Protecting endangered sea turtles and the local fishing industry
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 07:31
in Earth & Climate
In the remote villages dotting the Pacific coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, third- and fourth-generation native fishermen set out in small, 16-foot boats to spend long hours offshore. They haul kilometer-long fishing nets from the bottom of the ocean onto the decks of their vessels in hopes of eking out a meager living, earning mere cents on the dollar for catching and selling halibut in the same waters that sustained their grandfathers and great-grandfathers before them.