Bodies of water can bounce back pretty fast if they're given the opportunity. SeaWatch, another national organization committed to the preservation of the Sea of Cortez, reports that, over the past decade, the populations of 17 major fish species have fallen 60 percent to 90 percent. Fish such as grouper, cabrilla, snapper, roosterfish, yellowtail tuna, amberjack and manta are already commercially extinct. For every pound of shrimp caught in the Sea of Cortez, nearly 10 pounds of other marine life dies, one of the highest ratios in the world, according to a 1994 United Nations scientific report. Mexican shark fins are an Asian delicacy.
Most people are cognizant of it and do a good job at being aware.
But that didn't happen overnight. A lot of effort had to go into that. The first step is to make people aware of what the issues are. Rubio discovered the fish taco as an SDSU student on spring break in San Felipe. It's turned into a wonderful business for my family.