Donald A. Thomson, A Remembrance
By: Chris InAlbon and Christine Flanagan Donald A. Thomson, 90, passed away on May 20, 2022 his family by his side at his home in Tucson, Arizona. His research produced important contributions to knowledge about the Gulf of California, its ecosystems, and especially its ichthyofauna....
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A Little History and Challenges of Shark Fishing on the Mexican Pacific Coast
By: Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Principal Researcher, Department of Biological Oceanography, CICESE. Since the mid-1970s, Mexico has been a world leading shark catcher. But the history of this cartilaginous fish fishery begins almost 90 years before that date, when the first shark fins were exported to China...
We live on a planet that is warming
By: Dra. Nélida Barajas Acosta, CEDO Intercultural Executive Director Puerto Peñasco woke up to rains and strong winds, and hurricane Nora is not even here yet. This is in addition to the monsoon season that brought the rain from the Gulf of California to the...
Peggy J. Turk Boyer Collection
By: CEDO Intercultural. The "Peggy J. Turk Boyer Collection" is a recognition of the research and work carried out by the founder of the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans who, in collaboration with researchers, naturalists, scientists, and academics, contributed information for...
Consumption as a Tool for Sustainability
By: Nélida Barajas Acosta, Executive Director, CEDO Intercultural Hem Nalini Morzaria-Luna, Associate Researcher, CEDO Intercultural Sarah Mesnick, NOAA Researcher Miguel Ángel Cisneros Mata, INAPESCA Researcher. The northern Gulf of California, recognized for its biological and cultural diversity, was declared a World Heritage Site[1]. Petroglyphs from...
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Meet the giants of the Sea of Cortez: Whale watching in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
By: M.B. Angeles Sánchez Cruz, Conservation, Biodiversity and Citizen Science Manager M.S Paloma A. Valdivia Jiménez, Education, Communications and Outreach Manager CEDO Intercultural. The winter season has arrived and with it come the species that migrate to warmer places. Among these, whales are undoubtedly one...
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