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(l) shrimper in the Sea of
Cortez off Topolobampo; (r) PROFEPA inspector checking the turtle excluder
device installation.
(l) getting ready to
re-board La Marina (Mexican Navy) patrol vessel; (r) inspecting vessels dockside at Topolobampo.
(l) Damien (CONAPESCA)
signifies breakthrough at the Mexico City airport ticket counter, after trying
to work out the SNAFU at 10 other counters; (r) the coolest dog.
(l) the inspection team
moves along the dock at Alvarado; (r) these fishermen caught these catfish in
about 30 seconds using shrimp heads - an amazing sight!
(l) several large trawlers
rusting dockside; (r) scrapping a trawler.
(l)
sunken trawler at dockside; (r) sunken ferry.
(l) Hector (PROFEPA) lets
us know its time for a drink; (r) Dennis (NMFS) and Clay (DOS) enjoy lunch.
Views of the zocalo (plaza)
in Vera Cruz.
(l)
one of the many roving mariachi bands at dinner; (r) music in all forms echoes throughout Vera Cruz.
(l) view of the zocalo from
my hotel room; (r) former lighthouse and current La Marina office building.
(l) builder's plaque from the freighter Hidalgo,
sunk 1912; (r) statue dedicated to the buzos (divers) who worked on the
Vera Cruz port.