By José Antonio Pérez During removal of prohibited totoaba fishing gear from the Upper Gulf of California, PROFEPA staff along with the Navy, Federal Police Division, and National Commission of Aquaculture and Fishing (CONAPESCA) rescued a Pacific Green sea turtle, also known as the Galapagos green turtle (Chelonia agassizii), stuck in one of the nets. […]
By José Antonio Pérez Aug. 16, 2017. With a budget of 4 million dollars, construction has begun on the operation camp of what will be a temporary sanctuary for the vaquita marina (Phocoena sinus). For many, this represents the last hope for saving the critically endangered vaquita, endemic to the Upper Gulf of California. Camp […]
Fishermen from Puerto Peñasco are to receive economic compensation due to the impact of a two year fishing ban (or rather the use of gillnets) in the Upper Gulf of California. A meeting held earlier this summer in Mazatlán, Sinaloa between representatives and fishermen from Puerto Peñasco, accompanied by municipal officials, and staff from the […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero As of 6 a.m. on Sept. 19th the 2012-13 shrimping season along the Pacific Coast and Gulf of California will be fully underway. The season, which ended around mid-March, reopened to small boats on the 13th, who will now be joined by the rest of the shrimp fleet. The decision as to when […]