Carmen Pasos Acuña

Alumni

Carmen Pasos studied biology, specializing in marine biology at the Instituto Tecnológico de Boca del Río, Veracruz (ITBOCA.) Carmen became a volunteer of Pelagios Kakunjá in 2013, participating in different research projects involving tagging and monitoring of sharks, specially in Cabo Pulmo. In 2015 she enrolled as a master’s student at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste (CIBNOR) to carry out her research at Pelagios Kakunjá. She graduated in 2018 with her thesis “Effects of scuba diving on the behavior of bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas and economic value of the species in Cabo Pulmo National Park. After graduating, she worked as Staff member of Pelagios Kakunjá to help in the development of a shark education program.

Published chapter:

Economic Valuation of Diving with Bull Sharks in Natural Conditions: A Recent Activity in Cabo Pulmo National Park, Gulf of California, Mexico