Loreto Fishing, Skipjack Tuna

Skipjack Tuna: It is a streamlined, fast-swimming pelagic fish, common in tropical waters throughout the world, where it inhabits surface waters in large shoals (up to 50,000 fish), feeding on fish, crustaceans,and mollusks,It is an important prey species for large pelagic fishes and sharks. Skipjack tuna IGFA current record is 45lbs caught in Mexico in 1996

Loreto fishingLoreto Fishing, Red Snapper

Red snapper: will eat almost anything, but prefer small fish and crustaceans,They can be caught on live bait as well as cut bait, and will also take artificial lures, but with less vigor. They are commonly caught up to 10lbs. and 20inches in length, however there have been fish taken over 40lbs. A red snapper attains sexual maturity at age 2–5 and an adult snapper can live for more than 50 years. The vibrant red color of these fish comes from high levels of carotenoid pigments, largely astaxanthin, coming from shrimp in their natural diet. The current Red Snapper IGFA record is 50lbs caught in Mexico in 1996

Loreto Fishing, Gulf Grouper

GULF GROUPER: When adults these grouper are usually solid brown with a lighter tan belly. They can exceed six-feet and 200 pounds. They were very common in the upper and mid Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) but are becoming more scarce. Like most large grouper, they are especially vulnerable to spearfishing due to their curiosity. Bayas prefer rugged underwater topography with caves where they will set up a territorial habitat from which to ambush prey. At times, these grouper will hunt cooperatively and have been seen balling up schools of yellowtail on the surface at Isla Carmen, Loreto, while taking turns feeding. As with most grouper, juveniles may be found in shallow water but will migrate to deeper water when adults. Although most gulf grouper reside in the Sea of Cortez the current IGFA world record came from the Uncle Sam Bank on the Pacific side and weighed 100 pounds 14 ounces.

Loreto, Future of Eco tourism

LORETO, BCS -the main tourist activity in the municipality of Loreto, is the sport fishing, but today begins a display in a new direction with the adventure tourism, cultural and rural.

The municipality of Loreto has outdoor spaces that allow the practice of  mountain biking, walks, hikes,Cave paintings, among many other activities, which are the parent of this type of tourism attraction.

It is worth mentioning that this segment of the tourism goes hand in hand with all programs of protection, preservation and conservation of our natural environment, so it is of vital importance to be able to consolidate these activities in Loreto.

Today many young people mainly that are already within tourist services have begun to train to provide care for clients in this type of tourism.

Mainly all those persons participating as guides of tourism,  essential to prepare to deliver better care to visitors.

ecological, adventure, culture, tourism among other segments of this industry, come to be the main activities in the future of Loreto.

Loreto hotel companies make payment of bonuses to staff

LORETO, BCS- Hotel Loreto companies are fulfilling the payment of bonuses to nearly  700 employees working in this important sector of the local economy,  the President of the Loreto Hotel Association , Mario Cortés.

Indicated by law, hotels must recognize and reward the effort carried out by workers of year-round employment.

Leader of the workers revolutionary Confederation and peasant (CROC), Guadalupe Alvarez, noted that Loreto Hotels has until December 20, 2010 for the payment of bonuses and other benefits.

Indicated that this trade union group has integrated nearly 300 employees, that are mainly working in hotels and restaurants in Loreto.

Loreto,: Cruise ship Crystal Symphony

LORETO, BCS- next Friday arriving at the port of Loreto, Cruise Ship CRYSTAL SYMPHONY, the town of Loreto is preparing the reception and attention to it.

In this way unveiled it APIBCS representative in the locality Julius Caesar Magdaleno Guzmán, highlighting will be local and port authorities who will be attending the Protocol Act developed on the premise of this vessel.

Response that have been delivering all those involved in tourist cruises, care has been the fundamental basis for today, Loreto is located on top of acceptance by the visitors.

Such measurement on the degree of acceptance of different destinations is monitored from shipping companies, who they give small clients questionnaires on the visited sites.

And thanks to the efforts of all Loreto it is ranked as one of the top destanations by passengers

Loreto, Good results in the birth of baby sea turtles

LORETO, BCS-the results coming in for the birth of sea turtles  this year are very good, said the director of the Loreto Bay National Marine Park, Eberhard Mariano Meléndez

Who added that so far the nests of baby turtles, has exceeded 95% productivity, which is very encouraging.

many nests were lost by the action of man, through theft thereof or damage to the beaches caused by vehicles.

Fortunately today every day more people are joining this effort in the care and protection of sea turtles in the municipality of Loreto nests.

Resulting every year we see are more turtles returning to our beaches to deposit their eggs and at the same time the number is greater of turtles in each nest.

What clearly reveals that in general the recovery of our environment and natural resources for the benefit of all the inhabitants of this region can be achieved with the joint efforts of authorities and community.