Whale dies on Macapule Island; blame sardinero boat

Guasave.- The leader of the Federation of Cooperatives of El Cerro Cabezón said that fishermen witnessed that a sardinero boat caused the death of a sperm whale last Saturday on the coasts of the municipality, since it was trapped in a very tall chinchorro that they use and ended up drowning. The body of the mammal was found stranded on the beach of Macapule Island, in front of Las Glorias, and Civil Protection personnel came yesterday to corroborate the information. DESCUIDO Jorge Luis Romo Romo revealed that these boats carry a monitoring system where you can see the species that are on the bottom of the sea, but they destroy everything they find and the whale was also affected. He said that the people on the boats justify themselves by saying that it is accidental fishing, but this one was not, because they could realize that the animal was there.” It is illogical that this has happened, because they can see if it is sardine or with its monitoring,” he urged. He pointed out that it is a situation that has been occurring year after year, since it has been denouncing the type of fishing that deep-sea boats are doing. He clarified that boats tend to take all kinds of species, and it is known that in these times, all over the shore, sardines and whales walk.” Antier passed videos the same fishermen, where the boat was catching and caught a whale, and it ended up drowned, because they could no longer get it out of the chinchorro, that is why yesterday dawned dead on the shore of the beach, “he said.
He indicated that boats tend to work on the pure shore because it is the buffer zone for fish.
He commented that they are usually boats that vienne from Guaymas, Yavaros and Baja California Sur.He said that they have in their possession a video that they sent him where they have detected boats fishing whales within 100 nautical miles, being that in international waters they are 200 miles. He revealed that the vessels that have been detected fishing whales, are Chinese and are doing so within the limits of international territory.” There is no surveillance, being that we are being monitored for any fault,” said Romo Romo.ATENCION The director of Civil Protection commented that the mammal is about eight meters long, which has been dead for about four days, because it is already beginning to decompose. Hildefonso Castro Castro commented that he contacted the head of Profepa and will visit the area where the animal is located, along with Ciidir personnel to perform the autopsy and find out if it died naturally or by any blow. Read more: Guasave shops at risk of closure due to low salesExpressed that he believes it is possible not to be the same animal of the videos that are circulating in networks, since this one has been dead for four to five days and presents decomposition. He assured that Profepa and Semarnat will be the ones who will take care of everything. VIDEO. Policewoman Sacrifices herself to Save Child from Being Run Over in Maryland

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