Delito de transporte de pepino de mar en el Parque Nacional Galápagos como especie amenazada

Abstract

The environmental crime of trafficking in endangered species in Ecuador is a problem that has been generating multiple repercussions to different ecosystems, and it is important to mention that human beings are the main cause of these aggravating factors. Due to the imbalance caused by breaking the value chain and the role that each of the species plays in their natural habitat. For this reason, this investigation aimed to carry out an analysis of the crime of illegal transport of sea cucumber as a threatened species, committed in the Galapagos National Park, allowing to know what were the measures taken by the competent authority and the sanctions applied to the violators. The documents where these species are registered as threatened are found on the IUCN red list and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES. In the investigation carried out, it was found that, indeed, there was an alteration in the marine ecosystem which was generated by the indiscriminate capture of 262.8 kilograms of weight and a total of 10,252 sea cucumbers, asserting that it was a serious crime that promoted the competent national authority to take quick and concrete measures in order to mitigate and control the imbalance caused in the protected area. For this reason, an indefinite ban is declared as a result of this event until today. Administrative and criminal sanctions were imposed, as well as comprehensive reparation.