February 22, 2008 – 10:20 pm
Today El Volcan Turrialba surprised us with some unusally large fumaroles (up to 800 m high) Though no inordinate seizmicity has been reported, these columns of sulphurous gases activity is the most notorious sighted so far since the volcano entered an active phase two years ago. It could be seen from anywhere within the [...]
February 1, 2008 – 5:44 pm
Yesterday morning the costarrican coastguard seized a panamenian Tuna ship while fishing in Coco’s Island jurisdictional waters. The ship was reported being sighted by Marviva, an ecological organization whose boat was in the area.
The boat in question had captured about thirteen tons of tuna, and other species while fishing ilegally in Costarrican waters. This is [...]
