Rescuing Whales, Dec 2019

Did you know that rescuing a Whale can cost around 500 dollars? Humpback Whale Season just started this December but also the work of the National Network of Assistance to Entangled Whales, RABEN. So far this season there have been 3 successful rescue events: 1) December 14th: RABEN team Los…

Whales feeding off Banderas Bay

Dear friends of ECOBAC: Some of you will remember that in the season 2011-2012 our beloved humpback whales surprised us by feeding in Banderas Bay.   As is well known, humpback whales feed during the summer at high latitudes and in the winter they travel to more tropical latitudes to their breeding…

Season 2019 is over and we want to share the good news!

This season 2019, was very productive, with many whales, many vigilance trips and environmental education … This is our end of season bulletin 2018-2019! We want to thank everyone for your support and for making possible to help our whales of Bahia de Banderas!  PROTECTING WHALES IN BANDERAS BAY For…

XV International Festival of Altruism- Ecobac

Te invita al XV Festival Internacional del Altruismo Marriott Puerto Vallarta 6pm-9pm 5th of May, 2019 Join us in the most important altruism event in Puerto Vallarta. With your participation, we will be able to HELP 20 organizations including ECOBAC. The Goal is to sell at least 50 tickets! With...

When whale rescues become viral for the wrong reasons

It is increasingly common to find videos on social networks of members of the public who disentangle whales and other marine life. These videos have all the elements of an amazing story: danger, courage and, hopefully, success. However, in the Whale Disentanglement Network (RABEN, by its initials in Spanish), we…

Newsletter ECOBAC 2018-2019

              THE WHALES HAVE ARRIVED The whales arrived at the bay and, like every year at ecobac, we are working to make their stay pleasant so they can carry out their courtship and breeding activities. This year the official whale watching season began December…

Newsletter October 2017

Big Whale Disentanglement Workshop in Colombia Lead by RABEN A BIT OF HISTORY It has been a long and arduous journey since our first interinstitutional team whale rescue took place almost 14 years when we were able to rescue a whale entangled in a net in Banderas Bay.After many years…

Newsletter April 2017

End of 2017 Season newsletter. The whales are gone, whale watching season is officially over since last March 23rd, as always whales kept us very busy and now that they left, we still have lots of work to do. This season we were pleasantly surprised by having the first registry…

Newsletter December 2016

ECOBAC DECEMBER 2016 NEWSLETTER ECOBAC friends, another year full of successes and achievements, and we are glad to know that you are part of it. We are excited since this next December 8th begins the official whale watching season; as a matter of fact, the first reports of whales have…

End of Season Newsletter 2016

Dear friends, collaborators and volunteers of ECOBAC, we are very pleased to send you our end of season newsletter. The whale watching season started on the 1st of December 2015 and finished officially on the 23rd of March 2016. Even though there were fewer whales this season, ECOBAC’s campaigns and…