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MCAF

January 27, 2022

As we head into a new year, we reflect on everything the grantees and fellows of the Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) accomplished in 2021 and celebrate the grants that MCAF has funded. In 2021 ...Read More

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January 6, 2022

This year we were honored to award ECOP grants to three talented emerging leaders in Sri Lanka and Belize. We recently had the pleasure of asking them questions about core aspects of their work. ...Read More

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October 20, 2021

Lenín Riquelme approached the Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) with a clear goal: to conduct research on the incidental bycatch of leatherback sea turtles in the Panama Bight....Read More

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October 20, 2021

Lenín Riquelme contactó al Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF) con un objetivo claro: realizar investigaciones sobre la captura incidental de tortugas laúd en el Golfo de Panamá....Read More

September 10, 2021

Entrevistamos a algunos de los becarios y beneficiarios del Marine Conservation Action Fund sobre el increíble trabajo de conservación que están haciendo en América Latina....Read More

July 20, 2021

In honor of Latino Conservation Week, we interviewed some of our MCAF fellows and grantees about the incredible conservation work they are doing throughout Latin America....Read More

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March 1, 2021

Randall Arauz and Daniel Arauz Naranjo at Center for Endangered Marine Species (CREMA), coordinate a team of researchers whose objective is to protect species from unselective and destructive fishing....Read More

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February 23, 2021

করাত মাছ বেশি দেখা যাচ্ছে কোভিড-১৯ লকডাউনে সাড়া দিয়ে কি ভারতীয় সুন্দরবনে করাত মাছেরা ভালো আছে?...Read More

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February 23, 2021

La Dirección General de Diversidad Biológica del MinEC en Caracas - Venezuela lidera un equipo con Provita Venezuela para estudiar y proteger a las tortugas marinas......Read More

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February 2, 2021

De quelle manière la pandémie du COVID-19 a affecté les travaux de recherche pour la protection des tortues marines et la Tube Awu Association au Cameroun?...Read More

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January 26, 2021

Florencia dirige un proyecto que busca integrar fotografías de ballenas francas australes tomadas desde embarcaciones por operadores de avistamiento de ballenas con el catálogo de encuestas aéreas......Read More

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January 8, 2021

Como la naturaleza continúa con su ciclo habitual sin importar el Covid-19, estos meses de junio, julio y agosto 2020, fueron meses de nacimientos en el Santuario del Tiburón Martillo Golfo Dulce......Read More

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December 29, 2020

We are back to you once again following on from Part 1 of our “Think Global, Act Local” sea turtle conservation adventures in The Gambia....Read More

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December 11, 2020

Mariano Cabanillas-Torpoco, describe un intercambio de aprendizaje entre la organización peruana sin fines de lucro Planeta Oceano y Misión Tiburón Costa Rica....Read More

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December 4, 2020

Dr. Tellez and her team work alongside local communities and partners to pursue conservation efforts through research of the American Crocodile and other critical species sharing this unique habitat....Read More

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November 6, 2020

Lucy Keith-Diagne takes us through the challenges facing African manatees and the new challenges that researchers are facing due to COVID-19....Read More

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October 9, 2020

Haiti Ocean Project se consacre aux espèces marines menacées d’Haïti depuis plus d’une décennie, à savoir les mammifères marins, les requins, les raies et les tortues marines....Read More

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September 11, 2020

Ilena Zanella, becaria de MCAF, científica de tiburones y rayas y cofundadora de Misión Tiburón Costa Rica, comparte noticias de su proyecto para estudiar y proteger la manta gigante en Costa Rica....Read More

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March 12, 2020

Sawfish are amongst the most endangered of all sharks and rays worldwide. Conservation efforts are greatly hindered by a lack of knowledge about where sawfish populations still exist....Read More

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February 23, 2020

This post is one of a series on projects supported by the Aquarium’s Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF). Through MCAF, the Aquarium supports researchers, conservationists, and grassroots organi......Read More

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February 23, 2020

MinEC-Venezuela-Caracas is leading a team with Provita Venezuela to preserve the reproduction of sea turtles that takes place in the Gulf of Paria in Venezuela and learn about the challenges......Read More

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February 2, 2020

Dr. Abi and his team work alongside local communities to pursue conservation and research efforts of the endangered and vulnerable sea turtle species that nest on the beaches....Read More

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January 26, 2020

Florencia directs a project that seeks to integrate boat-based southern right whale photographs taken by whale watch operators with the 48-year aerial survey catalog curated by ICB, to improve the......Read More

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January 8, 2020

MCAF Fellow Andrés López shares news of their project to study and protect hammerhead sharks and their nursery through the establishment of a protected area in Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica....Read More

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December 11, 2019

Mariano Cabanillas-Torpoco describes a learning exchange between the Peruvian non-profit or-ganization Planeta Oceano and Misión Tiburón Costa Rica. ...Read More

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October 9, 2019

Haiti Ocean Project has been dedicated to Haiti’s endangered marine species for over a decade, namely marine mammals, sharks, stingrays, and sea turtles....Read More

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October 9, 2019

Haiti Ocean Project te dedye a espès maren ki an danje Ayiti pou plis pase yon dekad, sètadi mamifè maren, reken, stingrays, ak tòti lanmè....Read More

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September 11, 2019

In this piece, MCAF grantee Ilena Zanella, shark and ray scientist and co-founder of Misión Tiburón Costa Rica, shares news of their project to study and protect giant manta rays in Costa Rica....Read More

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June 20, 2019

Navi receiving treatment for her injured flipper. Photo: TREE Foundation...Read More

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June 17, 2019

Fishermen Monitoring Network in Haiti Leads to New Discoveries and Opportunities....Read More

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June 11, 2019

Priyankar Chakraborty speaks about his MCAF-supported project to identify remaining populations of endangered sawfish in the Indian Sundarbans....Read More

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May 7, 2019

MCAF Fellow Anna Oposa, Chief Mermaid and Executive Director of Save Philippine Seas, tells of her efforts to strengthen support for and the impact of a shark shelter in the Philippines. ...Read More

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March 11, 2019

Field season brings exciting encounters with blue whales in Sri Lanka for MCAF Fellow Dr. Asha de Vos. ...Read More

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February 15, 2019

Through research dives and a successful citizen science program, an MCAF-supported project focused on studying zebra sharks has identified 89 zebra sharks in Mozambique!...Read More

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February 5, 2019

Marine Conservation Action Fund Fellow Florencia Vilches discusses her trip to Central Wharf during summer 2018. ...Read More

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January 18, 2019

Spring 2019 MCAF Fellow Anna Oposa is the Executive Director and "Chief Mermaid" of Save Philippine Seas, a movement to protect the Philippines’ coastal and marine resources. ...Read More

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September 19, 2018

Many of the species that inhabit waters off Haiti are not well documented. With support from our Marine Conservation Action Fund (MCAF), the Haiti Ocean Project is working to change that....Read More

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July 11, 2018

Who better to inspire the next generation of ocean protectors than the conservation leaders who are actually on the ground (or in the water) doing this great work? ...Read More

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July 9, 2018

Our scientists have been helping the North Atlantic right whale for decades, but did you know that the Anderson Cabot Center is also working to support another right whale species?...Read More

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June 8, 2018

With support in part from MCAF, a team of scientists established a monitoring program to track effects of climate change, fishing regulations, and other human impacts on the reefs of Nosy Ankao....Read More