The situation is terrible ..
Unfortunately the only sharks protected in Mexican waters are:
Whales, Tigers, Giant Mantas, Great Whites , and some species of mobulas.
This means that they should not be targeted.
By catch or accidental fishing of these species is not illegal within certain limits. This is also true in the US (maybe not everywhere).
I have been working with conservation in the Revillagigedos and Guadalupe island, it is a totally different story but at least there we are fighting illegal fishing.
Now, shark meat is served all over North America and in Mexico, the second largest fishery in some areas by tons is Cazon (a generic word for many species and sizes of sharks).
Two things to do here,
1) Work actively on protecting the Bull shark and in my case also all or at least some of the Hammer species, none of them are protected, and they are migratory of course .
2) Avoid shark meat in your diet and do not eat ceviche of unknown origin (most of them are shark or ray at least on the Pacific coast). Most important is to educate folks around you to do the same !!!
I will post the Green Peace Mexico link in the following email for species that should not be consumed in Mexico.
