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Interactive 2020 Timeline

Check out our interactive timeline and review news, videos, research findings and updates from the Galapagos Islands in 2020

Start in January 2020

Want to learn more about the foreign distant-water fishing fleet near the outskirts of Ecuador’s Insular EEZ, which surround the Galápagos Marine Reserve?

Jump ahead to July 2020

Floreana Island Recognized as a “Pueblo Mágico de #Galápagos,” a distinction granted by the Ministry of Tourism to populations with very unique cultural and natural attributes

January 15, 2021

Foreign fishing vessels are heading to the limits of the Galapagos Islands

January 14, 2021January 15, 2021

The foreign fishing fleet returns to approach Galapagos; since December it was detected towards the northwest of the Archipelago

January 13, 2021January 15, 2021

Interactive Timeline: 2020 in the Galápagos Islands

January 10, 2021

First debate on amendment for popular election of the director of the Government Council of Galapagos closes with rejection and proposal to file

January 9, 2021

Ecuador and China talk about illegal fishing and protection of the Galapagos Islands

December 29, 2020December 30, 2020

Possible implementation of the unified oceanic tie (type of longline) in the Galapagos raises questions

December 23, 2020

Government of Ecuador assures that Chinese company has not submitted a request to build pelagic fishing base

December 22, 2020

Archive (2018): Assessing fishing effects inside and outside an MPA: The impact of the Galapagos Marine Reserve on the Industrial pelagic tuna fisheries during the first decade of operation

December 1, 2020

WWF asks Ecuador for good management of tuna populations

November 30, 2020December 1, 2020

New crime?: What’s behind the seizures of nearly 25 tons of trafficked shark meat

November 30, 2020December 6, 2020

‘Plantados’ cause great environmental impact in Galapagos, say organizations; industrialists claim that it is ‘minimal’

November 25, 2020December 1, 2020

Species composition of the largest shark fin retail-market in mainland China

November 22, 2020

Archive (2017): Ecuador’s sharks face threats from within

November 22, 2020

Coastal sharks supply the global shark fin trade

November 22, 2020

Stop ‘bleeding’ of Galapagos, activists ask; industrialists say that “there is no scientific proof”

November 22, 2020November 29, 2020

Letters to the Editor: Marine Reserve

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020

Piscine plunder: Ecuador, a victim of illegal fishing, is also a culprit

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020

Could China become a partner in Galapagos marine conservation? Yolanda Kakabadse thinks so

November 16, 2020November 28, 2020

Editorial: “How far does the balance sheet go?”

November 15, 2020November 21, 2020

Two legislative committees speak out against the expansion of the Galapagos Marine Reserve

November 14, 2020November 16, 2020

The Bitter Aftertaste of China’s Hunger for South American Food

November 12, 2020November 16, 2020

Luis Gallegos: “Many of the problems that affect the islands and their marine resources are illegal fishing, pollution”

November 10, 2020November 17, 2020

Attorney General, Diana Salazar, must report on the criminal proceedings regarding the illegal fishing of shark fins near Galapagos

November 9, 2020November 21, 2020

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Local Challenges

Local Challenges

The foreign fishing fleet returns to approach Galapagos; since December it was detected towards the northwest of the Archipelago

Interactive Timeline: 2020 in the Galápagos Islands

First debate on amendment for popular election of the director of the Government Council of Galapagos closes with rejection and proposal to file

Ecuador and China talk about illegal fishing and protection of the Galapagos Islands

Possible implementation of the unified oceanic tie (type of longline) in the Galapagos raises questions

Government of Ecuador assures that Chinese company has not submitted a request to build pelagic fishing base

WWF asks Ecuador for good management of tuna populations

New crime?: What’s behind the seizures of nearly 25 tons of trafficked shark meat

‘Plantados’ cause great environmental impact in Galapagos, say organizations; industrialists claim that it is ‘minimal’

Species composition of the largest shark fin retail-market in mainland China

Coastal sharks supply the global shark fin trade

Stop ‘bleeding’ of Galapagos, activists ask; industrialists say that “there is no scientific proof”

Letters to the Editor: Marine Reserve

Piscine plunder: Ecuador, a victim of illegal fishing, is also a culprit

Could China become a partner in Galapagos marine conservation? Yolanda Kakabadse thinks so

Editorial: “How far does the balance sheet go?”

Two legislative committees speak out against the expansion of the Galapagos Marine Reserve

The Bitter Aftertaste of China’s Hunger for South American Food

Luis Gallegos: “Many of the problems that affect the islands and their marine resources are illegal fishing, pollution”

Attorney General, Diana Salazar, must report on the criminal proceedings regarding the illegal fishing of shark fins near Galapagos

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Floreana Island Recognized as a “Pueblo Mágico de #Galápagos,” a distinction granted by the Ministry of Tourism to populations with very unique cultural and natural attributes January 15, 2021
Foreign fishing vessels are heading to the limits of the Galapagos Islands January 14, 2021
The foreign fishing fleet returns to approach Galapagos; since December it was detected towards the northwest of the Archipelago January 13, 2021
Interactive Timeline: 2020 in the Galápagos Islands January 10, 2021
First debate on amendment for popular election of the director of the Government Council of Galapagos closes with rejection and proposal to file January 9, 2021

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