Exmos(as) Senhores(as), Venho convidá-los para as palestras proferidas pelos professores Sidney Holt e Daniel Pauly nos dias 28 e 29 de Janeiro no Campus de Gambelas da Universidade do Algarve. Os professores Holt e Pauly são os investigadores que maior influência tiveram na gestão mundial dos recursos marinhos nos últimos 50 anos. As palestras são [...]
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END OF THE LINE – 2048!
The first time I saw the groundbreaking movie, End of the Line was at the 61st International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Madeira, Portugal, last June. It was brought as a last minute feature; in fact it was shown after the meeting had closed, by Melanie Salmon, CEO of the UK based charity Global Ocean. [...]
The End of Whaling in the Southern Ocean (?!?!)
I recall the message from the pro surfer and environmentalist warrior Dave Rastovich, just days before the 61st International Whaling Commission meeting started in Madeira, Portugal. He ended it by saying that “Honour and respect are nowhere to be found within the modern whaling crime”. This sentence to me marked that meeting and period, when [...]
NO a las Granjas Atuneras! (interlude with Sean McGonagle)
Almost every day I had the chance to talk a little with our landlord, Sean McGonagle, from Riviera Villas. Always with a smile and a nice word, soon I started to realize that besides a soul surfer he is also a electrician, a builder, a gardener and everything the place needs, always working in a [...]
Pavones (live motion picture)
I just wanted to leave some footage from this piece of paradise, so you can see it moving and alive. Pavones — The Myth Young Gun from Pavones — Noe Mar McGonagle The Facts About Dan Fowlie and Pavones http://www.thefactsaboutdanfowlieandpavones.com Enjoy! Mahalo!
Surf’s UP! (day 6 and 7)
Friday 4th of September Here we rise with the Sun, drink pipa (coconut water), eat sandwiches and fresh fruit, and drive off to find waves. As the forecast was showing the swell was rising and it was supposed to be some good waves today, we expected to surf Pavones for the first time today, and [...]
Guaymí (day 5)
Got up around 0600, no wind, no rain, sun rising, another day in Rio Claro de PAVONES. Surf wasn’t good and since yesterday PP and I didn’t manage to take any photos on the Indigenous Reserve while trekking up to come down the river on the buoy we decided to drive with the car until [...]
Head stitched up! (day 4)
The morning was spent laying low, not much happening, we knew that there would be no waves, so we stayed near the house, putting our stuff together, chatting, listening to music, reading, and drinking pipa. The only high troubled episode during the morning was when Henry told us that Friday there would be a championship [...]
Les aventures de Ramón (Princepezca), Pancho, and the EL Mighty Pelado – CAR CRASH!!!! (day 3)
Have you ever cut fresh pipa (green, watery, coconut) at 6am for breakfast? That is what I did today, just outside our house, pick them up from the palm tree and chop it open. This is one of the things Costa Rica has to offer that we cannot find back home. Soon after breakfast we [...]
Laurel – Pipas – Wireless – Casados (day 2)
I think it took me less than one minute when I got in the hammock to fall asleep, around 1600, only to wake up already in darkness with loads of insects bites, coming into the house I went to the bathroom to put some repellent. While I was doing this Tourita woke up and dashed [...]