Many of these species have yet to be researched in depth. But for marine biologists the priority these days is conservation. Seen if we number, if we didnt protect all this diversity, whats in store for the future, and we need to learn to protect it if we know there is such as are in a race against time. So this has been nibbled by turtles and fetching us as god the largest Marine Laboratory in the world. The Galapagos Islands ah, scientists saw early rises. Hey, its 5 in the morning. And im barely awake. But diana has nino and her team are on a mission thats best carried out at dawn. Theyre researching baby ham ahead shocks and res selling most of them. But i mean, theyll probably have to leave this early because they only feed near the beach at this time. Of day and so when those like once the sun comes out and the water gets warmer, they retreat to the decks and its hard to find them night. Emmas but one day is more of a few ceiling fun. Facts. Deanna was born in the Galapagos Islands. Studying its wild life feels like a vocation to her. Oh though she didnt grow up thinking shed one day study shocks on the europe rickanicker. When i was a kid or my dad would take me out snorting where they were shocks. Youre. Im either dead still. They was so much bigger than me, what i was afraid they were going to eat me, but the boys always of b as i wonder know, but other times my althea turned into curiosity. Im ok, some new of them. Why do we fear them . Took what do you see the why of a numbers declining their bread about the rooms, and that is all they just migrating, or are they dying out . What given whats happening to them, onion bungle now. The system would, in christopher from daybreak of San Cristobal island, as they neared the coastline, the marine biologists explained that they need to approach cautiously or gave them in moscow. We have to be careful because were a motor boat hes been in. We dont want to frighten off any c creatures or so they leave the bay and us be what on this ernesto, spotty, we only have one shot. And so we have to get right. I said, well, you said in order for both with suddenly i spot a baby shock up again. This fact carefully, the team casts the net that spans the bay effectively closing it off a look, theres one there they are shout pups and res. Now threatened with extinction. We are ready, theyre starting to collect them with hammerhead sharks are often hunted for their fins or end up as by catch their slowly being wiped out. The london piazza liquidity, burglar fi, i mean the either. Yeah. You said what a move to the it takes a long time for shocks to reach sexual maturity, and then they usually have few babies. And those is, is so therefore vital to protect juvenile shocks, so they can reproduce. Yeah. Out of the thing, let me take a sample and a Little Research has been done on the reproduction. Patton was of local sharks and res, taking genetic samples is a 1st step bolona rather than in it. But i meet the middle, the sample looks tiny because, but even such a tiny sample can give us lots of information. Come with more cheese, you mean for him . A few reasons this person is going to label tend to think theres all this Research Going on in the galapagos me that and that we know everything there is to know kelly was scandal. But when were diving, we see so many extraordinary creatures that we still know little about it. Its such an interesting field millionth edison, hey, those are not going to leave. It wont hurt you this thing or is that the tip of the table or youre not gonna do one thing. Besides next, fishing and tourist boat, suppose a danger to marine life. Many Sea Creatures are killed by boat strikes or injured by propellers. Think they are the researches register and chip each creature they collect as we ship over the race is the most, this one doesnt have one. The word one. Ah, the it should be there now. Yeah, i get the Mueller Wilson lipper numerous back patricky m. We chip them because over time they pattern and color can change. She has been most abundant than their convoy joseph sonya does, but we learn to understand their behaviors and we cant tell if its the same animal. If it doesnt have a chip, chip, govwin your lips burning, olive berry. Im going to get a thing in the name, sienna, which yell if can you go with collecting the sample . Doesnt harm the ray and can help the research is find out where they come from. And where they migrate to information that can be used to establish new protection zones where their populations can thrive. Frankly, lauretha rain, you know, maybe we can think of whether we need help comfort. I love being out here in a place like this and being able to study these wonderful creatures soon, which would be what i dont look really good, but im in country. But what i love most is that we can gain valuable information. And most that we can get the authority specific recommendations that will really make a difference if you get so many muscle dealers eat get. But a me thing am i said was with people that are going to day man auto. Yep. Hes protects the sharks. But in the past, he explains, he hunted them for their fins to supply the asian market. 