We found an article in the website bajabigfish.com where a report is made on the tuna seiner from Ensenada María Rosana for illegal fishing activities inside the Bay of Loreto National Marine Park early June, graphic evidence show the above mentioned boat inside the 9 miles according with the report.
The Maria Rosana, a 61 foot tuna seiner built for Pacific waters and based out of Ensenada, Baja California (about 100 miles South of San Diego) was seen netting a reported 2-3 miles of the northern coast of Isla Coronado.
Isla Coronado is one of the five islands composing the Bay of Loreto National Marine Park. The islands of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) are a UNESCO World Heritage Alliance designated natural site. Ironically a World Heritage Alliance meeting was held in Loreto the previous day, then this! I was considering participating until I realized the hypocracy of it all.
This particular boat was reported to me personally via cell phone at 11:15 a.m. after several minutes of distress calls to the Marine Park on channel 16 that received no response. To make a long story short, the Marine Park responded with their one boat the Danzante at 12:52 p.m. By the time they got to the Maria Rosana she was well outside of the restricted zone.
Even more ironic was the fact that this seiner was working so closely to the shoreline of Isla Coronado and surrounding shorelines when this boat’s log book stated that they were never nearer than nine miles of the any shoreline or the park boundry. Our photographs show otherwise.
WARNING! The images you are about to see below are extremely outrageous, caution is recommended prior to viewing.
These images and others like them will help our case against this boat and hopefully will serve as a warning to others that Loretanos won’t stand for it anymore. But we need YOUR help!
