Tides of Change: The Story of Baja’s Panga Fishermen
This is the story of Baja’s Panga Fishermen and their families who rely on small boats and hand-held nets to catch fish as they struggle to maintain their way of life on the Baja coast.
This is the story of Baja’s Panga Fishermen and their families who rely on small boats and hand-held nets to catch fish as they struggle to maintain their way of life on the Baja coast.
The wind at my camp at Punta Trinidad on the Sea of Cortez finally let up at about 11 PM but then it started again at about three in the morning. I didn’t get...
In some places, jellyfish and bacteria are almost all that remain after all the desirable species have been fished out. Here in the Sea of Cortez, sea turtles used to graze on jellyfish. Sea turtles are easy to catch because they must come to the surface to breathe, and they can be worth hundreds of dollars to a lucky fisherman.
“Ricketts and Steinbeck, where are you? No birds are diving, no fish are jumping. The banquet is over, I fear.
The Sea of Cortez is dying.”
kayaking in Sea of Cortez, 27 days, 340 miles, solo kayaking on the Baja California coast; planning, driving to San Felipe, checking my camping gear