En TUNACONS, estamos comprometidos con la conservación de especies vulnerables como los tiburones sedosos, minimizando los impactos de nuestra pesca de atunes con red de cerco. En colaboración con la Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical (CIAT), hemos desarrollado acciones innovadoras para este propósito.

Una de nuestras principales iniciativas es la marcación de tiburones sedosos para evaluar su supervivencia, similar a colocar un rastreador en un atleta para monitorear su recuperación. Además, tomamos muestras de sangre para medir su nivel de estrés post-liberación, comparable a medir la presión arterial después de un evento estresante.

Nuestro equipo de observadores a bordo, capacitado por Melanie Hodkinson de la CIAT, ha embarcado 15 marcas satelitales y registrado 39 muestras de sangre, gracias a una subvención del Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

Al finalizar esta primera fase, analizaremos los datos para ajustar nuestras prácticas y reducir aún más el impacto sobre los tiburones, porque en tunacons colaboramos Juntos por un ecosistema Marino sano.

At TUNACONS, we are committed to the conservation of vulnerable species such as silky sharks, minimizing the impacts of our tuna purse seine fishery. In collaboration with the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), we have developed innovative actions for this purpose.

One of our main initiatives is tagging silky sharks to assess their survival, similar to placing a tracker on an athlete to monitor their recovery. In addition, we take blood samples to measure their post-release stress level, comparable to measuring blood pressure after a stressful event.

Our team of onboard observers, trained by Melanie Hodkinson of the IATTC, has embarked 15 satellite tags and recorded 39 blood samples, thanks to a grant from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

At the end of this first phase, we will analyze the data to adjust our practices and further reduce the impact on sharks, because at tunacons we are working together for a healthy marine ecosystem.

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