Fishing in the Sea of Cortez

lagrimas85

AKA Carnac
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I wasn't going to post this, but...

Last trip to Lobos, we got back in from a fair day with a few chunky yellowtail and a decent grouper. Ted suggested we walk down the beach and check out what the pangueros had been catching. There were probably 15 pangas beached, cleaning fish. All kinds of fish. A few baqueta, some gold spots. A yellowtail here and there. But what amazed me the most were the sharks. Many, many sharks. Small sand sharks. The women were finning them on the beach and basically tossing the carcasses. A lot of them were pregnant and giving live birth. Little hand-sized sharks, freshly born, rolling in the surf line. Along with many eels. Snowflake eels, Morays, others I don't even know. Just tossed aside as bycatch.

I'm a fisherman. I have no problem with people catching or cleaning fish, but frankly? The sight of this made me sick to my stomach. Yeah, everybody needs to make a living, I know. But the sheer amount of waste being generated was incredible. I also know that it's nothing compared to the bycatch one shrimp boat generates.

Still, seeing all those sharks being finned and the babies struggling in the surf? Unbelievable. The Cortez is not the rich treasure chest it once was. The population has moved on to decimating species they wouldn't of bothered with in the past. And as the fishing gets worse, the need of the locals to take whatever they can catch only grows.

Very, very sad.
Sopa De Aleta De Tiburon, is where the fins go, over 100 chinese restaurant's alone in Mexicali and all of them serve it. Price in Mexico for the real stuff (there is fake soup sold also) about 8.00-15.00 dllrs a bowl, if I remember it was about 80.00 at the C-Fu Gourmet in Chandler a few years ago. Also served in the Chinese restaurants in Rocky Point.
 
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playaperro

El Pirata
INCIDENT REPORTING ON COSTS OF FISHERMEN IN SONORA TO SUPPORT CONAPESCA IN SHARES TO PREVENT ILLEGAL FISHING
May 5, 2011

Press Release

The Secretary of the Navy of Mexico reported that on 29 April this year in support of federal authorities CONAPESCA, to be run surveillance, prevention and present fishing in the waters of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, was raised a incident between a Navy patrol Mexico and a small boat fishermen.
The events began in the vicinity of a fishing ground called the Desemboque when CONAPESCA staff inspected a small boat with three crew on board, for making illegal fishing by diving shell tree callus, flagrantly violating fishing laws in this area, so we proceeded to lift the corresponding record, leaving the vessel insured, parked side by side keeping the unit area of ​​the Navy to be sent to port and be made available.
Subsequent to that fact approached at least three smaller boats with eight anglers on average male on board each, who pushed for the boat was left free of infringement, stating that it would let her arrest, to which one of them rescued the three insured and proceeded to cut the ties, while other elements put into service the outboard motor, ran away.
In full exercise of the powers conferred as federal authority, proceeded to chase the offending vessel and manned only by one element, when formed by other intentional, instruction specifies the same person who had cut the ropes and breaking the most basic navigation rule, pounced on the patrol intercepting, crossing his defeat, prompting the pursuit speed and surprise aggressive action, it was not possible to avoid accidentally causing the bilge (spin on its axis).
It should be mentioned that due to the intentionality of action, at no time been at risk the life of one crewman, who was rescued by his own comrades, leaving the area, but not before threatening and repeatedly challenge the federal authorities who to avoid major consequences incident decided to leave the area.
The Mexican Navy - Armada de Mexico and the National Commission of Aquaculture and Fisheries reaffirm their cooperation in the framework of the Act to ensure the development of fisheries within the current standards, and are calling on fishermen's organizations to contribute to this spirit of legality, which benefits the sustainability of marine resources and the activities they perform.

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