03 :: Projects

With its operations center in Puntarenas Province, in the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, Shark Mission focused its efforts on the following areas:

Marine education

Sensitize the Costa Rican and the international society about the importance of sharks in our oceans, the threats that they are facing and their populations decline.

SHARK ROUTE: learning about sharks and ours oceans

Marine research

Conduct scientific research with sharks and others marine species, to determine management strategies in order to promote their conservation and responsible use.

Tagging shark program in possible nursery areas on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Political and social advocacy

Use technical and scientific information as a tool for influencing civil society and public policy to promote the conservation of sharks and others marine species.

Conservation of hammerhead shark (Sphyrna lewini) in nursery areas located in the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica