Whale Shark tagging with satellite telemetry in the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Malpelo

Whale Shark tagging with satellite telemetry in the Santuario de Fauna y Flora Malpelo

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
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Dates / Project duration

June 2015 - June 2017 / 25 months

Field of action :

Increase knowledge of biodiversity

Branch :

Monaco

Location :

Colombia

Project sponsor(s) :

Presidential Agency for International cooperation of Colombia

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Ten individuals of whale shark (Rhincodon typus) were tagged in the Malpelo Sanctuary. For this, satellite tags model splash10-F-321A were used. Likewise we created a photographic record for each individual to allow comparisons about migratory routes and areas of whale sharks congregations in Colombian Pacific.

This is how we contribute to the knowledge about population of Whale Shark in the Colombian Pacific and generate tools that allow developing national and international conservations measures, mostly to define congregations zones and essentials areas for this specie in the Pacific.