{"id":1955,"date":"2025-12-11T06:07:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/?p=1955"},"modified":"2025-12-11T06:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:09:08","slug":"protegiendo-el-mar-y-sus-ecosistemas-marinos-contra-los-peligros-de-las-artes-de-pesca-fantasma-y-otros-desechos-generados-por-el-ser-humano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/protegiendo-el-mar-y-sus-ecosistemas-marinos-contra-los-peligros-de-las-artes-de-pesca-fantasma-y-otros-desechos-generados-por-el-ser-humano\/","title":{"rendered":"Protecting the sea and its marine ecosystems from the threats posed by ghost fishing gear and other human-generated waste."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Desde 2023, los Guardianes del Mar, un grupo conformado por 13 personas (9 hombres y 4 mujeres) del municipio de Nuqu\u00ed se dedican a retirar artes de pesca perdidas, abandonadas o descartadas&nbsp; (denominadas \u201cpesca fantasma\u201d) en los arrecifes del Golfo de Tribug\u00e1, norte del Pac\u00edfico colombiano. La \u201cpesca fantasma\u201d amenaza la biodiversidad marina y afecta directamente a m\u00e1s de 7.000 habitantes de nueve comunidades costeras que dependen de la pesca artesanal y el turismo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guardians of the Sea group was established in Nuqu\u00ed in response to a local initiative by the K\u00e1kiri Diving Center, which since 2013 has been working to combat the impacts of ghost fishing gear in the Gulf of Tribug\u00e1 and restore the rocky reefs by training local divers. In 2022, with the support of Ecomares, the initiative evolved into a community training project aimed at raising awareness about the damage abandoned fishing gear causes to marine ecosystems, artisanal fisheries, and tourism. In particular, the local rocky reefs\u2014locally known as riscales\u2014are essential habitats for fish species and serve as breeding and cleaning areas for migratory animals such as humpback whales, making the 60,000 hectares of the Gulf of Tribug\u00e1 a site of high ecological and touristic value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La acumulaci\u00f3n de artes de pesca fantasma deteriora los ecosistemas y reduce su capacidad para ofrecer servicios ecosist\u00e9micos como el suministro de alimento a las poblaciones locales. Esta degradaci\u00f3n incrementa la vulnerabilidad de las comunidades frente al cambio clim\u00e1tico al limitar el acceso a los recursos pesqueros y restringir las oportunidades econ\u00f3micas ligadas al turismo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El 19 de septiembre de 2025 se constituy\u00f3 legalmente la Asociaci\u00f3n Guardianes del Mar del Golfo de Tribug\u00e1. Para continuar avanzando en su misi\u00f3n, se propone mejorar su estructura organizativa con un modelo de negocio sustentable como base, en el que lo fundamental sea el trabajo comunitario. Ese nuevo paso les permitir\u00e1 establecer alianzas con ONGs, instituciones gubernamentales y centros de investigaci\u00f3n interesados en limpiezas submarinas, estudios cient\u00edficos y campa\u00f1as de sensibilizaci\u00f3n ambiental en Nuqu\u00ed y zonas aleda\u00f1as. Su nueva proyecci\u00f3n financiera plantea dignificar su labor como gu\u00edas subacu\u00e1ticos y destinar un porcentaje significativo de los ingresos a un fondo de ahorro, destinado a operaciones de emergencia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ecomares, con el apoyo de una subvenci\u00f3n de la Iniciativa Internacional por el Clima (IKI), se propone apoyar el fortalecimiento de los Guardianes del Mar, brindando formaci\u00f3n en gesti\u00f3n y liderazgo, y promoviendo la equidad de g\u00e9nero. Para el efecto, se planea abrir una convocatoria de capacitaci\u00f3n dirigida a mujeres del Municipio de Nuqu\u00ed. Las participantes tendr\u00e1n la oportunidad de integrarse al equipo de Guardianes del Mar, una vez cumplida la capacitaci\u00f3n. El proyecto busca consolidar una iniciativa local con alto impacto ambiental y social, asegurando que los Guardianes del Mar se mantengan activos, funcionales y con capacidad de autosostenibilidad en el tiempo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2023, the Guardians of the Sea\u2014a group of 13 people (9 men and 4 women) from the municipality of Nuqu\u00ed\u2014have been dedicated to removing lost, abandoned, or discarded fishing gear (known as \u201cghost fishing\u201d) from the reefs of the Gulf of Tribug\u00e1 in the northern Colombian Pacific. Ghost fishing threatens marine biodiversity and directly affects more than 7,000 residents across nine coastal communities who depend on artisanal fisheries and tourism.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1958,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955\/revisions\/1958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}