Fishing Beach Walk

In order to get a bettter idea of what the small scale fishing is like in Kino, we took a walk along the beach in Kino Viejo where the fishing boats come in. We stopped by several boats to see what they caught: (sting ray)
( trigger fish and blue swimming crab)
After looking at some boats we went up to one of the permissionarios. A permissionario is a middeman between the fishermen and the buyer. Permissionarios need permits for the boats that they cover( 80 pesos ?) and they have to pay an exploitation fee ( 64 pesos). I found that the permit system was very confusing due to the fact that not all of the permits need to renewed every year. I did not understand whether the permissionario had to pay permit on each boat or whether it was species specific.

Some of the prices that I accumulated are :
(10 peso = 1 US dollar)
Sierra Mackerel- 8 pesos/kilo
Squid - 2-3 pesos/kilo
Manta Ray - 10 pesos/kilo

I also found the different sizes of the nets interesting ( mesh size)
8 inch- flounder
6 inch- crab
2 inch- sierra mackerel
7 inch - skates/rays/sharks

At the end of this visit I understood the basics of how the fishermen are all under one of the permissionarios which there are 8 of in Kino. There are around 100 pangas and 300-400 fishermen in Kino. I was somewhat confused on the details of the permit system. It was hard to get an idea if this system is really working for the fishermen or not or whether they liked it more than the cooperative system.