In the Galápagos Islands, Manuel Yépez used to catch and sell sharks. Today, he is one of two Mission Blue “Champions” in the archipelago; logging, sampling and distributing information about the diverse marine life he comes across. Through combined efforts with local fishermen like him, Sylvia Earle and Mission Blue are fighting to protect the incredible diversity of the Galápagos Islands, passing the torch to the next generation in the process.
Up Next in Season 1
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Diving Ever Deeper
Mission Blue has been helping to track animals in the Galápagos Marine Reserve to analyse their well-being around the archipelago. Through this work, legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle and a team of scientists are making incredible insights into the connectivity of the Galápagos with the rest o...
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Model for the Planet
“Thinking like an ocean”. Striving to protect the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Sylvia Earle and her Mission Blue team led a pioneering expedition to assess the health of the ocean after twenty-five years of protection. Their findings could be used as a model for the rest of the planet.
