Bordered by the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Sinaloa, the Gulf of California or Sea of Cortez, with its more than 900 islands, islets and promontories, has the largest fishing production in the country.

The richness of its marine life is extraordinary. It houses between 700 and 900 species of fish; In addition, a third of the planet's marine mammals live in its waters, such as blue whale, gray, humpback whale, orcas, dolphins, sea lions and elephant seals among many other specimens.

Unfortunately, in the last 30 years its deterioration is notable due to overfishing as well as a certain degree of contamination due to the growth of urban coastal areas and the proliferation of tourist real estate developments with little or no environmental sustainability.

Other factors are climate change and the decrease in their populations in number and sizes of various specimens.

Carlos Sánchez, Marine Biologist: "...we are beginning to see this size reduction mainly, those large fish are beginning to be absent and have smaller sizes..."

Only in Baja California Sur, from 2018 to 2020, there was a 35% decrease in its fishing production, which is why it seeks to migrate to aquaculture.

1. Afredo Bermúdez, Director of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Agricultural Development of BCS: "...commercial fishing is already at its limit, there are no more possibilities to grant more commercial permits and that is why our interest in our public policy is precisely to migrate to the aquaculture because all species are already at their peak….”

Another factor of overexploitation is -mainly- illegal fishing for which there are no precise data. Despite the fact that in Baja California Sur inspection and surveillance have increased, it is not enough due to the extension of its more than 2,200 kilometers of coastline.

Martín Inzunza, Director of FONMAR (Trust for the Protection of the Sea): "... this year we increased the budget to almost 22 million pesos and to date we have carried out 683 surveillance tours by land and 571 tours by sea, we have raised 58 minutes together with Conapesca, and we retained an amount of 117 thousand 141 kg of marine product that was obtained without the proper permits…”

However, this is not the case in the rest of the National Marine Parks of the Gulf of California.

Carlos A. Sánchez, Marine Biologist: “…most of the parks in the Gulf of California, Baja California Sur, Loreto, here in La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, many of the parks that exist in Mexico, marine, 1% are the non-fishing area…at least you have to have at least 30% of a no-fishing area…”

Mike McGettigan, Marine Conservationist: (translation) “the place that has been doing very well is Cabo Pulmo….. When it became a National Park in 1995, they protected it from the beginning, so there is no fishing; It is the only park that has recovered in 27 years…”

An example of overexploitation are the so-called scale fish traps that remain on the seabed permanently preying on reef fish without any control and supervision since 2014. It is estimated that there are currently more than 1,800. Most without permits.

Carlos A. Sánchez, Marine Biologist: "...the trap like this in terms of fishing management should be eliminated as part of the fishing activity, as well as the net at the time, the confinement net and all that that took everything..."

Ramiro Arcos, Mtro in Sciences: "...by 2018 there were about 1,300 traps working, at least it is known that they were working with these permits, when in 2014 there were only 130 traps or there was permission for 50 traps..."

Both authorities, researchers and academics, as well as non-governmental organizations, agree to reduce fishing efforts and increase inspection and surveillance to prevent predation by fleets and poachers and recover their populations of marine fauna.

The economic gain generated by tourism from September 2021 to August 2022, at a cost plus of 24 billion pesos, which represents an increase of 44% compared to the previous period, for Baja California Sur, the transformation continues.

The foregoing, due to management actions in new national and international air routes; tout d'abord, you will start the operations on the route from Madrid, in Spain, to San José del Cabo, or represent the vision of the group of principal tourist marches of the world; In the municipality of Loreto, I launched operations of a new flight with the route from San Francisco to Loreto, with Alaska Airlines.

The promotion of the attractive scenarios and aquatic results of the south of California can be translated by a significant economic derme for spending on lodging, food and the embarrassment of tourist services.

Loreto et Todos Santos as Pueblos Mágicos, tourist destinations in the select group of 132 with this denomination, thereby accessing a special promotion that distinguished them and contributes to their national and international projection, which highlights Baja California Sur as a destination touristic important.

This November 15, the VIP Summit 2022 was inaugurated with great changes that demonstrate the adaptation to a new environment.

This edition has included in the program: one day of virtual meetings for business partners who cannot attend in person, an open virtual tradeshow for Travel Agents, two days of face-to-face meetings between business partners and destination partners, and events networking.

Without a doubt, this event promises great events for its guests who will attend in person and virtually a great demonstration of the industry with new innovations in business meetings.

On the night of this Saturday, November 12, the Closing Ceremony of the eleventh edition of the Los Cabos International Film Festival was held, where, on this occasion, it was the turn of the Mexican actor Tenoch Huerta to receive the Sin Fronteras Award for his tireless fight in favor of the inclusion, diversity and visibility of Latin American talent in the world film industry.

Tenoch was received on stage by the Mexican actor and his great friend Alfonso Dosal, who not only praised his artistic work, but also thanked him for his important work in giving voice to a vital inclusion discourse for our country and the whole world.

The actor also recognized the work of the Los Cabos International Film Festival and that of its directors Maru Garzón and Alejandra Paulín for opening these inclusive spaces, and recalled how his friend Alfonso Dosal saw him fall and rise on more than one occasion, also being the first to understand their fight and join it.

A constant fight to eradicate racism, classism and patriarchy from his movement, Poder Prieto, ensuring that the first step is to recognize that there has always been "a monster under the bed that we were afraid to see, but that it is necessary to remove it the light to expose it and eradicate it from our possibilities”.

Today, says Tenoch Huerta, we have already woken up to realize that these are wrong narratives and we must hope that tomorrow "millions of girls, boys and girls, look in the mirror and realize that there was never anything wrong with their lives." faces, nor on their skins.

“It is time to forgive ourselves and reflect. To start pointing out the monster, dismantle it and start to change, so that the privilege of a few is the right of all, because in this racist, classist and sexist society, we all perpetuate and receive violence regardless of the place of privilege where each one is found," said Huerta.

Emotional words that provoked a standing ovation with which the attendees said goodbye to Tenoch Huerta.