Last week, the community of Montecristo celebrated completing the first phase of the “Quelonia” project, named after the Spanish classification for turtles and spearheaded by FIAES. During the peak of sea turtle season (August-January), community members incubated 125,000 eggs in the community run hatchery and released a total of 100,000 baby sea turtles, surpassing its […]
Sustainable Fisheries Forum in the Bay of Jiquilisco
On Friday November 16th, EcoViva and the Mangrove Association hosted a Sustainable Fisheries Forum: A Sustainable Alternative to the Threats in the Bay of Jiquilisco, in the community of Puerto Parada. EcoViva has been working to promote sustainable fisheries in the Bay of Jiquilisco for the last 5 years, providing small-scale fisherpeople a viable alternative […]
Statistics About Blast Fishing in the Bay
On October 13th “El Diario de Hoy,” one of the main news sources in El Salvador published an article on blast fishing in the Bay of Jiquilisco, mis-quoting the information provided by the fishermen. EcoViva elaborated the following Letter to the Editor, which allows us to clarify the current situation of blast fishing in the […]
Former Blast Fisherman Promotes Sustainable Practices
By Tricia Johnson As we drove up to the artificial reef, two separate boats of fisherpeople were waiting for us. They had begun fishing at 6am and even though it was only 10 am, their hats did little to protect them from the strength of the sun’s rays. We pulled up along side the boat […]
Promoting fishing without explosives
The blog post below is a translation of an article about illegal and harmful fishing practices in the Bay of Jiquilisco. It was published by La Prensa Grafica on August 19, 2012. The original Spanish-language version can be found here. EcoViva and the Mangrove Association are working with local people to promote sustainable fisheries and […]
