Fundación Mundo Azul
Like many other Latin American countries that share the Pacific and Caribbean coastline, Guatemala is experiencing a crisis of development and overfishing, exacerbated by the lack of opportunities, income alternatives and the scarcity of scientific knowledge about the true state of the different fishery resource populations, mainly chondrichthyans. Faced with this situation, Mundo Azul Foundation has initiated its efforts to generate scientific information that advances the level of knowledge about sharks, rays and other fisheries.
Our organization focuses on the generation of knowledge applied to the management and conservation of sharks, rays and chimaeras (chondrichthyans) at a national and regional level; the strengthening of the legal framework and its enforcement; as well as the contribution to the improvement of the quality of life of the coastal communities of the Pacific and Caribbean of Guatemala that depend on marine-coastal resources.