Yo no como Tiburon
- Brena Lages
- 3 de abr. de 2016
- 2 min de leitura
Facing the ocean is good. Its immensity brings us back to the reality of how small we are compered to this universe.
Yesterday, 02/04, Saturday, day of training with adults and children, through Lois Solano writer and editor of Surfing Nation Magazine , we received a visit from Regi Domingo, responsible and creator of Nakawe Project.
We, swimmers on open waters, are passionate about the sea as anybody who practice sports in this environment. Surfers, divers, sailors and fishers we all know that the magic is complete when there is presence of marine life. Being in touch with that energy is what drives us.
But we're not the only ones to depend on the existence of life in the oceans.
All forms of life on our planet depend directly on them. The oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean. And the complexity of this ecosystem is such as that the balance of these beings can be greatly affected in the event of absence of any kind.
There are many endangered species because of the economic activities of human beings. All the life on the planet is in danger of extinction due to warming of the waters and the rapid pace of production and consumption that we are living.
In Costa Rica is located on the Isla del Coco, one of the richest marine sanctuaries in the world with biodiversity and high incidence of sharks of various species that visit the area.
In order to defend the Isla del Coco, all its surroundings and inform costarricenses about the danger of extinction of sharks by illegal fishing in preservation area and the consumption of their fins and meat of small puppies that get stuck in nets and are sold as cheap fish meat was created the campaign Yo No Como Tiburón.
We had the opportunity to speak on the subject of the campaign with our athletes from open waters through the activist, diver and warrior Regi Domingo.
She tried to demystify the fear of swimmers of being attacked by sharks. She explained the importance of them in the food chain for control and maintenance of marine species, also spoke of the fact that we are consuming their meat without knowing here in Costa Rica. According to her many restaurants buy meat of small sharks because of the low price and sell ceviche or fried fish made with the meat of these predators that will never get to the age of reproduction. A simple way to support this project is always questioning restaurants about the origin of the fish that you will consume and refuse shark meat at all costs.
We are connected to the sea every day buy the need of swimming in it so we have the duty to defend it and spread preservation ideas supporting projects like this.
Yo No Como Tiburón!
To learn more about how marine species are interrelated and dependent on each other and the mysteries of oceans, these 70% of the planet that we barely know about, I recommend the documentary series Blue Planet (Natural History of the Ocean) by BBC. Facing the ocean is good. Its immensity brings us back to the reality of how small we are compered to this universe.
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