Though the first protective legislation for the Galapagos was enacted in 1934 and supplemented in 1936, it was not until the late 1950's that positive action was taken to control what was happening to the native flora and fauna. In 1955, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature organized a fact-finding mission to the Galapagos. Two years later, in 1957, UNESCO (in cooperation with the International Council for Bird Preservation, New York Zoological Society, Time Incorporated, and the Government of Ecuador) sent another special expedition under the leadership of Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt and Robert Bowman to study the conservation situation and to choose a site for a research station. After over 40 years of conservation, the positive results of the Galapagos wildlife status and the people who care for it is clearly shown in today's picture.
We have had for many years now a few individual sea lions that choose to rest on boats anchored in the harbor. Today they were gathered for a siesta on the sides of a local fishing vessel.
