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Please help us make a difference at Socorro Island and stop illegal fishing.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2013-09-26
  • No Comments on Please help us make a difference at Socorro Island and stop illegal fishing.
By Nautilus Staff on September 26th, 2013 in Archive

Este sábado 7 de septiembre la petición sobrepasó las 2,000 firmas. ¡ Solamente durante el viernes, más de 200 de ustedes la firmaron ! Es por esto que se esperará algunos días más para entregarla impresa con todas las firmas y comentarios. / Last Saturday September the 7th the petition surpassed 2,000 signatures. Only during Friday […]

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  • Tags Archipelago Revillagigedo, Biosphere Reserve, illegal fishing, Navy Base, petition

Watchout if you were one of the sport fishing guys taking fish illegally inside the biosphere reserve at Socorro on the vessel "Pancho" registered in Manhattan Beach, California.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2013-02-18
  • No Comments on Watchout if you were one of the sport fishing guys taking fish illegally inside the biosphere reserve at Socorro on the vessel "Pancho" registered in Manhattan Beach, California.
By Nautilus Staff on February 18th, 2013 in Archive

We are steaming north towards Cabo San Lucas and my mind is still unbelieving at what we have seen this trip. It has been like pitching a no-hitter or as close as you can get with Mother Nature. For three days at Roca Partida we were entertained and enthralled by a mom and her calf(humpback […]

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  • Tags illegal fishing, socorro island

The Washington Post – Indonesia struggles to combat shark poaching in protected areas. Baja California, Mexico, 2012.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2012-05-08
  • No Comments on The Washington Post – Indonesia struggles to combat shark poaching in protected areas. Baja California, Mexico, 2012.
By Nautilus Staff on May 8th, 2012 in Archive

Indonesia struggles to combat shark poaching in protected areas By Juliet Eilperin, Monday, May 7, 9:50 AM Local and regional authorities in Indonesia caught 33 poachers last week who had taken sharks, manta rays and sea cucumbers from a marine protected area that scientists have identified as one of the sea’s most important sites. But after confiscating their illegal catch and […]

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  • Tags cabo pearce, dive, illegal fishing, mexico, Nautilus Explorer, scuba, sharks, the washington post

Imagine being on watch, having a target appear on radar seemingly out of nowhere and then start to close at a very fast rate of speed. Socorro, Mexico. March 13th 2012.

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2012-03-30
  • No Comments on Imagine being on watch, having a target appear on radar seemingly out of nowhere and then start to close at a very fast rate of speed. Socorro, Mexico. March 13th 2012.
By Nautilus Staff on March 30th, 2012 in Archive

March 12-13 As the Captain of the Nautilus Explorer it is common that we make many night passages from one island to the next, so that we may arrive in the early morning light, for a full day of diving at a new and exciting location. This particular story occured during our transit from Isla […]

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  • Tags illegal fishing, liveaboard, mexico, navy

Giant Mantas Starring in Ashes and Snow

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive
  • Post date 2008-03-05
By Nautilus Staff on March 5th, 2008 in Archive

Our first priority was to remove the fishing net that was caught on the Boiler and had been found on our last trip. The crew of the Solmar V had done a good job of removing a large part of the net which made our job a lot easier. As we were finishing up a pod of dolphin and two mantas showed up. We like to think that they were thanking us for our work. The first day of the photo shoot was auspicious. Two giant mantas chose to interact with us, one kept coming back to the camera and the divers, turning and swimming loops around us as the film team and freedivers got used to the conditions and the interaction.

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  • Tags ashes and snow, dolphins, film crew, fishing net, freedivers, freediving, giant manta rays, Giant Mantas, illegal fishing, manta rays, Mantas, San Benedicto, The Boiler

Medical Evacuation with Great Thanks to the Mexican Navy

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
  • Post date 2007-12-29
By Nautilus Staff on December 29th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

On a different note, our great thanks to the Mexican Navy for their help today. One of our guests started feeling ill last night and was diagnosed this morning with acute pancreatitis – which is extremely serious and potentially life threatening. A number of evacuation options were considered including a chopper medivac flight right to the boat, which is possible because the Nautilus Explorer has a rated helicopter deck. No options are easy or simple on a small ship anchored in the lee of a volcano, 250 miles out into the open Pacific ocean.

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  • Tags el canyon, Giant Mantas, illegal fishing, leather sea bass, lumpy, Mantas, medical emergency, medivac, Mexican Navy, Nautilus Explorer, navy, San Benedicto

Shark Fin Soup??

  • Post author By Nautilus Staff
  • Categories Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro
  • Post date 2007-12-16
By Nautilus Staff on December 16th, 2007 in Archive, Captain Mike, Socorro

Since the discovery of an illegal fishing net draped across a reef at southwest Benedicto wall, there has been some heated and emotional discussions onboard the Nautilus Explorer regarding the abhorrent practice of shark finning, shark fin soup and the whole issue of illegal fishing – especially in a protected biosphere reserve such as Socorro/Revillagigedos. These are huge issues and there are no easy answers.

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  • Tags Biosphere Reserve, el canyon, Giant Mantas, illegal fishing, lobster, Mantas, ocean conservation, San Benedicto, shark fin soup, shark finning, socorro lobster, the aquarium, The Boiler

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