¡Hola! I’m Marti the

Hammerhead Shark.

Marti the Hammerhead Shark A Galapagos Journey

This educational storybook tells the tale of a young scalloped hammerhead

shark’s journey from her home in the Galapagos Islands to Cocos Island, a vast

migration across the Pacific Ocean.

Along the way, our intrepid shark encounters other marine friends who share the magical but perilous adventure with her.

A group of scientists track this incredible journey, hoping to discover more about the

migration of species along this ocean ‘swimway’.

Join them on their quest to protect our brave explorers on their journeys now and

in the future.

Bluestreak cleaner wrasse

Panamic soldierfish

Goldrim surgeonfish

Razor surgeonfish

Copperband butterflyfish

Cortez rainbow wrasse

Yellowtail damselfish

Moorish idol

Palette surgeonfish

King angelfish

scythe butterflyfish

yellow tang

Panamic fanged blenny

barberfish

Bullseye pufferfish

Humphead parrotfish

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ldierfish

Goldrim surg

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Razor sur

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Copperba

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King ang

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tterflyfish

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crabs

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corals

lobsters

shrimps

Panamic soldierfish

Goldrim surgeonfish Sergeant majorCortez rainbow wrasse juvenileWhitetail damselfish

Razor surgeonfish

Cortez rainbow wrasseYellowtail damselfish

Moorish idolPalette surgeonfish

King angelfish

scythe butterflyfish

Panamic fanged blennybarberfish

parrotfishSquid Octopus

Bullseye pufferfish Humphead parrotfish

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To find out more, visit:

galapagosconservation.org.uk/storybook

On Friday 1 March 2019, please help us

to make our storybook crowdfunder a success

by pledging your support and sharing the project through

your networks.

Please help us to achieve our target of providing 1,000

storybooks for children in Galapagos!

Every book that is bought in the UK during the

campaign, will fund one for a local child.

Swimway ScienceGlobally, sharks are increasingly threatened from over-fishing with an estimated 100 million killed by humans every year. The Galapagos Marine Reserve (Ecuador) and Cocos Island National Park (Costa Rica) represent important sanctuaries for many endangered species including scalloped hammerhead, silky and whale sharks.

As these animals are extremely vulnerable to industrial fisheries once outside of marine reserves, we are working to protect this important migratory route known as the ‘Swimway’. Galapagos Conservation Trust (GCT), MigraMar and the Galapagos Science Center are working with a wide partnership network to provide the research needed to make the Swimway a reality.

Story-telling is a powerful engagement tool that lends itself brilliantly to outreach

activities open to the whole family.

With your support, we want to connect every child in Galapagos with ocean

science and conservation through Marti’s story. We aim to provide packs for

every school in the Islands and will host community awareness-raising events.

Help us to inspire the next generation of ocean conservationists

Become a sponsor of the storybook project!

We are looking for sponsors to support this project. Please

contact the team at gct@gct.org for more information on

sponsorship opportunities.