EDUCATION

Teaching kids about giant manta rays

One of our goals is to spread awareness by teaching local elementary-age children about these animals, which we do during several trips to Puerto Lopez. It is important for these children to learn that their home is a special place where by far the largest population of mantas has been identified in the entire world; more than 2,000 individual rays have already been identified there. FMME has already established relations with many local schools in the area, and through education, we hope to bring light to these extraordinary animals and to decrease pollution on the beaches of Puerto Lopez.