19, the favorite though. Nobodys perfect, but we can change. Now i have a great appreciation for these creatures. Let him a shock is worth so much more alive than dead. If its dead, we sell it spins and thats that. Hello, its alive. Its an asset to the tourist industry. So you and your community can make a living. Illinois at the implicit vandal to him, and that a man its low tide. So diana takes the opportunity to show me an important habitat for local wildlife. These dense mangrove forests provide shade shelter, nesting places, and food for turtles, birds, fish, sharks, and res. Humans however, need to tread carefully well, but there are 3. 00 oh, 1. 00 being on the patent of a turtle is as individual as a fingerprint. Mangrove forests in the Galapagos Islands are protected, but almost everywhere else in the world, they are being destroyed. To make way for hotels, for example, or that among large city own cutting down mangroves is a terrible crime in it destroys the plant species itself, of course, but also the entire ecosystem that depends on these foresters the la la mozillas or has grant without the shelter they provide for young fish, they wouldnt even be any fish to catch here. And this is not. On the contrary, im was not off with the work of scientists is yielding significant results. One team spent years researching the migration rate of adults hammerhead sharks using g p. S data, one thing a lot. It stretches from the Galapagos Islands to costa rica in central america. The route is now a protected marine corridor. Youre my synthroid, but im rather mentor, felice. Is all, im very happy about marina with the new protected zone, because we guarantee that the sharks can travel safely along their natural rules. Because the word owners are some are you are here from, for a lot of sharks or at the top of the food chain or to rewrite mac. I mean, i thought they regulate other species populations such as fish. This is a little bit a friend of our quitman. When a shelter theseus goes extended, its bad enough for this when this, but a whole ecosystem can collapse to our regular course. Hes been up women crucial collab sat there day to help to bring about a Major Political milestone in january 2022 in a symbolic ceremony. At c, former u. S. President bill clinton and the president s of ecuador and columbia, formerly announced the formation of the ammon dad, marine reserve, where fishing is prohibited. In the past says manolo yep, has fishermen failed to appreciate the fragility of the marine ecosystem. They illegally supplied chinese trawlers with tons of shark fence. A vivid either it was like drug trafficking. There were traffic goes in middleman. The commodity was transported in small boats, 5060 miles out to see where the big fishing fleets were. Now theres a conservation zone, but the question is, can it be controlled as a boy, if he thought it sympathy, many fishermen still think that just get out there and sell as much as possible and a lot of money back to come up. Do we need a rethink if they allow both these resources that our lives depend on, on their prelim, on that . Of course. Okay. La la la medina. These fishing boats in the harbor were detained because their owners were fishing illegally and were caught by the coast guards. Men on oh yep, hes once to pioneer a more Sustainable Way of fishing. Ah, most of the Galapagos Islands has been protected zone for decades. The archipelago is isolated. Location in the pacific has allowed many species to flourish. The islands are considered a natural paradise and are a unesco World Heritage site. It was here in the 19th century that Charles Darwin developed. His theory of evolution only for christie islands, are inhabited with the population of just 30000. 