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Marismas Project in Marismas Nacionales
The Marismas Nacionales (MN) is located on the Pacific coast of Mexico south of Mazatlan and north of Puerto Vallarta in the states of Sinaloa and Nayarit. It extends 240 km from north to south encompassing 513,000 ha, including 113,000 ha of mangroves. It is the...
read moreFisheries Improvement Project Steering Committee Seeking New Members
Ecologists Without Borders (EcoWB) is seeking experienced volunteers with a background in fisheries and/or marine aquaculture management, research, sales, and production to join the EcoWB Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) Steering committee. Our committee is a...
read moreEcoWB’s Approach to Invasive Water Hyacinth Intervention
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes, WH)—a free floating, perennial aquatic weed native to the Amazon Basin—is aggressively spreading around the globe, with dire ecological, economic, and social consequences. Once established, WH reproduces rapidly and commonly forms...
read moreIN PURSUIT OF SUSTAINABLE FISHING IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF CALIFORNIA: AN UPDATE
The municipality of Mulegé in Baja California Sur, Mexico, is the largest municipality in the country, has coastline along both in the Pacific Ocean and the central Gulf from California (Sea of Cortez). On the central Gulf of California side of the peninsula,...
read moreNew Grant from RLF for Peruvian Scallop FIP
EcoWB is pleased to announce a new grant from the Resources Legacy Fund to support a Pre Assessment (PA) of the Bay of Sechura scallop fishery. A PA is the first major step in a fisheries improvement project (FIP), geared toward increasing the sustainability and...
read moreGiving Tuesday Donation Match
Call For Donations: Facebook To Match Donations to EcoWB During Giving Tuesday Fundraiser Giving Tuesday is here, following, of course, Cyber Monday. To celebrate Giving Tuesday, we’ve created a Facebook Fundraiser where Facebook will match donations up to...
read moreEcoWB at Latin American CoP FIP Workshop
EcoWB Volunteers Trevor Eakes and Board Emeritus, Eric Knudsen, traveled to Lima, Perú to attend the 2019 Latin American Fisheries Improvement Project Community of Practice (FIP CoP) where EcoWB was able to gain fresh insights on best practices for FIP management. At...
read moreNew Fisheries Project in Peru
EcoWB is collaborating with local fishermen and regional government to help evaluate the sustainability of the Bahia de Sechura concha de abanico (fan scallop) fishery, a relatively large fishery that exports to Europe, North America, and Peruvian cities. We are...
read moreEcoWB Receives Grant from ERM Foundation for Mexican Mangroves
EcoWB is pleased to announce a generous grant from the ERM Foundation in support of our project to help restore and protect mangrove forests in the Marismas Nacionales of the Pacific coast of Mexico. These expansive mangroves are critical nurseries for fisheries and...
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