protections Outside Oceanic Hotspots (San José, Costa Rica – March 27,2020) A...
by CREMA | Jan 29, 2020 | Press Releases
Popular Initiative would return wildlife status to sharks in Costa Rica The initiative could be voted within a year (San José, Costa Rica – January 29, 2020). Last Monday January 27, a bill was officially published in Costa Rica’s official Gazette to modify...
by CREMA | Dec 17, 2019 | Press Releases
Bill that would return wildlife status to sharks in Costa Rica was signed by the Congress’s Environment Commission. Coalition of NGOs submitted bill, December the 17th, 2020 A popular initiative consisting of a bill that would return wildlife status to sharks was...
by CREMA | May 14, 2019 | Press Releases
Endangered Hawksbill sea turtle is freed after 4 months of rehabilitation Two hooks were found inside her throat (San José Costa Rica – May 14, 2019). A juvenile endangered hawksbill turtle was freed into its natural hábitat las Saturday May 11, in Malpaís,...
by CREMA | Mar 20, 2019 | Press Releases
REEF MANTA RAY RECORDED FOR FIRST TIME IN EASTERN PACIFIC Chance sighting suggests ‘coastal manta’ may venture out further offshore than previously thought A pregnant reef manta ray was encountered for the first time at the remote Cocos Island in the Eastern Tropical...
