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.