Tag: save our sharks

Schooling Galapagos Sharks

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
Post date 2007-04-06

By Nautilus Staff on April 6th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

So there we were, towards the end of our dive, coming around the north end of Roca Partida and swimming through an enormous school of jacks when, HOLY COW, a group of very large Galapagos sharks swam right up to us and started circling around. I had never seen anything like it.

Tags galapagos sharks, jacks, Roca Partida, save our sharks, schooling galapagos sharks, stop shark finning

New legislation to protect shark populations

Post author By Nautilus Staff
Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe, Socorro
Post date 2007-03-03

By Nautilus Staff on March 3rd, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Guadalupe, Socorro

Very, very exciting news on our end is the enactment of new legislation in Mexico designed to protect shark populations. I couldn’t be more ecstatic about the news. Is my pleasure inform you that the “Mexican Official Standard Rule NOM-029-PESC-2006, Responsible shark and ray fisheries” was published last February 14, 2007 in the Federal Gazette of the Mexican Government. This set of regulations will improve the management of all shark fisheries (artisanal and offshore) in Mexico and will promote the conservation of shark stocks and vulnerable shark and ray species.