The Secretary of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Agricultural Development, José Alfredo Bermúdez Beltrán, participated in the First Annual Forum on Sport Fishing, a framework in which he highlighted the great potential offered by our entity for this sport-recreational activity, which constitutes one of the fundamental pillars of the South Californian tourism industry.

The head of SEPADA established that this sector generates more than 5,000 direct jobs and 26,000 indirect jobs in the entity, in addition to having 1,123 boats in the five municipalities, estimating that the economic benefit that comes from sport fishing in annual average exceeds 3 billion pesos.

In his speech before local and federal legislators, public servants of the three levels of government and representatives of the sport fishing sector, he assured that the issues in this matter not only refer to vessels, crew, species and permits, but must also include all those providers of complementary services that necessarily benefit or harm according to how the activity is carried out.

On the other hand, he added that in coordination with community committees and civil society organizations, more than 50 sport fishing tournaments are scheduled in communities ranging from urban centers to remote communities in our state geography. These tournaments favor coexistence and family recreation, in addition to promoting a significant economic benefit due to the demand for goods and services.

Finally, he expressed his confidence that this first annual forum on Sport Fishing will contribute to the identification and design of public policies that affect the strengthening of this sector, while he wished the greatest success in the development of the work. , ensuring that the South Californians who participate in the activity have the support of the State Government through SEPADA and FONMAR

Commander Juan Carbajal, from the Heroic Cabo San Lucas Fire Department, spoke during an interview for Los Cabos a la Carta and Cabovisión News about the first sport fishing tournament to be held to benefit the Cabo San Lucas community.

The “1st Bulnes Tournament” arose from the interest of Clicerio Mercado, official organizer of sport fishing tournaments: “a proposal comes from him to have a fishing tournament for the benefit of firefighters, a fishing committee for the tournament was formed and The first approach was the name of the tournament… we remember the name of Don Luis Bulnes who was president of the Cabo San Lucas fire department and in honor of all the work he did as well as a defender of sport fishing we proposed that he be called Luis Bulnes” mentioned Juan Carbajal explaining that the tournament bears this name in honor of the Bulnes family that has always supported the Cabo San Lucas Fire Department.

Registration for the tournament will take place this April 15 at the Cabo San Lucas Marina, so far there are 7 registered teams waiting for at least 50 boats competing for the largest catch of horse mackerel and sierra.

The starting shot will be on April 16 at 7 in the morning with a scale closing at 5 in the afternoon.

Given the recent demonstrations by providers of nautical tourist services due to the new bracelet that tourists who visit the tourist destination of Los Cabos and wish to carry out some activity must use, which has a cost of three dollars or 53 pesos and has been a measure imposed by CONAMP, Jacqueline Liceaga, a provider of this type of service in the Cabo San Lucas Marina, stated in an interview for Los Cabos a la Carta and Cabovisión Noticias that she has proposed to unify with the authorities the improvement and attention of tourists, taking care protected natural areas but in a fair and economically viable way so that the tourist does not make the destination more expensive.

"It is collection upon collection, of rights and taxes that is made to the tourist," said Jacqueline Liceaga, explaining that the proceeds would be destined for the federation, for which she suggested making work tables between the same providers and authorities of the three orders of government so that the money collected is applied to conservation measures: "they are not issues for not paying for it but last week there were very shocking operations, it was very difficult to stop boats with tourists on board, that gives a very bad image, the tourist feels insecure … we are preparing a document requesting these work groups so that our points and our requests are objective so that we can all organize ourselves correctly because we have obligations but we also have rights,” he said.

This bracelet is purchased by tourists online to be able to make their journey starting from the Marina, however, Jacqueline Liceaga commented that operations have been applied where groups of tourists have been returned for not having the bracelet to acquire one, in addition, making the price more destination applying tax on tax to visitors will affect the destination, therefore, the suggestion is to create a trust to manage the resources that come from these services.

As part of the strategies to increase connectivity in Baja California Sur and thereby increase the attraction of tourists to South Californian destinations, the State Government, through the Ministry of Tourism and Economy (SETUE), reported on the new flight that will connect San José del Cabo with Cancún, Quintana Roo, with a stopover in Toluca, which begins operations on May 18, with a daily frequency.

Finally, the Secretary of Tourism in the state, Maribel Collins, underlined the hard work that SETUE, in coordination with the Tourism Promotion Trusts, has been carrying out to strengthen commercial ties and create new synergies, as well as to develop our strategies to promote destinations. southern californians.