tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post3168097851056790128..comments2024-03-25T12:38:37.998+12:00Comments on The Best Shark Dive in the World!: Excuse my French !!!!Andrew Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675497080700112390noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-72232865514061423942011-08-05T14:51:13.158+12:002011-08-05T14:51:13.158+12:00Case in point: Are you aware of what happened when...Case in point: Are you aware of what happened when The national park shut down the seas cucumber fishery?<br /><br />That is a microcosm of the issues in play in relation to conservation management on the islands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-79697255070522245932011-08-05T14:46:59.423+12:002011-08-05T14:46:59.423+12:00I realize this post is from 2007 but it's pret...I realize this post is from 2007 but it's pretty clear that you still think the argument you put forward then regarding the Charles Darwin Foundation (whom I presume you are referring to with "Darwin Station") is valid.<br /><br />I think it's important to separate the roles of The Charles Darwin Research Station and the Parque Nacional de Galapagos, which you, much like the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-54131945229321178172007-08-13T07:45:00.000+12:002007-08-13T07:45:00.000+12:00Unfortunately, you are completely right with your ...Unfortunately, you are completely right with your assessment of the situation in the Galapagos. <BR/><BR/>I lived seven years in Ecuador, and I once dared to say to a couple of people that the Galapagos Islands should be put under the control of an international organzization given the fact that the Ecuadoreans are simply unable to protect the islands from human depredation - you should have seenWolfgang Leanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10551908280834632513noreply@blogger.com