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Reef Fish Are Making a Come Back In BCS (Hot Issues)
Aug 25, 2010
As a result of increased patrols being made by Observatorio Cuidadano and Fonmar the reef fish in the Southern Gulf are coming back. We are showing you the way various reefs looked in 2009 and we are now trying to film a different reef on each patrol to start logging short videos of how the reefs are looking now and in the future.
2010 Vigilance Reports from OC
Mar 3, 2010
OC REPORT (Hot Issues)
Feb 15, 2010
OC Report from January 18th and 19th
Jan 25, 2010
Help Seawatch Help The Sea of Cortez
Jan 6, 2010
Hookah Permit Cancellations
Dec 15, 2009
Understand the law and report illegal fishing
Dec 11, 2009
How many times have you been in an anchorage and seen the pangeros come in with their hookahs and then watch them circle the edges of the bay harvesting fish by driving them into gill nets placed on the reefs or seen their boats at dusk and heard the compressors running at night as they harpoon sleeping fish on the reefs? Both of these types of fishing are now illegal in Mexico.
Barren Reefs Along Baja California Sur (Hot Issues)
Dec 9, 2009
The following videos were taken as baseline data showing the barren reefs around the lower gulf Islands in the Sea of Cortes. This short video’s purpose is to show you how barren the reefs are, due in large part to the destruction caused by Pistoleros and encerradores. Hookah divers are killing the reefs
Chasing Pistoleros (Hot Issues)
Dec 3, 2009
Liliana Gutiérrez Mariscal tells us what happened. “Around 8pm we received notification from the OC crew that they had detected a panga (small fishing boat) with pistoleros (spearfishermen) along with their catch up around La Gaviota…”
Complaints About Illegal Fishing Activities Were Published In La Paz Newspaper (Hot Issues)
Oct 7, 2009
Observatorio Ciudadano’s complaints have been presented to the people in La Paz on the local newspaper, requesting action from authorities against illegal fishing activities.
Plataforma attorneys have been working on lawsuits for all the illegal activities filled on the complaints report and will track them all until they are solved.
Old Websites for Archival Information (pdf)
Seawatch 1st Site (1994) 5.4MB
Seawatch 2nd Site (2000) 16MB
NEWSLETTER and ALERTS
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