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CREMA and Turtle Trax present its recent results on Sea Tutle Conservation during COVID 19 crisis.
As the saying goes: “every cloud has its silver lining.” Despite the global health emergency due to COVID-19, CREMA ‘s small working team continues in the battle to record and ensure to be present at our beaches to protect and conserve the nesting populations of sea turtles in the south of the Nicoya Peninsula.
We show CREMA’S Hawksbill Sea Turtle Research Projet
We invite all of you to support our effort and fight to protect endangered marine life.
Costa Rica is still in the scene of countries that do not protect sharks
Hammerhead sharks are Critically Endangered, and Costa Rica lands 10,000 specimens per year, with the joint blessing of the Costa Rican Fisheries Institute INCOPESCA the Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission IATTC and the Central American Regional Fisheries Body Sica Ospesca.
Volunteers moved efforts to raise funds for CREMA
This group of friends, volunteers from Turtle Trax and CREMA in past seasons, such as because of COVID 19, we’re unable to travel to Costa Rica to continue helping sea turtles, decided to do so from their homes and developed these reusable fascial protectors, contributing at the same time to reduce contamination by waste.
Aprobada Consulta del Proyecto de Ley 21754
El día de ayer, 3 de junio 2020 se aprobó la moción para que se consulte el proyecto de ley 21.754 “REFORMA AL PÁRRAFO CUARTO DEL ARTÍCULO 1 DE LA LEY DE CONSERVACIÓN DE VIDA SILVESTRE n 7317”, a varias instituciones y organizaciones.
Shark Guardians of Cocos Island
Cocos Island, one of the last frontiers on the planet for sharks. However, even here sharks are in trouble.
We need your help, Vote for CREMA to keep saving our Marine Life
Due to the global pandemic, our organization is taking a serious blow. Tourism restrictions have affected our international volunteer program, which is currently canceled, and a lot of sea turtle nests in Guanacaste will not be able to be protected by our team.
Necesitamos de su ayuda, Vote por CREMA para seguir protegiendo a la Vida Marina.
Debido a la pandemia global, nuestra organización se ha visto seriamente afectada. Debido a la restricción al turismo nuestro programa de voluntariado internacional se encuentra detenido y muchos nidos de tortugas marinas en las playas de Guanacaste no podrán ser protegidos por nuestro equipo de trabajo.
Fins from endangered hammerhead sharks in Hong Kong market traced mainly to Eastern Pacific
For the first time, researchers have traced the origins of shark fins from the retail market in Hong Kong back to the location where the sharks were first caught. This will allow them to identify “high-risk” supply chains for illegal trade and better enforce international trade regulations.