6-Nights Conserving Sharks in Belize
Available Dates
8/17/2026
–
12/31/2028
:
Call for pricing
Additional Inclusions
- Accommodations
- Services of Nat Hab's professional Expedition Leader(s), local guides and research staff
- All meals from dinner on Day 1 through breakfast on final day
- Some alcoholic beverages
- Some gratuities
- Airport transfers on Day 1 and final day
- All activities and entrance fees
- All taxes, permits and service fees
Placencia
Where Commercial Fishing and Sharks Converge, Help Shape a Sustainable Future for Both
Just off the coast of Belize, the world’s second-largest offshore barrier reef shelters the shoreline, creating wide, shallow stretches of turquoise water over seagrass flats and coral patches. These connected habitats support one of the Caribbean’s most productive fisheries, including a healthy shark population. As apex predators, sharks help keep these systems in balance. They’re also at risk. A long-standing coastal fishery sustains local communities, but it also puts pressure on shark populations. How these waters are fished and managed will determine whether sharks and fishing communities can continue side by side. For more than a decade, researchers have worked alongside fishers to track shark populations, movement and fishing pressure, defining what it will take to sustain them. Sharks are typically studied where they are protected. Here, the research happens where they are caught, offering rare insight into complex, real-world situations.
Just off the coast of Belize, the world’s second-largest offshore barrier reef shelters the shoreline, creating wide, shallow stretches of turquoise water over seagrass flats and coral patches. These connected habitats support one of the Caribbean’s most productive fisheries, including a healthy shark population. As apex predators, sharks help keep these systems in balance. They’re also at risk. A long-standing coastal fishery sustains local communities, but it also puts pressure on shark populations. How these waters are fished and managed will determine whether sharks and fishing communities can continue side by side. For more than a decade, researchers have worked alongside fishers to track shark populations, movement and fishing pressure, defining what it will take to sustain them. Sharks are typically studied where they are protected. Here, the research happens where they are caught, offering rare insight into complex, real-world situations.