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Category Archive: Overfishing
Video: Illegal Lines: The Toll on Cocos
At the Wafer Bay ranger station on Cocos Island, defenders of the park’s protected waters—including staff and volunteers with Costa Rica’s national park service (ACMIC), the Costa Rican Coast Guard, MarViva, and PRETOMA—fight an uphill battle to safeguard marine life from rampant illegal fishing. Read More
Photograph by Carola Buchner Thursday, September 24, 2009 / 09:09am
Are We Killing Cocos?
The last three days, we have witnessed firsthand what’s killing the oceans. It was like waking up from the most wonderful dream to the crudest reality. Read More
New Video: A Lethal Web
The Costa Rican coast guard calls with news: They’ve discovered illegal fishing lines in protected waters just a few miles from Cocos Island—something that happens with alarming (and increasing) frequency. Read More
New Video: Four Men, 500 Hooks
The team joins a fishing vessel some 25 miles south of Cocos, beyond the no-take zone surrounding the island. Hard work produces scant results in these heavily-fished waters. Read More