| Can Technology and Tourism Sustain Sea Turtles? Andrew C. Revkin - The New York Times | |
| go to original May 8, 2013 |
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¡Viva la Tortuga! Meshing Conservation and Culture in Magdalena Bay (PaceUniversityMCVA)
Sea turtles have roamed the oceans for close to 200 million years, surviving assaults that doomed the dinosaurs. Around the world different species now face threats ranging from coastal building to poaching and drowning in fish nets.
The latest hot spot for turtle trouble is Magdalena Bay, an 870-square-mile haven for whales, dolphins, sea birds and five species of sea turtles tucked along the Pacific coast of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula north of the tourist hub of Cabo San Lucas. Forces large and small are converging on small-scale fishing operations in the bay, towns like Puerto Adolfo López Mateos, and nearby ocean waters, with the goal of cutting turtle deaths while sustaining incomes.
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