Hello! And welcome to the first blog post for the Community-Based Conservation class in the Gulf of California. In the next few weeks we will be blogging about all of our experiences, interactions and adventuresContinue reading
“As we were heading back to Isla San Jose we ran into a spectacular sight. We saw thousands of dolphins chasing and forcing sardines Sardinox sagax up to the surface of the sea, and then eatingContinue reading
It’s been a few days since I’ve been back in North Carolina, and the memories from Mexico are still as vivid as the scenes themselves. Naturally, my memory cannot capture every single little detailContinue reading
Before starting, I must say that since I began to be interested on indigenous languages and groups of Mexico, the Comcaac people (or Seri) have been particularly fascinating to me. And after a long road, lastContinue reading
Few places in the world have the magnificence and diversity found in the Gulf of California. Since we started our trip to the peninsula, nature has not stopped surprising us. Our first part of theContinue reading
Here in Kino Bay, in addition to traditional gillnets and handlines, many fishermen are dive fishermen. Popular species targeted by dive fishermen include: lobster, octopus, some reef fish, and penshells (somewhat similar to scallops). For these fishermen,Continue reading
Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve spent the last year and a half participating in the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. My primary case has been assisting with the representation of the KarenContinue reading
Life in a tiny island Imagine living in a island the size of a few acres, with no fresh water and far away from any city or town. Sounds hard, but that’s how the CuevasContinue reading
On the first day of the trip we set off on a northward course from La Paz into the Sea of Cortez on a sturdy 45ft long motorboat. Over the span of five days weContinue reading
The hype for this field course and all the diverse marine life that we would see while in Mexico was by no means incorrect. The first official day of the course when we traveled byContinue reading
