Six months after a leading U.S. environmental organization criticized Mexico’s government-owned seafood marketing company for promoting destructive fishing in the Gulf of California, the firm has agreed with the green group to collaborate on species protection in the 700-mile-long water body. The accord, reached in a mid-June meeting at San Diego’s Museum of Natural History, involves not only the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Mexico’s state-owned Ocean Garden Products, but also representatives of large- and small-scale gulf fishing interests. The parties planned to gather late this month in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico to draft a memorandum of understanding. “We don’t know if it’s going to work or not because it’s too early to tell, but it was the first... [Log in to read more]
