A Mexican drift-net fisherman is line-fishing for corvino fish (croaker) from a panga fishing boat, whilst they wait for their drift-net to drift. Corvino is the staple food of the fishermen in San Felipe. Though pangas themselves are small fishing boats, their sheer number poses a great threat to the marine environment at the northern end of the Gulf of California, including the critically endangered vaquita dolphin. There are 220 bottom-trawling panga’s using drift-nets operating from the small town of San Felipe alone.
The Greenpeace vessel 'MY Esperanza' is currently in Mexico to highlight the threats to the 'world's aquarium' from over-fishing, destructive tourism development, pollution and marine habitat loss.