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Author Archives: Vince
Sylvia Earle’s TED talk on our Oceans state & Chris Jordan on Data Visualization
I was just recently sent a link from brainpicking’s on this subject so I thought I would put out a quick post on a wonderful post from there. Sylvia Earle has been in the news a bit lately because of the recently released on Netflicks documentary Mission Blue. I have not see the documentary yet… Continue Reading
WorldsAquarium Invited to RABEN Advanced Whale Disentanglement Workshop
Worlds Aquarium will most definitely participate in this work shop with the goal of eventually being a certified member of the RABEN network. Here is a link to RABENS web site. Invitation to Disentaglement Workshop at La Paz Astrid Frisch 10:17 AM (1 hour ago) to vince, Dulce, me Dear Vince I hope you´re fine.… Continue Reading
100 Vaquita Marinas are all that is left; Now its crunch time for Mexico
It was my last afternoon in San Felipe and I was on the bus to Tijuana. Earlier in the day the head guy at PROFEPA totally blew me off for our scheduled interview. I believe he purposely left town so as not to be interviewed. PROFEPA is Mexico’s version of fish and game and they… Continue Reading
Norma 003: Revisions are coming
The Pelagic Sardine populations in the Sea of Cortes and Eastern Pacific may be in big trouble. When the last head of Conapesca (Mex departemtne of fihseries) Ramos Corral left office he issued several new permits for the fishing of Sardines. These permits were going to allow companies to build new and more importantly larger… Continue Reading
Manzanillo Report in English
Here is the report Ines and I did on the illegal long line fishery in Manzanillo last July. Unbelievably to us the report actually had an impact on the fishery and the federal government cracked down on the illegal long liners. I will be following up on what is happening down there shortly. The Manzanillo… Continue Reading
Back in San Carlos
After several Glorious days of Sailing up from Mazatlan we are back in San Carlos for a few weeks to teach some sailing Sailing Courses and then off to the Midriff Islands and L.A. Bay. We sailed almost the entire distance from Mazatlan to San Carlos with a stop over at Topolobampo. Never in my… Continue Reading
Manzanillo capital del mundo de la pesca illegal de Pez Vela
Scroll down the page to watch the video I find it exceptionally ironic that Manzanillo in the state of Colima boasts the largest sail fish in the world in its town square yet the state and federal government of Mexico is allowing the commercial fishing industry to decimate the population. Here is the interesting… Continue Reading
Manzanillo
Hemos logrado llegar hasta Manzanillo, en el bello estado de Colima, a pesar de no haber tenido mucho viento a favor y de los huracanes que se han estado formado. Llegamos al puerto comercial mas importante del Pacifico Mexicano, alrededor de hace 3 semanas. Hemos estado aqui mas tiempo en ningun otro lugar por… Continue Reading
Conapesca en Manzanillo: ausente como en el resto del pais
EL 10 DE AGOSTO DEL PRESENTE ANO, EL PDTE. DEL COMITE DE PESCA DEPORTIVA, TURISTICA Y RECREATIVA DEL ESTADO DE COLIMA, EL ING. MARKO IVAN ALCARAZ LEY, NOS INVITO A UNA REUNION QUE SE LLEVO A CABO EN LAS INSTALACIONES DEL CLUB DEPORTIVO DE PESCA DE MANZANILLO, QUE CASUALMENTE ESTA LOCALIZADO PRECISAMENTE ENFRENTE DE DONDE… Continue Reading