Securing Chilean Waters for Sharks

South Pacific Sharks. Creative Commons: Tyler Corder, 2007.

Supported by Oceana, major progress was made towards securing 400,000 km of no-take marine protected areas near the Juan Fernándaz and Desaventuradas Islands off the coast of Chile, dramatically increase protected waters from 0.03% to more than 15%.

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