A fish camp near Loreto with lots of sailfish caught in monofilament gillnets
Turtle heads and meat for sale in market on the mainland of Mexico
Turtles for sale 10 year after they became a protected species
Photo by Norbert Wu
30 years ago, so many sailfish were taken that the extras were dumped after local people took what they wanted for food.
This manta has old buoy lines that he is dragging cutting into his wing El Bajo La Paz mexico
Photo by Tom Campbell
Giant Pacifc Mantas 15 feet wide and weighing over a ton are harpooned and the wings cut off the alive mantas
Once gillnetting started the yellowtail of Loreto quickly were depleted. From the yellowtail capital of the world in the 1970's to depleted stocks by the late 1980s.
Small longliner working off Cabo San Lucas
Billfish on drift gillnet boat
Mexico: shark fishing, Thresher shark and rays caught in gill net
Mexico: shark fishing, Hammerhead, Galapagos and Juvenile Mako caught in gill net, off Santa Rosalia, Sea of Cortez.
Sea of Cortez, Mexico: Mako shark babies (embryos) found inside large female mako caught in gillnet - Shark fishing camp at Santa Rosalia.
