Dive Curacao proudly joined the Caribbean Shark Coalition to grow to be its latest member in 2021 to characterize the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao, together with over 45 new members from NGOs, governments, and native companies from almost 30 international locations, which have formally joined the CSC to construct capability round analysis, coverage, and schooling efforts for these threatened species within the area.
The Caribbean performs a key position in advancing the worldwide goal of defending 30% of the worlds’ ocean by 2030. Beneath this imaginative and prescient, the CSC has three major objectives, which will probably be carried out by means of collaborative work and CSC-member initiatives. Firstly, the CSC will foster collaboration in shark and ray analysis, coverage, and capability constructing for conservation amongst stakeholders, and supply alternatives for information switch and knowledge synthesis.
The CSC will even search to discover methods through which transboundary protections may be made to raised safeguard the long-term well being of shark and ray populations. Lastly, the CSC goals to advertise a sustainable future for these species in addition to the human livelihoods who rely upon them, by participating native companies, stakeholders, and personal sector companies.