This is a newsletter with real hope! Sea Watch, GBLP (Groupo Bahia de La Paz), FONMAR, NOS and others have laid the groundwork for major change regarding "reef fish destruction in the Sea of Cortes" in 2008.

Mike McGettigan

Sea Watch, with your help , and working with Conapesca introduced legislation banning fishing with compressors and hookah in the continental and ocean waters of Mexico.

The destructive fishing methods, that utilize hookah divers with nets and harpoons, that has devastated the reefs of the Sea of Cortez over the last 10 years are being banned by a new regulation adopted in norma 064. This regulation if enforced will stop the killing of over a 1000's tons of reef fish yearly in the waters of BCS.

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Now enforcement, backed with oversight from civil society is the key to saving the reef fish of the Sea of Cortes and so far local fisheries officials have been against it.

A summary of 2007 efforts to stop the reef fish destruction caused by hookah divers utilizing nets and harpoons.

Ecotourism and Sport Fishing are critical sources of income to the economy of Baja California Sur. In the past ten years, however, a combination of expanding non-sustainable fishing practices, utilizing hookah divers with nets and harpoons, as well as poor fisheries management have severely depleted the reef fish between La Paz and Loreto.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNjmh-93XHY (spa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-eWlzy5Pko (eng)

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Civil Society Vigilance: An interview with Dr. Salvador García Martínez

Meeting with the coordinator of the vigilance and protection program that monitors the Bay of La Paz for FONMAR and city counsel of La Paz

By Maria Ugarte
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What Happened to the Hammerheads of El Bajo in La Paz, Mexico?

Gill-nets are destroying one of the world's Seven Underwater Wonders.

By Johnny Friday
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