Largest shark biomass found in the Galápagos Islands

Northern Galapagos islands of Darwin and Wolf are home to the largest shark biomass reported to date. Despite the large shark biomass, the abundance of reef fishes in this area has been severely reduced because of excessive fishing.

Ecology & Science

Overfishing has reduced biomass of most sharks and other large predatory fishes worldwide by over 90 percent, and even remote locations have been severely impacted. However, a few localities worldwide still maintain large abundances of top predatory fishes due to either being remote and unfished or having recovered after full protection from fishing.

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Galapagos: Diving in a Darwinian World

“Sui Generis” is the most appropriate way I find to describe the Galapagos Islands. A place where the intruder is the human being. A place where many of its inhabitants are animals that exist only in this small piece of the world. A place where evolution seems to have been suspended at some moment in time. A place where we can feel like pioneers in each corner.

Words:
Bernardo Sambra
Images:
Bernardo Sambra
Valerie Crousse
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