{"id":9821,"date":"2016-03-29T09:29:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T08:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=9821"},"modified":"2022-09-05T10:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T09:26:30","slug":"new-marine-sanctuary-in-galapagos-islands-a-game-changer-for-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2016\/03\/new-marine-sanctuary-in-galapagos-islands-a-game-changer-for-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"New marine sanctuary in Gal\u00e1pagos Islands a \u2018game-changer\u2019 for wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.conservation.org\/2016\/03\/new-marine-sanctuary-in-galapagos-islands-a-game-changer-for-wildlife\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ci_72898593_Small.jpg\" alt=\"New marine sanctuary in Gal\u00e1pagos Islands a \u2018game-changer\u2019 for wildlife\" width=\"675\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ecuador has\u00a0announced the creation of a marine sanctuary in the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands in an effort to protect an area crucial for biodiversity \u2014 as well as Ecuador\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>The new sanctuary within the Gal\u00e1pagos Marine Reserve bans all fishing in an almost 39,000-square-kilometer (15,000-square-mile) swath of ocean \u2014 an area about the size of Switzerland \u2014 around Darwin and Wolf islands, the northernmost islands in the Pacific archipelago. Scientists heralded the move as a coup for conservation in an area that has been deemed too fragile and exceptionally unique to sustain even low fishing levels.<\/p>\n<p>The new sanctuary is home to the highest concentrations of sharks in the world, as well as large numbers of sea turtles, whales, seabirds and coral reef habitats. Protecting the area, in turn, protects a thriving dive tourism industry that depends on the health of the wildlife that live here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the greatest dive site on Earth,\u201d proclaimed Henderson, formerly a dive guide in the region. \u201cIt\u2019s what made me a conservationist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The area\u2019s value from tourism outstrips its value from fishing, and while all industrial fishing was already banned throughout the islands, that hasn\u2019t stopped poachers, according to Norman Wray, manager of Conservation International\u2019s Gal\u00e1pagos programme. Vessels, many from other nations, have been known to fish illegally in the Gal\u00e1pagos, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.conservation.org\/2016\/03\/new-marine-sanctuary-in-galapagos-islands-a-game-changer-for-wildlife\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">New marine sanctuary in Gal\u00e1pagos Islands a \u2018game-changer\u2019 for wildlife | Human Nature &#8211; Conservation International Blog<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Area\u2019s value from tourism outstrips its value from fishing, and while industrial fishing was already banned throughout the islands, poaching continues,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,130,534,14,267,140],"tags":[756,198,812],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - 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