On the 26th August 2010, the Government of Ecuador established an official resolution to protect Mantas and Mobulas along its coast.

Sandra has been a key member of Migramar since its inception as head of Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos.

MigraMar’s Marine Biologist Cesar Peñaherrera presented at the Sharks International conference held in Cairns, Australia.

This committee is unique in that it explicitly includes scientific organizations and NGOs in its formation.

One of the founding members of Migramar, Randall has received international recognition for his work in changing legislation in Costa Rica to protect sharks from the unsustainable practice of finning.

The research team based out of the Galapagos Islands have just returned from their cruise to Darwin and Wolf.

Several elementary schools in Berlin, Wisconsin joined forces to support Migramar’s shark research. The idea came from one of the teachers, Pat Arndt.

Randall Arauz (PRETOMA), Hector Guzman (STRI), Eduardo Espinoza (Galapagos National Park) and Alex Hearn (UC Davis) all attended the two-day workshop in Guayaquil.

Migramar presented results of the Shark Research and Conservation Program of the Galapagos Marine Reserve in the Galapagos Science Symposium, which was part of the 50 year celebration of the Charles Darwin Foundation.

Migramar’s Prof. Pete Klimley and Dr. Alex Hearn attended and gave presentations at the 2009 Joint Meeting of the Ichthyology and Herpetology Societies, during which the American Elasmobranch Society held their symposium.

Besides research cruises to Galapagos, Cocos and Malpelo over the next couple of months, Migramar research will be featuring heavily at scientific conferences in various locations.

A new book, ‘Galapagos – Both Sides of the Coin’, features research carried out by the Galapagos-based Migramar research team, made up of scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation, Galapagos National Park Service and University of California Davis.

In February, Alex Hearn (UC Davis) and Randall Arauz (PRETOMA) attended the workshop on climate change and adaptation options for cetaceans and other marine biodiversity of the eastern Pacific.

The 9th Meeting of the Convention on Migratory Species was held at the FAO Headquarters in Rome, in November 2008.

A 10 m long female was tagged at Darwin Island in November 2008 during our bi-annual expedition to the northern part of the Galapagos archipelago.

Migramar members Randall Arauz and Ilena Zanela attended the World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain, to guarantee the approval of Resolution 4.111.

Scientists at the Charles Darwin Foundation and Galapagos National Park Service returned from a research cruise to Darwin and Wolf islands with news of a hammerhead shark tagged in Malpelo having been detected in the Galapagos Marine Reserve.

Migramar scientists from throughout the Eastern Tropical Pacific participated in a workshop in Manta, Ecuador, to discuss the developments of national Plans of Action for shark resources, and to provide technical advice on possible management measures.

On April 8th, the National Geographic channel premiered its latest masterpiece:Shark Superhighways, by Tom Lucas Productions. This one-hour documentary follows Dr. Pete Klimley, Director of the Biotelemetry Lab at UC Davis, and pioneer of shark research, during a cruise at Darwin and Wolf, in the Galapagos Islands.

During a research cruise in March, the team from PRETOMA, who are studying the shark populations of Cocos island, discovered that a female hammerhead, tagged in Galapagos in July 2007 had appeared at Cocos at the end of September.

Today marked the launch of migramar.org, a website created jointly by marine research centres in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, focused on working together to understand the dynamics of migratory species in the region, with a special focus on sharks.