Sharks will soon have their own ‘superhighway’ in the Pacific Ocean
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A vast marine reserve is to be created in the Pacific Ocean, providing a protected ‘superhighway’ for hammerhead sharks, leatherback turtles and other endangered marine life.
The Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor (CMAR) is a joint conservation initiative between four Latin American countries: Ecuador, Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica. Unveiled at COP26 last week, it will see the nations link up and increase the size of their protected territorial waters, providing what they say will be a 500,000sq km sanctuary for species that have been hammered by overfishing.
The plan involves increasing the size of the Galapagos Marine Reserve – a crucible of life where Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution – by 45 per cent. The expansion will encompass Cocos Ridge, an underwater mountain range between Galapagos and Costa Rica that is an important migration route for species such as whale sharks.
Galapagos Conservancy, a non-profit environmental organisation, described the move a...
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