Shooting your own foot! Fishing responsibly and minding life on the sea is one thing, but stupidity mixed with negligence is quite another deal, and the latter is becoming more commonplace. I saw this net killing hundreds of baby roosterfish – a species with very little commercial value, but a huge value for sport fishing! Here they are being caught for basically no purpose other than laziness to retrieve the nets. Yes, I spoke to the owners of the nets, and they were completely indifferent – all these fish will end up rotten on the shore

Leonardo Gonzalez Photography, La Paz, Baja California Sur.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://bajabytes.com/2022/04/26/la-paz-gillnetters-plunder/