SRI Galapagos Study
Hey, guys. I've just posted a message from Dr. Alex Antoniou:
http://www.wetpixel.com/module-pagesetter-...4-pid-244.phtml
Does anyone out there have more information about the Feb 19th incident mentioned in the article?
On February 19, 2004, 50 fishermen from Santa Cruz and Isabela islands committed an act of terrorism. The local media called it a “strike” for “freedom” when the fishermen took 33 scientists hostage, seized the headquarters of the Galápagos National Park and the Darwin Research Station, and threatened to kill the giant tortoises there (including Lonesome George, the sole surviving member of his species). The “freedom” the fishermen seek is abolishment of regulations designed to protect marine species, including removal of the park’s patrol boats, freedom to set longlines in the Marine Reserve and sell shark ‘by-catch’.
