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"At 10 a.m. Wednesday morning, President Laura Chinchilla, flanked by Environment Minister René Castro and noted conservationist and owner of Virgin Records Richard Branson, signed a decree that bans the practice of shark finning, as well as the importation and exportation of shark fins."
From: http://www.ticotimes...October-10-2012
This is fabulous news! Fishermen, particularly Taiwanese fishermen, have long been exploiting loopholes in Costa Rican laws by using ports such as Puntarenas to land their fin cargoes, some of which included sharks caught in and near protected marine reserves such as Cocos Island. Assuming CR enforces this ban I'm sure the fishermen will move to other countries to export their catches but the more difficult it becomes for them, the fewer sharks will die--I hope.
-Gina
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Crab ID, from Bonaire
15 July 2012 - 10:41 AM
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone might be able to ID this little crab? He was about 1 - 2 cm across, nocturnal, in about 20 feet of water at Bonaire's Salt Pier. There were many of them around.
Thank you kindly,
Gina
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I was wondering if anyone might be able to ID this little crab? He was about 1 - 2 cm across, nocturnal, in about 20 feet of water at Bonaire's Salt Pier. There were many of them around.
Thank you kindly,
Gina
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