statement and signatures - Sea Turtle Restoration Project
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International <strong>and</strong> National Scientists <strong>and</strong> Conservationists Statement on the<br />
need to fully enforce laws against pirate fishing in the waters surrounding<br />
Cocos Isl<strong>and</strong> National Park, Costa Rica.<br />
Trial Board<br />
Puntarenas Courthouse<br />
Costa Rica<br />
FAX (506) 630-0300<br />
January 30, 2002<br />
We, the undersigned, are scientists <strong>and</strong> conservationists united in our concern over<br />
protecting the marine biodiversity of Cocos Isl<strong>and</strong> National Park, from the devastating<br />
effects of illegal fishing activities.<br />
Cocos Isl<strong>and</strong> supports unique oceanic ecosystems in the Eastern Pacific. It harbors vast<br />
populations of pelagic species of great ecological <strong>and</strong> economic importance (swordfish,<br />
sailfish, marlin, sharks), unique coral reefs, <strong>and</strong> endangered marine mammals <strong>and</strong> sea<br />
turtles. The global importance of this site has been acknowledged by its inclusion in the<br />
list of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO <strong>and</strong> World Important Wetl<strong>and</strong> by the RAMSAR<br />
Convention.<br />
Unfortunately, illegal fishing activities are out of control, in spite of the global importance of<br />
this Marine Protected Area. Sharks are being targeted for their valuable fins, <strong>and</strong> during<br />
this fishing frenzi, other species of organisms, such as highly endangered Eastern Pacific<br />
leatherbacks, are being driven to extinction.<br />
Recent Costa Rican efforts, with the support of international conservation groups, have<br />
produced positive results, mainly the arrest of foreign vessels operating within the limits of<br />
the 12 mile no fishing zone. In fact, last Friday January 18, the Ecuadorean “San José I”<br />
went officially to trail, for acts of piracy under the Costa Rican Penal Code. This is the<br />
FIRST vessel ever to face trail for illegal fishing within the boundaries of Cocos Isl<strong>and</strong><br />
National Park.<br />
Costa Rica has set an international precedent for the proper management <strong>and</strong> protection<br />
of National Parks, <strong>and</strong> the right decision is likely to impact the behavior of other nations to<br />
protect marine biodiversity.<br />
We urge the Costa Rican authorities to fully enforce Costa Rican legislation, <strong>and</strong> send the<br />
right message to pirate fishers <strong>and</strong> the international scientific <strong>and</strong> conservationist<br />
community; that Costa Rica is serious about protecting this unique oceanic ecosystem for<br />
the global well being of the Eastern pacific oceans, <strong>and</strong> pirate fishing will be punished to<br />
the full extent of the law.<br />
Copies to:<br />
Cc Luis Paulino Mora Mora, President Supreme Court of Justice (FAX 257-2744)<br />
Rodrigo Vázquez, Attorney of Puntarenas (FAX 661-1943)<br />
Herberth Nanne, President of INCOPESCA (FAX 661-0748)<br />
Elizabeth Odio, Minister of the Environment (FAX 222-4161)<br />
José Manuel Ech<strong>and</strong>i, Defender of the Inhabitants (FAX 248 2371)
Signatures<br />
Mario A. Boza<br />
Sociedad para la Conservación de la Vida Silvestre (WCS)<br />
Costa Rica<br />
ecoamericas@amnet.co.cr<br />
Jack Frazier<br />
Smithsonian Institution<br />
EEUU<br />
kurma@shentel.net<br />
Dr. Rene Marquez Millan<br />
México<br />
rmarquez@BAY.NET.MXEXICO<br />
Frank V. Paladino B.A., M. S., Ph. D.<br />
Indiana - Purdue University<br />
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 USA<br />
Paladino@ipfw.edu<br />
David Wm. Owens<br />
University of Charleston<br />
United States of America<br />
owensd@cofc.edu<br />
Paul Watson<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Shepherd Conservation Society<br />
paulwatson@earthlink.net<br />
Jeanette Wyneken<br />
Florida Atlantic University<br />
