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We invite you to browse through our newsletters to stay up-to-date with what is happening at SeaWatch. 2022 Recovery Project Overview2022 brought the birth of the Espiritu Santo National Park Recovery Project. This project will be the first recovery project in the Gulf of California since Cabo Pulmo, 27 years ago. It will restore the marine biodiversity of Archipielago Espíritu Santo National Park to a high level of abundance and reef recovery through modification to the park’s management plan and the deployment of policy and conservation finance strategies. Read More...  2021 SeaWatch NewsletterProtect parrotfish, eliminate traps, nets and create a 1 km "NO TAKE" zone around Espiritu Santo national Park. In 2021, we hired environmental attorney Camilo Thompson (who lead the effort in getting parrotfish protected on the Caribbean side of Mexico) to team up with “Espiritu Santo is Parte de ti” to adopt the following campaign goal for Espíritu Santo and to file all petitions and proposals before deadlines Read More...  SeaWatch November 2020 Newsletter
FROM TOURISM BUT NOT FROM ILLEGAL FISHING With 90% of the BCS Federal Fisheries inspectors gone for all of 2020 ROC's expanded vigilance is more important than ever. SeaWatch has spent the last 27 years promoting reef and reef fish recovery in the Sea of Cortez. In the last 10 years, ROC (Red de Observadores Ciudadanos), a citizen driven vigilance program and Espiritu Santo es Parte de Ti, a communication campaign prompting pride and good practices in the Espiritu Santo National Park, have become our Read More...  August 2020 SeaWatch Newsletter
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2023 SeaWatch Newsletter
We are continuing our 2023 efforts to fully protect the inshore reefs in Espíritu Santo National Park through modification of its Management Plan. The draft plan will be out soon for review and it's critical we apply more pressure for better protection.
Ever since Cabo Pulmo National Park was created 27 years ago there has not been another reef fish recovery in the Sea of Cortez. To that end, we are launching the second phase of our campaign with a multimedia public strategy modeled after the very successful effort to protect the whale sharks in the Bay of La Paz. Read On...
SeaWatch Dream Come True
Since September of 2021, when our attorneys first petitioned the government to create large no take zones around Espiritu Santo National Park to facilitate reef and reef fish recovery, we have been building a dream team. A year later we have that team and a plan in place that is doing exactly that. To see the problem and solution. Click to view this short video...
SeaWatch Recovery Plan Details
This project will be the first recovery project in the Gulf of California since Cabo Pulmo, 27 years ago. It will restore the marine biodiversity of Archipielago Espíritu Santo National Park to a high level of abundance and reef recovery through modification to the park’s management plan and the deployment of policy and conservation finance strategies. Read More...
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Scott Hanson donated his popular 19" bronze limited edition sculpture "Smooth Sailing" that retails between $7,700 and $9,250 depending on the gallery. Buy one or more tickets here. But hurry as only 150 raffle tickets will be sold!.
Espíritu Santo National Park
Recovery Project
Unsustainable, unregulated and illegal fishing practices during the last 40 years have severely impacted the diversity and richness of the Gulf of California, once considered the “Aquarium of the World”.
This national sea, dotted with more than 800 islands, is an ecologically unique marine ecosystem, and these island coastlines are environments used by marine species to complete all or part of their life cycle Read More...
Creating the Next Cabo Pulmo
Fisheries Recovery in the Sea of Cortez
Where there are fish of any commercial value, fishing interests will find a way to take them.
In 2019 and 2020 with the legalization of fish traps in the Espiritu Santo National Park (banned in most other places 30 years ago) it became clear that where there are fish, fishing interests will find a way to take them. Read More...
Fish Traps Devastate Marine Environments
Watch this video to see the evidence of the devastation caused by fish traps on reefs and reef fish over time. These traps are legal in Mexico and tragically in Espiritu Santo National Park. To learn more about fish traps and see the devastation they cause Click Here...
Sea Lions and Fish Nets
This video shows the entanglement of sea lions in fish nets and fishing gear in the Sea of Cortez. "Is this what we want in the Espiritu Santo National Park?"
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How You Can Help Save the Sea of Cortez
Consume Responsibly
Abstain from eating all fish that protect the health of the reefs including parrotfish and surgeon fish
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