Concluding the high season of sport fishing tournaments, the “Orsan” sport fishing tournament was held with the participation of 177 teams and a prize pool of 4 million 198 thousand 500 pesos.

To promote release fishing, the State Government through the Fund for the Protection of Marine Resources (FONMAR) contributed 70,000 pesos for the "catch and release" prizes for dorado and marlin.

The teams “Team Ramrod”, “Hingratos” and “Yesenias” in the species of dorado and the teams “Marikas”, “Frondoso Team”, “Kraken” and “La Chingona” in marlin obtained 10 thousand pesos in the release category. .

The winner of the tournament was the team "Los Saragatos" with a 21.5-pound dorado that earned them a prize of 400,000 pesos and 53,500 pesos in jackpots; Second place went to the “Julieta” team with a 18.3-pound specimen, obtaining a prize of 200,000 pesos and 1,137,000 pesos in jackpots; Third place went to the “Baja Anglers” team thanks to an 18.2-pound piece that earned them 100,000 pesos in prizes and 740,000 pesos in jackpots.

The jackpots went to the “Hermanos Castillo” team, which won 1,498,000 pesos in prizes for their 44.8-pound specimen.

During the award ceremony, Fundación Orsan donated 60 wheelchairs to DIF Los Cabos, DIF La Paz and Club Rotario Los Cabos.

FONMAR will continue to support sport fishing tournaments that promote Baja California Sur as an international destination for the practice of this sport and that have causes of social benefit.