About us
meet our team
Mexican biologist that received her degree from the National University of Mexico (UNAM). She has been able to combine her passion for whales and research with her job as naturalist guide and operations manager in Ecotours de Mexico. She is the head researcher of ECOBAC. She has participated in marine mammal surveys in the North Atlantic and the Mexican Pacific. Representative of Banderas Bay in 2003 and Representative of the Whale watching Committee at the Mexican Society for the Study of Marine Mammals (SOMEMMA). Representative of whale watching tour operators at the Whale Watching Standing Group of the International Whaling Commission (2012-2014). Coordinates the Mexican Whale Disentanglement Network since 2012.
Karel is a pioneer of ecotourism in Mexico, he is a cofounder and former president of the Mexican Association of Ecotourism and Adventure Travel (AMTAVE). He is also founder and managing director of Ecotours de Mexico, a nature tour operator. His lifelong love of nature and his interest in ecotourism has lead him to travel and lead trips all over Mexico. In 2006 he got his masters degree in sustainable development and tourism, his research topic was “Whale Watching in Banderas Bay as a Sustainable Tourist Activity”. Trained as Whale disentanglement Instructor has participated in several trainings in Mexico and Latin America.
Expert in marine mammal handling and care. In the last 10 years, he has specialized in the rescue and attention of Cetaceans and Pinipeds. We directs the Rescue Center from the Whale Museum in La Paz, B.C.S. he has been an active member of the Mexican Whale Disentanglement Network, known as RABEN, since its beginning in 2004. in 2015 he got his certification as a large whale entanglement response instructor by the International Whaling Commission. He participated as a consultant in vaquita porpoise recovery and in ghost gear removal programs in the Upper Golf of Mexico.
Alejandro got his architecture degree from the Iberoamericana University (UIA) in Mexico City. He works building houses with the use of green alternatives, like water recycling, gathering and use of rainfall and use of alternative energy resources, in order to impact the environment as little as possible. A wildlife lover, he participates actively in different conservation projects.
Pedro has a Marine Biology PhD by the University of North Carolina and he is currently professor at the University of Guadalajara, Campus Puerto Vallarta. Most of his research projects involve marine biology studies in the Mexican Pacific, most particularly Banderas Bay, and the Jalisco and Nayarit coast. His coral reef research studies involve the biology and ecology of marine organisms with the purpose of improving coral reef protection through conservation activities and programs in National Parks.
Frank established in Puerto Vallarta in 2004 and impressed with the richness of the local fauna he began creating photographic archives. Since then he has been collaborating with different organizations such as Reptilario Cipactli Cento Universitario de la Costa U de G, Municipality of Puerto Vallarta Division of Environment and Ecology, Estero El Salado Trust, Conservation and Sustainable Use of Crocodiles in Mexico (COMACROM), Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust, Western Ecological Society, Group of Ecology and Conservation of Islands A.C., and Naturalia A.C. magazine “Species”, among others. Since 2006 he collaborates with ECOBAC in research and environmental education projects
Fabio studied at the Autonomous University of Baja California in Ensenada, were he received his college and masters degree in Oceanology. We has a PhD in Sustainable Development by the University of Guadalajara. Since 1992 he works as professor and researcher at the Coastal University Center of the University of Guadalajara, campus Puerto Vallarta and he´s chair of Arthropods, Taxonomy and Biosistematics. He does research projects with crocodiles, acuatic birds and different groups of invertebrates. One of his favorite activities is the diffusion of science in printed media. He received the “University-Society Link (Science Diffussion) 2003” and “Puerto Vallarta: Ecology 2005” awards. He has published 6 books, among which “The Terrible Corcodiles?” wrote in collaboration with Dr. Juan Luis Cifuentes and edited in 2004 by Fondo de Cultura Economica en its collection Science for all, stands out. He is member of the National Researchers System, Level I.
RESEARCH
Humpback Whale in Banderas Bay Photoidentification Catalog, Jalisco-Nayarit, Mexico (FIBB Catalog).
Unification of the FIBB catalog with collaborators (11).
Humpback Whales in Isla Isabel National Park Photoidentification and Monitoring Project
4th International Conference on Marine Mammal Protected Areas (ICMMPA)
Whale Monitoring in Bahía de Banderas Program
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
1st Symposium on Humpback Whales in Bahía de Banderas
First BALLENARTE Festival for Conservation.
Third BALLENARTE Festival in collaboration with CONANP.
CONSERVATION PROJECTS
First rescue training RABEN ECOBAC
NOAA/International Instructor
First RABEN National meeting.