Erika Lopez, the Director of the Biodiversity Conservation Colombia Foundation, shows hooks in Palmira, Valle del Cauca department, Colombia, on September 10, 2024. A lone catamaran guards the waters around the remote island of Malpelo, a paradise for endangered marine species in the Colombian Pacific. Its crew of privately-funded environmentalists is the terror of boats illegally fishing for sharks inside a marine reserve some 500 kilometers (310 miles) off the mainland. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)