Galápagos 2025 | Is it worth casting the longline?
25 years after being banned, advocates and fishers still fiercely debate the use of longline fishing techniques in the Galápagos Islands. Keep reading
Avril Silva is graduating from George Washington University with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications with a minor in International Affairs. Silva is an active member of the GW community as the founding president of the GW Association of Hispanic Journalists, a member of the GW Women's Soccer team, and a panelist on numerous GW-SMPA panels. She is currently looking to pursue graduate studies in journalism and go into political/environmental investigative journalism in the future.
25 years after being banned, advocates and fishers still fiercely debate the use of longline fishing techniques in the Galápagos Islands. Keep reading