Within the area to be guarded is the tourist site La Chocolatera. The device was donated by the Wildaid organization.
a M3 Mobile Marine Monitoring System, which consists of a radar, a high-range camera and an AIS (automatic identification system) receiver will serve to combat illegal fishing in the Puntilla Santa Elena Coastal Marine Fauna Production Reserve (REMACOPSE).
The monitoring system was delivered by the Wildaid organization to the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition within the framework of the Network of Coastal Marine Protected Areas Project.
REMACOPSE personnel were trained in preventive maintenance and information gathering, both of which are necessary for the planning and execution of patrols in the protected area.
What’s more, Meaghan Brosnan, director of the WildAid Marine Program, donated 5000 tags and 50 applicators to the Biodiversity Directorate in order to develop protection actions for the conservation of sea turtles in marine protected coastal areas.
This team was attended by the director of Protected Areas and other forms of conservation, Roberto Pachacama, the director of Zonal 5, Isabel Tamariz, and the captain of the Port of Salinas, Iván Córdova Echeverría.
The Puntilla Santa Elena Coastal Marine Fauna Production Reserve, with 52,231 marine hectares and 203 terrestrial hectares, protects one of the best known and most frequented places on the central coast of Ecuador: The Chocolatera and its adjacent marine area La Puntilla.
In addition to the marine area, the reserve includes beaches, cliffs and a small stretch of scrub and dry coastal forests. (I)
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