The Monitoring of 19 sharks is being carried out by the Malpelo Foundation in the surroundings of the Cocos Island; the biologists, a team of Costa Ricans, Ecuadorians and Colombian are hoping that this monitoring will help understanding their behavior as well as study their movements. With these devices it is hoped that information will [...]
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If any of you have a worthwhile cause for us to promote, then hit us up. I have been to the Manuel Antonio National park and loved it. Manuel Antonio is one of my favorite places in Costa Rica. I did not like Jaco or Quepos, but Manuel Antonio has this long and beautiful beach [...]
Fining in Costa Rica may finally become illegal; the sharks would have to be killed instead of being thrown back in the water and left to agonize and die anyway. If this law passes, whoever is caught producing sharks fins without the rest of the carcass is liable to get a prison sentence from six [...]
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Although the coral reef of Cahuita has kept on growing, thus giving the impression that everything is going well there under the sea, scientists recently disclosed the fact that although it is not actually shrinking, many of its species have now disappeared and its variety is less abundant everyday. According to [...]
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So the word is now that Puerto Viejo is not going to have a marina. Appearantly the locals were against it, and now the marina will be built in Limon.
The reason that Limon has been avoided when it comes to building more commercial outlets, is the media coverage of crime. Limon has a bad reputation. [...]
