Did Covid give sharks a break?
Over the past year, the internet was awash with stories of wildlife moving into urban areas and reoccupying sites where they had rarely or ever been seen previously. This led us to wonder whether marine wildlife in our study countries had caught a similar break from humans due to our Covid-mediated restrictions on travel and […]
Catalyzing sustainable tourism in Panama’s Guna Yala Comarca
This past year will go down in history for the pandemic’s potent impact on people, travel and economies. Tourism, one of the most affected economic sectors due to widely enacted travel restrictions, saw an 87% drop in arrivals globally between January 2020 and 2021. The sector’s income was reduced by 74.1% in countries such as […]
Should we stop eating fish?
The documentary Seaspiracy unfurled onto Netflix in March and has the internet awash with discussion on the unhappy state of our oceans. The resulting discussion buzz, in a world with limited attention spans and informational overload, is a much needed positive outcome from this documentary. Our burgeoning populations are leading to increased demand for animal […]
Great things come in Sevens
April is one of our favorite months! Northern Spring is in full swing, which coincides with a drier climate in the tropics. The seas increasingly lay down and warm up, heralding amorous activity in the world of snappers and a precursor to the birth of sharks and rays. But for us, April holds a special […]
Dr. Rachel Graham awarded Pew Fellowship in marine conservation
With the increasing relaxation of Covid-19 linked restrictions to travel and field work in February 2021, MarAlliance has finally been able to hit the ground running, and begin to make up for a year of lost field and community work. It was therefore welcome news to hear that our Executive Director Dr. Rachel Graham has […]
Wildlife Conservation Network Spring Expo
Celebrate this 7th birthday with us and join our team on the 24th of April in the virtual Wildlife Conservation Network Spring Expo. We will tell you the story of the largest fish you’ve never seen. Curious?… Want to know more? Then be sure to join us at the Expo for the big reveal. And […]
Making a Net Difference to Sharks and Rays
Scalloped hammerhead caught in a fishing net. Photo: Brian Skerry Traditional fishers in Belize were the first to see the losses in Belize’s fish and coastal wildlife that followed the introduction of unselective monofilament gillnets last century. “I haven’t seen a sawfish since the 90s, nets killed them off” shared Dan Castellanos, traditional fisher and […]
MarAlliance at WCN’s Virtual Spring Expo
MarAlliance was recently at WCN’s Virtual Spring Expo. The latest video highlighting some of our work in Cabo Verde produced by Uproar was premiered in London this month. An abbreviated version can be seen here:
What would you like to learn?
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Our Wildlife Conservation Partners at the 2020 WCN Virtual Spring Expo
Visit us at the WCN Virtual Spring Expo and get to know many of our wildlife conservation partners. Held on 25 April, the recording of the event presentations are here: The MArAlliance Q&A with Dr. Rachel Graham will be posted shortly.
Jackson Wild Summit
MarAlliance was fortunate to take part in the Jackson Wild Summit, a convening of scientists, conservationists, story tellers and filmmakers held at the foothills of Wyoming’s Teton mountains. We were amazed and greatly inspired by the incredible work underway by all sectors who are moving the needle to raise awareness, inspire the public and reverse […]
Fisheries assessment of the Guna Yala reveals possible strategies for restoring fish populations
Community based conservation is all about relationships and flexibility. And trust and connections take years to build. We have blazed into a 3rd year of working with fishers, students, and communities in the autonomous indigenous Guna Yala Comarca on Panama’s Caribbean coast. Our work shifted and expanded from our original goal of developing local […]