USA<br />
jwyneken@fau.edu<br />
Anthony Steyermark<br />
University of California at Los Angeles<br />
USA<br />
ASteyermark@mednet.ucla.edu<br />
Adriana Laura Sarti<br />
México<br />
105112.1003@compuserve.com
Todd Steiner<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
USA<br />
tsteiner@igc.org<br />
R<strong>and</strong>all Arauz<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong> <strong>Restoration</strong> <strong>Project</strong><br />
Costa Rica<br />
rarauz@tortugamarina.org<br />
Karen Frutchey<br />
University of Central Florida<br />
USA<br />
kpf61388@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu<br />
<strong>Sea</strong>n O'Hearn Gimenez<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Shepherd Galapagos<br />
Galapagos-Ecuador<br />
sean@seashepherd.org<br />
Debbie Lloyd<br />
Operation Wallacea<br />
United Kingdom<br />
lloyddebbie@hotmail.com<br />
Paul Bergsma<br />
Dutch Media<br />
Holl<strong>and</strong><br />
paul@kalanos.nl<br />
Tim Choate<br />
Artmarina. S.A.<br />
EEUU<br />
tim@artmarina.com<br />
Mariana Harnecker<br />
Colegio Panamericano<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Elena Harnecker<br />
YISKI<br />
Costa Rica<br />
yiskicr@racsa.co.cr<br />
Marija Romanjek<br />
Universidad de Costa Rica<br />
Costa Rica
Verónica Toral<br />
Charles Darwin Research Center<br />
Ecuador<br />
Thomas Gorgas<br />
University of Hawai<br />
EEUU<br />
tgorgas@soest.hawaii.edu<br />
Felix Lancaster<br />
Granada Wild Productions<br />
United Kingdom<br />
felixlankester@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
David Lockie<br />
University of Manchester<br />
United Kingdom<br />
divydovy@hotmail.com<br />
Didiher Chacón<br />
ANAI<br />
Costa Rica<br />
tortugas@racsa.co.cr<br />
Lauren <strong>and</strong> Toby Cleaver<br />
Iguana Lodge<br />
Costa Rica<br />
info@iguanalodge.com<br />
Colum Muccio<br />
ARCAS<br />
Guatemala<br />
arcas@intelnet.net.gt<br />
María Elena Fournier<br />
YISKI<br />
Costa Rica<br />
yiskicr@racsa.co.cr<br />
Joseph LYnch<br />
USA<br />
Osprey1786@aol.com
Eric van den Berghe<br />
Ave María College<br />
Nicaragua<br />
tomeric@ibw.com.ni<br />
Samantha Karam Martínez<br />
Universidad del Mar<br />
México<br />
karam@angel.umar.mx<br />
Mike Quinn<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Shepherd<br />
Canada<br />
mikeq35@hotmail.com<br />
John Regnery<br />
Johanna Foundation<br />
EEUU<br />
johnregnery@usa.net<br />
Greg Carter<br />
Oceanic Research Foundation<br />
EEUU<br />
carter.g@portseattle.org<br />
Maureen Dewire<br />
National Save the <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong> Foundation<br />
EEUU<br />
nststf@bellsouth.net<br />
Rachel Silverman<br />
National Save the <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong> Foundation<br />
Costa Rica<br />
roaches@racsa.co.cr<br />
Kim Washok<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong> Protection <strong>Project</strong><br />
EEUU<br />
kwashok@coastaldiscovery.org<br />
Michael Salmon<br />
Florida Atlántic University<br />
salmon@fau.edu
Carolina Albuquerque<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Shepherd Conservation Society<br />
Brasil<br />
abrolis@hotmail.com<br />
Gerardo Castillo<br />
Asociación Ecologista para la Justicia Ambiental de Puriscal (ASEJAP).<br />
Costa Rica<br />
asegecar@racsa.co.cr<br />
Crispin Jones<br />
Concerned Diver<br />
USA<br />
crispinjones@yahoo.com<br />
Nida Al-Fulaij<br />
People's Trust for Endangered Species<br />
Reino Unido<br />
nida@ptes.org<br />
Liezel & Rod Mortimer<br />
Wildlife Action Group<br />
South Africa<br />
waginfo@mweb.co.za<br />
Sherryn Thompson<br />
Wildlife Action Group<br />
South Africa<br />
sherryn@mweb.co.za<br />
Julian Jensen<br />
University of Essex<br />
Reino Unido<br />
jules_jensen@hotmail.com<br />
Rex Weyler<br />
Vancouver, Britich Columbia<br />
Canada<br />
weyler@telus.net<br />
Barry Curtis<br />
Ocean Naturalist<br />
United States<br />
GoSeeDolphins@aol.com