00 tourism is strictly regulated ah, here um San Cristobal island. Another team of research is, is getting ready for work. Then quan, pablo munoz, sent his partner, daniela con my studying the impact of Plastic Waste on wildlife. The Galapagos Islands of the Perfect Place for the project in bullet income thrive deals, annual skill development. There were here in the galapagos you can still find on the hutch to places where very few people may be just 10, have ever set foot in the lobby. I see theos chromeboys was again, thats incredible. Nowadays that go in can ably is to viagra. But it doesnt mean theres no Plastic Waste here. The research is want to identify where the garbage comes from and how it affects the health of local wildlife. Then they say measures can be taken away. Lawyer solid . No, no one knows for sure how much plastic trash is polluting the worlds oceans on me and, and we know even less about the problem in the galapagos. We dont know how many species are affected or even if they are affected. I use how they start off at 1000. No. No tourist ever set foot in this bay. No one lives here. And yet best plastic, garbage everywhere. And your 2nd with was jojo iraqi. In the years this from years to style of order. Lima, peru, lima. Better than that because its a so lima ecuador contained in dull and bottles from asia. He would say yes, i see at the 4 k Water Bottles from asia doing in the galapagos housing level is one house. Can a bottle travel half way around the world against the current and end up in the galapagos england like korean they, its impossible. It is impossible. Even on the way to the bay where he works, when pablo gets angry, they are a dead animals among the garbage. I mean, i mean the stumps dont look around you my head, but i use if you had to imagine paradise, this is what it would look like for me to call to look at the state. Its n. If that doesnt break your heart or make you change your behavior, then i despair to love you does. The idea is not like it must play. I said, i will go from gwyn mapping out 50 meters to work in a minute. Im trying to say were going to collect all the trash in the designated area. Doesnt look as animal as go camels. What we do is collect the bigger pieces for everything thats at least 5 millimeters. David asked about the small plastic fibers. Lets pointless. Wed never get anywhere. Oh no nobody. Im of no good. The money mat nolan, you cant get the is mardrey in, in ecuador, and the galapagos build. I mean, where did it come from me that yeah, its old. Its already decomposing, lower that other. This is good, so where did or come from the who knows it, but i said there are several possibility of know how may be a fisherman throw into the sea . For example, maam, if you do go with blue booklet. This bottle here is from lithuania. To flush, how on earth did it get here . All the way from lithuania, i got the sea, salt, sand and wind and weather caused the plastic to break down into ever tiny pieces. And thats when it becomes especially pernicious. When it becomes might cray plastic yet, louis is still good. As a korean a see these plastic crumbs is, is helpful. Thats how all the plastic you see here and everywhere else in the world ends up never forget the idea that plastic will disappear in a 1000 years. So in a 1000000 years thats one big lie. Daniels is a lemon. Did a plastic lasts forever . Plastic was but assembly, all that happens is that it gets smaller and smaller, so we dont see it anymore. You must break it. But that doesnt mean its not there. But in those, even if you cook interstate, these Little Creatures dont stand much of a chance. Even hermit crabs, which constantly move about have lost their way in plastic lids. But most of the trash is in the ocean with the so this has been nibbled by turtles and fish has gall. Lewis, light, maddox. The plastic garbage originally comes from the cities on the mainland, but most of the garbage on the islands says the team comes from fishing boats that dump their waist into the sea. Ah, captain is also a fisherman and old hu aware of the problem. I spoke with liliana, we fisherman here tried to raise awareness it. Okay, but what are others doing . The peruvians, the chinese fleets fishing out there in international waters. They throw their trash into the sea, and it all washes up on our shores. It last year we collected 4. 00 to 5. 00 tons of trash here or to hear more common. What was he got done a lot. They were thought of. The Research Work here is done. Were taking away more than 10 bags of plastic garbage, but this still heaps left and more washes up on the shores every day. Even if the whole world pulled out all the stops now to prevent Plastic Waste, there would still be 20000000. 00 tons of garbage clocking operations in 2040. And if we dont change our habits, theyll be 18000000 tons on the way back when pablo takes a water sample. Oh no, those are yeah. The small mesh netting means even the tiniest particles of micro plastic get caught. Loyal. Yes it is. This is for collector. Once we have a sample on it, we can analyze it in the lab, loyola, toyota levels of it. First we separate off the organic material by the filter and then we can see how much micro plastic there is. Social is of glass. After 10 minutes the sample is ready to leave the key on it. Oh, perfect. Yeah, yeah. Hold on. I got it all. Looks like a smoothie with wasps feathers and little shrimp, lovey. Linen skim slab along with over fishing, Plastic Waste poses