Monthly Archives: May 2013

Conversation with Alan Risenhoover NOAA office of Law Enforcement on Billfish Conservation & Lacey Act

Conversation with Alan Risenhoover NOAA office of Law Enforcement on Billfish Conservation & Lacey Act

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Podcast: Play in new windowOn the 14th of March I interviewed  NOAA Office of Law Enforcement Acting Director Alan Risenhoover who came to the office when the last director Dale Jones was accused of being overly heavy handed when fining Gloucester and other Northeast fishermen far in excess of the national average over the years. While I… Continue Reading

La Manga Community Meets with CEDES

La Manga Community Meets with CEDES

The community of La Manga met with state officials from CEDES today. What was mostly on the minds of residents of this small fishing community, located just 5 miles north of San Carlos, was electricity. So the state is now going to fund a study to see what the real power needs of the community… Continue Reading

Water Meters Stolen

Water Meters Stolen

5 houses, 2 in Sector Creston and 3 in Villas de San Carlos were robbed last night of copper tubing and water meters. The meters are stolen for their metal content since they are made out of bronze and can be sold for scrap metal. With summer on the horizon and many American residents preparing… Continue Reading

New Salsa Bar moving forward at Paradiso

New Salsa Bar moving forward at Paradiso

As we get into the middle of May, and the subsequent heat that accompanies all of that, people are flocking to the beach. Kite boarders are praying for a just a few more days of wind and divers are praying for a few more degrees of increased water temperature and work out at the new… Continue Reading

La Vaquita Marina: Has Time Run Out?

La Vaquita Marina: Has Time Run Out?

    In the coming months you may hear a lot more about the most endangered cetacean on the planet La Vaquita Marina (Phocoena sinus). This smallest of all porpoise is endemic to the upper Gulf of California. Over the last 5 years the Mexican government has spend up words of 20 million dollars to… Continue Reading

Costa del Mar (HOA) Should they have done what they did?

https://s3.amazonaws.com/SanCarlosVid/IMG_0171+upload-desktop.m4vPodcast: Play in new window | Embed Costa del Mar (HOA) Should they have done what they did?     The Guaymas judicial system has a reputation for corruption, it can not be denied. It won’t go away. The reputation is well deserved. What I find refreshing about corruption in Guaymas is that the corrupt… Continue Reading