Joshua Trentor<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Shepherd Conservation Society<br />
USA<br />
clownswilleatme@cp.net<br />
Richard Zanre<br />
<strong>Project</strong> Co-ordinator, Watamu <strong>Turtle</strong> Watch<br />
Kenya<br />
wtwkenya@swiftmalindi.com<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>ra Sangmeister<br />
USA<br />
alexasang@yahoo.com<br />
Fabian Andres Sanchez<br />
Widecast<br />
Colombia<br />
fsanchez@col2.telecom.com.co<br />
Kendra Coufal<br />
University of Queensl<strong>and</strong><br />
Australia<br />
oz_cturtle@hotmail.com<br />
M. Zahirul Islam<br />
Marine Life Alliance (<strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong> Conservation Network-STURCNET)<br />
Bangladesh<br />
marinelife_al@yahoo.com<br />
Duvan Daviany Quiroga<br />
WIDECAST<br />
COLOMBIA<br />
dquiroga@yahoo.com<br />
RichardWollcoombe<br />
WildAid<br />
Ecuador<br />
getlost@uio.satnet.net<br />
Daniel Arauz<br />
Escuela Saint Anthony<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Darauz1@costarricense.com
Kathey O'Connor<br />
Isle of Palms <strong>Turtle</strong> Team<br />
USA<br />
katheyo@bellsouth.net<br />
Sarah Curran<br />
Chief Scientist<br />
Wakatobi Marine National Park<br />
Indonesia<br />
Curran@altc.freeserve.co.uk<br />
Susanne Hauswaldt<br />
University of South Carolina<br />
USA<br />
sushaus@biol.sc.edu<br />
Eberhard Meyer<br />
SCHILDKROETEN-STIFTUNG<br />
TURTLE FOUNDATION<br />
Alemania<br />
meyer.tapp@t-online.de<br />
Jack E. Ewing Elmore<br />
Asociación de Amigos de la Naturaleza del Pacífico Central y Sur (ASANA<br />
Costa Rica<br />
jeewing@racsa.co.cr<br />
Adela Ortiz<br />
Honduras<br />
adeisa_ortiz@yahoo.com<br />
Lara Meischke BSc Hons<br />
University of St Andrews<br />
Escocia, Reino Unido<br />
larameischke@hotmail.com<br />
Beverly Ballow<br />
<strong>Turtle</strong> Team, Isle of Palms, South Carolina<br />
USA<br />
bevb@prucar.com<br />
Doug Perrine<br />
<strong>Sea</strong>pics.com<br />
USA<br />
doug@seapics.com
Georgia Graves<br />
Coastal Georgia Naturalist<br />
USA<br />
georgia21@mindspring.com<br />
María Torelli<br />
Argentina<br />
maryargentina@yahoo.com<br />
Jennifer Lacquet<br />
Western Washington University<br />
United States<br />
jenniferlinn@rocketmail.com<br />
Roberto Zeledón<br />
PRETOMA<br />
Costa Rica<br />
rzeledon@tortugamarina.org<br />
Isabel Naranjo<br />
PRETOMA<br />
Costa Rica<br />
inaranjo@tortugamarina.org<br />
Noah Anderson<br />
PRETOMA<br />
Costa Rica<br />
noah<strong>and</strong>erson@tortugamarina.org<br />
Edna López<br />
PRETOMA<br />
Colombia<br />
elopez@tortugamarina.org<br />
Matt Struebig<br />
University of east anglia<br />
Reino Unido<br />
M.Struebig@uea.ac.uk<br />
José Luis Brito Montero<br />
Museo de Cs.Naturales y Arqueologia de San Antonio,<br />
Chile<br />
museo_imsa@hotmail.com
Jeffrey Mangel<br />
Duke University<br />
EEUU<br />
jmangel@ec.rr.coom<br />
José Carlos Santana<br />
Instituto Español de Oceanografía<br />
Islas Canarias (España)<br />
jcarlos.santana@ieo.rcanaria.es<br />
Alej<strong>and</strong>ro Fallabrino<br />
Tortugas Marinas del Uruguay<br />
Montevideo - Uruguay<br />
Web: www.karumbe.8k.com<br />
Sarah Dougan<br />
Marine Biology Student<br />
Reino Unido<br />
sarahdougan@yahoo.com<br />
Hector M. Guzman<br />
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute<br />
Panama<br />
GUZMANH@naos.si.edu<br />
Selene Nahill<br />
Ecoteach Foundation<br />
Filadelfia, EEUU<br />
Luna_bedoya@hotmail.com<br />
Cristina Ordoñez Espinosa<br />
Institute for Tropical Ecology <strong>and</strong> Conservation (ITEC)<br />
Mexico, Panama<br />
crisespino@yahoo.com<br />
Godfrey Idrobo Libreros<br />
Universidad del Valle<br />
Cali, Colombia<br />
Clara Osorip<br />
Parques Naturales de Colombia-Ministerio del Medio Ambiente<br />
cleoduss@elsitio.net.co<br />
Paula Palmer<br />
Global Response<br />
USA<br />
paula@globalresponse.org
Mathias Espinosa<br />
Secretario y Miembro Fundador de la Asociacion De Guias Interpretes<br />
Del Parque Nacional Galápagos<br />
Ecuador<br />
mathias@scubaiguana.com<br />