a major threat to wild life in the Galapagos Islands. And also worldwide one pablo says stricter rules and tighter controls than needed. People in the Galapagos Islands lived from tourism and also from fishing. Many local fishermen are unhappy about the new protected zone and now fear for their livelihoods. I rosa was the 1st woman on the islands to go out fishing. She says she only gave up when her hands got to crooked. Now she sells what her sons catch. Bookman with fella. I liked fishing when the fish are hungry and take the baby laquanda. Thats beautiful fillet allan services. Yeah. Oh yeah, that many local families feel bullied by the government and resent the growing restrictions and controls. They argue that what they can catch in their small Fishing Vessels is only small fry. Unlike the Big International trawlers the, to emptying the waters. Most of them look at, we work for our living with us. But then we are aware of our resources. Some of a lot of people think we are rubbing was cecil, of course. But we know that when a species dies it okay. Therell be nothing left with your cover. Its over. Good yet. That mean i thought her son, when carlos taught us who belongs to the fishermans union, says the seas here a teeming with fish. And why should the Big Companies be the only ones to profit all the lot of going to love your love . The international fleets are fishing on the edge of our water. So the other around our islands, the little that we from the galapagos want support. So we can profit from our resources or job with oracle. They say that theyre also in favor of species protection. But who is protecting them . What is their future . Manella. Yep. As says fish. Stocks have declined significantly over the years. But he believes that fishing and Species Conservation dont have to be mutually exclusive. Still isnt. Its not just about making money. Its also about Species Conservation. And you approach for fishermen his solution, a system for verifying that fishing practices are sustainable. With the help of funding, he installed a webcam on his fishing boat that shows how he is fishing and how much he catches. He also has an app where he saves this information as in prison like his doesnt. His toilet ceo and the mom was like usa single me look, i have 32 killers of c basil and 23 killers of scorpion fishers. I thought of that when i entered the fish, i also enter where i caught it dawned of them. So you can see the name of my boat number and that i fished at garden obeyed, which is a lot the gardener. You can see exactly where i was, nobody lucky to sierra, but it was a used to a scandal, but his daddy was his girl. It is the aim is to catch less but earn more. If the whole system works, i can earn 20 to 30 percent more with what i catch the percent to my head and florida manella. Yep. Hes one an International Innovation award with his idea. He hopes that concept can serve as a blueprint for others. And thought me then this tournament, if i want to be a role model for a new generation of fishermen, it is said and mother law, theyll never get here to change the mentality and promote responsible, sustainable fishing. It mars down a bigger matter for sar lamazzo. Stephanie les ha, ha, ha ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ha. Stood of alia, the cut along the bones, you dont lose any of the meat, like that. Good. Oh in the lab, when pablo munoz shows us the mike cray plastic he found in the excrement of a turtle, plastic in animals, plastic in water nest spilt with plastic in the Galapagos Islands of old places that have left the cult. Oh you india dollar dollars plus today, everything is plastic. Its impossible to live without plastic, same thing. But if we at least try to reduce it, can make a different elements. I carry. Thats my message. We should at least try managing dental students help sort through the garbage collected on the beach. I you are lance with, as the scale of the problem becomes clear, the mood gets gloomier. You see all those plastic and its really like i opened it and like, you know, like we have to do more to conserve the area really depressing and have been animal then eventually back in seafood, which we eat. So back and humans created it with juan. Pablo and daniella dont yet know for sure that micro plastics, a harmful to the house of wild life. But its alarming enough to find plastic inside animals the toll they say. Abuse or yoga is or isnt under puda, its in the same in the womb. We live in a polluted world super bowl that either with guest to let all this is symptomatic of our worst qualities as a society. Commercial sher, its shocking. Yes. Was as a sweat if it breaks my heart to see this, i meant there me middle bill. Got i so that i was he oh no. 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