Tag: jellyfish

Caribbean Sea, Miskitu Indians, La Moskitia, Honduras
Eco-Cultural-Travel

Miskitu Coast of Honduras: Harvesting Jellyfish at the Rio Kruta

On a recent trip to the Kruta River near Cape Gracias a Dios on the Honduran Caribbean and the Nicaraguan Border, life without roads and little electricity proceeds slowly, detached from the world at large. Yet, drug trafficking is changing the economy and the culture of the Miskitu People, and due to overfishing, local people can only turn to harvesting jellyfish for China as an honest source of revenue.