Shifting Baselines Blog

6/9 - Galapagos Cuke Wars Continue

There really is something wrong when the one place on earth that everyone seems to acknowledge ought to be biologically sacred given its role in our understanding of nature continues to be ravaged by humans. As I recall there was a fairly major oil spill there a year ago or so. And now Ecuadoran fishermen have been demanding the right to unlimited harvesting of sea cucumbers and lobsters. The folks from Sea Shepherd are there with their ship Farley Mowat and have been sending urgent updates on the conflict that has developed. It all sounds pretty sad.

Galapagos Islands: Home to unique species and cuke wars.