Yucatán’s octopus season opened today, and port officials expect roughly 3,300 fishermen to be on the water out of Progreso alone during the first stretch of the season, which runs through Dec. 15. Randyr Fabián Castillo Alférez, Progreso’s director of fisheries, said about 150 small boats, each carrying two fishermen, are heading out early, accounting…
Mexico will try to restore its shrimp exports after apparently inadequate protections for sea turtles halted trade.
Mexico is considering reducing the protected area for endangered vaquita porpoises after a fisherman’s death led to accusations that the government cares more about marine animals than its own citizens. An estimated 10 vaquitas are left in the world, residing in the northern Gulf of California or Sea or Cortez. The government’s most recent analysis…
After five days adrift, three fishermen were rescued in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico. The “Junuteca” had sailed from Progreso July 8 and had not been heard from since, according to a Navy report. The rescue was carried out by the Fifth Naval Region after detecting an emergency signal 22 nautical miles, or…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now