Jan D. V<strong>and</strong>ersloot<br />
Newport Beach, California, EEUU<br />
JonV3@aol.com<br />
Michael Travers<br />
Centre for Fish <strong>and</strong> Fisheries Research,<br />
Murdoch University<br />
Australia<br />
mtravers@central.murdoch.edu.au<br />
Erika Lyons<br />
Graduate from University of Aberdeen<br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
Erika_lyons@hotmailcom<br />
Graeme Robertson<br />
Habitat Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
Scotl<strong>and</strong><br />
e-mail: sitc@skyejet.demon.co.uk<br />
Heron Place<br />
Abel Vale<br />
Ciudadanos Del Karso<br />
Puerto Rico<br />
enlacepr@caribe.net<br />
Eva Baskin<br />
Association of Reef Keepers<br />
Tortola, British Virgin Isl<strong>and</strong>s<br />
eva@surfbvi.com<br />
Artistide Rodriguez<br />
Caribbean Conservation Association<br />
Guadeloupe<br />
aristide@gwadloup.antilles.inra.fr><br />
Dean Bagley<br />
University of Central Florida<br />
USA<br />
dab15782@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu
Brendan Hever<br />
Expedition Staff Member<br />
Operation Wallacea<br />
nurseybrendan@hotmail.com><br />
Cristina Ordoñez Espinosa<br />
Institute for Tropical Ecology <strong>and</strong> Conservation (ITEC)<br />
Mexico, Panama<br />
Sara Gaspard<br />
University UAG<br />
Guadeloupe<br />
Sarra.Gaspard@univ-ag.fr<br />
Mike McGettigan<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Watch, Inc.<br />
United States<br />
MMcgett@aol.com<br />
Hector E Quintero<br />
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico<br />
Departamento de Biologia<br />
Recinto de San German<br />
San German, Puerto Rico<br />
hequintero@yahoo.com<br />
Nicki Brooks<br />
Respect for Animals<br />
UK<br />
info@respectforanimals.org><br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>er Turoff<br />
USA<br />
aturoff@nc.rr.com<br />
Raúl Ramírez Morales<br />
Escuela de Biología de la Universidad de Costa Rica<br />
Cocta Rica<br />
rula@rocketmail.com<br />
Robert Wintner<br />
President, Snorkel Bob Br<strong>and</strong>, Inc.<br />
USA<br />
<strong>Sea</strong> Shepherd Conservation Society Board of Advisors<br />
bobobolinski@prodigy.net
Godfrey Merlen<br />
Parque Nacional Galapagos.<br />
Ecuador<br />
gmerlen@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Andrew Myers<br />
Ocean Spirits<br />
Grenada<br />
amyers1@hotmail.com<br />
Billy <strong>and</strong> Patti Clifford<br />
12106 Tweed Court<br />
Austin, Texas 78727<br />
USA<br />
Patti-Billy@austin.rr.com<br />
Claudine Sierra<br />
MINAE<br />
Argentina<br />
clodin@racsa.co.cr<br />
Becky Zug<br />
WildAid<br />
USA<br />
zug@wildaid.org<br />
Natalia Padilla Quesada<br />
CIMAR, Universidad de Costa Rica<br />
Costa Rica<br />
npadilla@cariari.ucr.ac.cr<br />
Fátima Montealegre<br />
Sol de Vida<br />
Costa Rica<br />
soldevida@racsa.co.cr<br />
Juan Arraiga Mora<br />
Sol de Vida<br />
Costa Rica<br />
soldevida@racsa.co.cr<br />
Hans Tibboel<br />
Fantasea Divers Co.,Ltd.<br />
Thail<strong>and</strong><br />
hans@fantasea.net
Tui De Roy<br />
Independent Conservation Consultant<br />
New Zeal<strong>and</strong><br />
conservation@rovingtortoise.co.nz<br />
Cynthia Brown<br />
Oak Brook, IL USA<br />
cynthia@oakbrooktech.com<br />
Jenny Sauer-Klein<br />
Sonic Yoga NYC<br />
USA<br />
ladyjsk@yahoo.com<br />
Dr. Leesa Fawcett<br />
York University<br />
Canada<br />
lfawcett@yorku.ca<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>er Turoff<br />
USA<br />
aturoff@nc.rr.com<br />
Mariamalia Araya Falla<br />
Reserva Biológica de Tirimbina<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Mamalia@racsa.co.cr<br />
Mykl Clovis<br />
Save Our <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Turtle</strong>s Tobago<br />
Trinidad <strong>and</strong> Tobago, West Indies<br />
mdclovis@yahoo.com<br />
Martha Bell<br />
York University<br />
Canada<br />
Martha_bell@yahoo.com<br />
Jorge Ballestero<br />
PRETOMA<br />
Costa Rica<br />
balles@tortugamarina.org
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