I have come to the point where it is virtually impossible to keep up with the level of drug violence in Sonora in general and San Carlos in particular. The number of bodies in San Carlos continue to pile up. I rationalize this by thinking that these types of murders, which are really public… Continue Reading
If you stood on the top of a small craggy island called Isla Consag, in the northern Gulf of California, and spun yourself in a 360 degree circle without falling off the pointy summit, on a clear day you could see the entire habitat of a small 50 poundish harbor porpoise called la vaquita… Continue Reading
I just received a letter via email from Marko Alcaraz, one of the leaders of a sport fishing union in Manzanillo this morning. In this letter addressed to dozens of sport fisherman Marko states that; The fisherman of Manzanillo are fed up completely with the office of Mexican fisheries (Conapesca) for refusing to enforce… Continue Reading
Ed Lyman in nothing if he is not a humble man. At the beginning of this clinic he wanted to make sure he was not introduced by the sponsors as an “expert” on whale disentanglement. He was more interested in letting people know that while there are probably no real experts in the relatively… Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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