Kuleli sonto, i-The Ocean Foundation ihambele uMgubho Weminyaka engama-50 weNyuvesi yaseHavana's. I-Centro de Investigaciones Marinas (CIM, Marine Research Center), lapho i-TOF yaqashelwa khona iminyaka engu-21 yokusebenzisana ne-CIM ngesayensi yasolwandle eCuba. Umsebenzi we-TOF ne-CIM waqala ngo-1999 lapho u-Fernando Bretos we-TOF ehlangana noMqondisi we-CIM ngaleso sikhathi, uDkt. Maria Elena Ibarra. Uthando lukaDkt. Ibarra lokongiwa kwasolwandle kanye nokusebenzisana namaqembu aphesheya kwaba yimbangela yokubambisana kokuqala kwe-TOF ne-CIM.

Iphrojekthi yokuqala yokusebenzisana ye-TOF-CIM yayihilela ukuhlaziya iqoqo le-CIM le-taxonomic ngo-1999. Kusukela lapho, ukusebenzisana kwe-TOF-CIM kuye kwakhula kwahlanganisa ukongiwa kofudu lwasolwandle e-Guanahacabibes National Park yaseCuba, uhambo lokucwaninga cishe lonke ugu lwaseCuba, ukufunda kwezokudoba ngamazwe ngamazwe. ukushintshana, uhambo lokuqapha ukuzala kwamakhorali, futhi muva nje iphrojekthi yokufunda nokuvikela i-sawfish e-Cuba. Lokhu kubambisana kuye kwaholela emiphumeleni ebalulekile yokongiwa kwemvelo futhi kwakha isisekelo semibhalo engaphezu kuka-30 yobudokotela ne-master's yabafundi be-CIM. I-CIM futhi ibe ngozakwethu besikhathi eside ku-Trinational Initiative ye-TOF Yesayensi Yasolwandle Nokugcinwa Kwemvelo e-Gulf of Mexico & Western Caribbean.

U-Katie Thompson (kwesobunxele) kanye noMqondisi we-CIM, uPatricia González

U-Alejandra Navarrete we-TOF kanye no-Katie Thompson bahambele umgubho waleli sonto. UNkk. Navarrete uthole indondo evela ku-CIM yamashumi eminyaka ye-TOF yokusebenzisana nokusekelwa kwe-CIM. UNksz Thompson wenze isethulo esithi “I-Ocean Foundation kanye ne-CIM: iminyaka engu-21 yesayensi, ukutholwa, kanye nobungane” kuphaneli ethi “International Scientific Relations and Capacity Building” eyenganyelwe uMqondisi we-CIM u-Patricia González. I-TOF iyakuthokozela ukuqhubeka nokusebenzisana ne-CIM iminyaka eminingi ngesayensi yasolwandle nokongiwa kwemvelo e-Cuba kanye naseSifundeni Sase-Wider Caribbean.

U-Alejandra Navarrete (kwesokunxele) noKatie Thompson (kwesokudla) ngomklomelo.