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Andy Bystrom

@AndyBystrom

I am a conservationist and freelance writer in Costa Rica. Check out my blog- http://t.co/fzFxiv8VJq

 San Jose, Costa Rica
Joined May 2009
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Science can enhance #SustainableFisheries. Catch composition data&fisher’s #EcologicalKnowledge have been methodically collected & analyzed in order to determine the #EnvironmentalImpacts of #fisheries in #CostaRica. bit.ly/2qrZ5LR
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It's time; it's #TreatyTime. The oceans need governments to move the #HighSeas treaty process forward and support a UN IGC. teapaw.org/HighSeasAllianc/status…
High Seas Alliance (@HighSeasAllianc) profile pictureHigh Seas Alliance@HighSeasAllianc20 Jul 2017
Getting close at UN as governments wrangle over #HighSeas treaty. RT to tell governments to support an IGC ASAP - we'll share your msg
Join me in supporting this important cause at iPetitions. Costa Rica, don't export that stockpile of hammerhead s... ipt.io/bvafl#.WXC9mxIqE4c.tw…
Hey Costa Rica, don’t export that stockpile of shark fins!! costaricanconservationnetwor…
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Coast Guard apprehends shrimp trawler illegally fishing in wildlife refuge protected area costaricanconservationnetwor…
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Yo no Como Tiburon...I Don't Eat Shark. Catchy song by Costa Rican band Dogandul protecting sharks. teapaw.org/SpeciesSavers/status/7…
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@IUCNsos4 Apr 2016
Do you eat #shark meat? #SOS grantee @PretomaCR + Costa Rica's #Dogandul don't: bit.ly/1q8JejZ #MusicVideo
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Costa Rican snapper fishery enters international sustainability assessment wp.me/pCOnZ-cS

Costa Rican snapper fishery enters international sustainability assessment

First Central American and snapper fishery to enter Marine Stewardship Council program March 16, 2015 (Seattle, WA) – The Nicoya Peninsula artisanal snapper fishery located in the nearshore w…

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I want better #UN protection for the #HighSeas I want a #waveofchange. Please RT & follow HighSeasAllianc on Twitter. thndr.it/1BXZGGF
Back home, but awaiting results from #CMSCOP11 final plenary. Press release ready to go
RT! Every #Ocean Pic You Upload = €1 for #MissionBlue to Protect Our #Planet's Blue Heart. #HopeSpot #WorldOceansDay thndr.it/1nGqEsa
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Spinning to End Finning does it again

Teacher, conservationist, and cyclist Mark DiMaggio and University of California at Davis sophomore Devon Lambert have been taking action for the last few years against the slaughter of sharks by r…

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Tales from an ARCAE research student

It has been an amazing adventure working with ARCAE this summer!  For a day on the job, I headed out on the 5am bus from the small town of Punta Banco, on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, …

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Shark Finning Benefit Event

The grass roots California based shark conservation initiative Spinning to End Finning will be holding a fundraising event in Paso Robles, California to promote the group’s  bike ride from Colorado…

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Where the sharks (and other marine fauna) are wp.me/pCOnZ-c9

Where the sharks (and other marine fauna) are

In 2012 ARCAE is performing a marine fauna visual survey of the mouth of the Golfo Dulce (Sweet Gulf) along Costa Rica’s Southern Pacific coast.  The project’s data will contribute to a national ca…

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An Incredible Dose of Support wp.me/pCOnZ-bB

An Incredible Dose of Support

Spinning to End Finning’s 2012 bike ride will raise awareness for the threats sharks face from overfishing and the practice of shark finning.  The ride will also raise money for ARCAE and Pretoma, …

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Costa Rican NGO alligns with 1% for the Planet wp.me/pCOnZ-b6

Costa Rican NGO alligns with 1% for the Planet

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                          For more information, contact: Melody Badgett, 1% for the Planet [email protected] +1 (802) 496-5408   ARCAE Announces…

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He owns a bike—he’s saving sharks (again!) wp.me/pCOnZ-aV

He owns a bike—he’s saving sharks (again!)

He’s baaaaack!!  On the heals of his successful 2010 initiative to raise awareness for shark conservation during his bike ride around the Western USA, Marc DiMaggio, a school teacher from Californi…

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Listening to the Community’s Needs

On March 16, 2012 the Costa Rican environmental and educational non-profit, ARCAE, hosted an educational workshop for the children of Punta Banco, a small coastal community located along Costa Rica…

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Working together–Improving the Oceans

ARCAE (The Costa Rican Environmental and Educational Network) volunteer Jon Schrank (USA) teaches Jose Cortez — a local sea turtle expert from Punta Banco, Costa Rica — how to use a GPS…

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