Fisheries
The infrastructure for the fishing sector in Mexico
Fishing and aquaculture are of great social and economic importance. In 2014, it was estimated…
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Productivity and recovery of rocky reefs in the Gulf of California
Globally, the deterioration of reefs has been greatly increased by overexploitation of fish stocks (1)….
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Overview of the fishing sector in Mexico: Part II
In each vessel that sails from Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur and 16 other…
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Overview of the fishing sector in Mexico: Part I
All trades carry a story through a worker’s hands. In the same way the hands of a farmer or…
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Bahía Magdalena: habitat diversity sustains fisheries
The lagoon complex Bahia Magdalena-Almejas (BMA) is one of the most biodiverse lagoon ecosystems in…
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Fishing in Bahia Magdalena-Almejas: economic engine for Baja California Sur
The Baja California peninsula produces nearly 50% of the total national fisheries product (1,2). Bahia…
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Supplying the marine food requirements for an increasing human population
The global human population has grown from around 2.5B in 1950, to 7.1B in 2013;…
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How many gulf curvinas have been caught?
Extraction levels in any fishery should never exceed the species’ capacity to recover (never catch…
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Recovering fishery resources in the Gulf of California
Ocean reefs are a source of food and income for many coastal communities that extract…
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Fisheries driving development in Punta Abreojos, Mexico
Punta Abreojos is one of the most important fishing communities in terms of marine resource…
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The lunar cycle and the fisheries of the Upper Gulf of California
In the Upper Gulf of California large tidal fluctuations, as well as migration and spawning…
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Kilos and Pesos. Interactions between fisheries catch and market value.
The fishing industry provides food both for human or animal consumption. It also provides livelihood…
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Mapping sound production by Gulf Corvina at a spawning aggregation site
During the months of March through June, over a million Gulf Corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus) migrate…
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Spatial Distribution of Potential Fishing Effort in the Gulf of California, Mexico
The Gulf of California is well known for being one of the world’s top marine…
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Mexico’s national fishery statistics
Conclusions In 1995 the Mexican Secretariat of Fisheries published the National Fisheries Inventory for the…
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Spatial structure of commercial marine fisheries in NW Mexico
Marine fisheries in NW Mexico are currently managed as a single group. Our 2011 analysis…
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Who’s eating who?
The characteristics of an ecosystem are often best understood by the feeding relationships of the…
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