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[*] posted on 2-6-2007 at 06:09 PM
caballito de mar


or Hippocampus ingens or "Seahorse" to the layman. I've heard these cute little guys were in trouble of depletion in many places for years. Then recently I heard they were making a comeback. I have never seen them in Baja while diving Sea of Cortes, save one time, I think near Guaymas so many years ago.

Is there a good spot in Baja in which a skindiver could see them up close and personal?

I have always been fascinated by them, they act so unfishlike.:lol:
Does/has anyone had a personal experience in Baja?

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[*] posted on 2-6-2007 at 08:02 PM


Fish stocks are cyclical.
Remember when the sardine fishery was wiped out by commercial fisherman?
Not So.
After reviewing ocean floor core samples it was determined that their presence was purely cyclical.




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[*] posted on 2-6-2007 at 09:04 PM


In August in Bahia de Los Angeles, we anchored the panga up in front of Diaz's. We were hanging out in the water, on the side of the boat in the shade offered by the bimini top when a small Sea Horse swam right past us. They are my favorite as well.



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[*] posted on 2-7-2007 at 02:41 PM


A cursory review on the internet reveals that seahorses have severely declined in population wherever they are usually found. The cause is overfishing and habitat destruction. Seahorses thrive in coral reefs, mangroves, sea grass beds, etc., and of course, we all know that these ecosystems are threatened and polluted and destroyed by development and irresponsible waste disposal of all kinds (more recently, electronic waste). Those in the Philappines and elsewhere who make a living catching them to be sold for medicinal use and for the tourist trinket trade all report that in some areas they are totally gone. So now they make wooden carvings of them to sell instead. Gee - the plastic toilet seat with the sea horses embedded in them may be a thing of the past. So sad.
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