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Punta Allen, Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Terrence was from Montreal, now living with his wife in Mexico. Besides guiding tours into Sian Ka'an, he leads fishing trips. He was very enthusiastic about the environment, his message to everyone being to live in harmony alongside nature. Snakes, scorpions ... all these creatures have as much right to be here as we do. Very credible ... until he went and stepped on a poor little spider who hadn't done anything except crawl out of his rucksack ...
This is an old bridge found in the Sian Ka'an Bioshpere reserve in Tulum, Yucatan Pennisula.
The Sian Ka’an Biosphere Reserve was established on the 20th of January 1986 by presidential decree (under President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado) and became part of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) program that same year. In 1987 the reserve was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. As part of the MAB program, Sian Ka’an faces the greatest challenge of conservation: to find a way to integrate human activities without compromising other forms of life contained within its boundaries.
Sian Ka’an is approximately 1.3 million acres in size and spans 120 kilometers from north to south (comprising almost one third of the Caribbean coast of Mexico). In 1994 an area of over 200,000 acres to the south of the Reserve was named a Protected area of Flora and Fauna of Uaymil, increasing the continuous area of protected land.
The reserve contains three large core zones where human activity is limited by permission to scientific research. These areas, known as the Zonas Nucleares of Muyil, Cayo Culebras, and Uaymil, cover a total area of almost 700,000 acres. Low-impact human activities and sustainable development occur in the area of the reserve known as the buffer zone. The human population is estimated at 2,000 inhabitants, the majority of which are located in the coastal regions, especially in the fishing villages of Punta Allen and Punta Herrero. Approximately one percent of the land within the reserve is privately owned.
There are five entrances to the reserve, located at Pulticub, Santa Teresa, Chump�n, Chunyaxch� and Chac Mool. Guards employed by the governmental SEMARNAP organization are stationed at every entrance to enforce the Reserve regulations.
"Sian Ka’an" is translated from Mayan as "where the sky is born" or "gift from the sky". The reserve is thought to have been inhabited in the pre-Classic and Classic periods as part of the chieftanships of Cohuah and Uaymil. There are twenty-three known archeological sites inside the reserve. Discoveries of human remains, ceramic pieces, and other artifacts have been dated up to 2,300 years old. The northernmost section of Sian Ka’an contains what is thought to be an ancient trade route through lagoons and mangrove channels between the cities of Tulum and Muyil. Parts of what is now the Reserve were once areas of chicle production and trade through the middle of the twentieth century, and the fishing industry is still one of the most important economic activities of the Reserve’s population. Common species include spiny lobster (Palinurus espinosa) tarpon, grouper, permit, nurse shark, hammerhead, black tipped shark, and snapper. Tourism is a another source of income for fishermen in Sian Ka’an, hired to run boat trips to see the reefs and lagoon systems. Approximately 36,000 tourists entered the reserve in the year 2000, and those numbers are expected to increase significantly for the year 2001. There is a charge of $ 4 USD as a fee entrance to the Reserve per person per day.
Description courtesy of www.cesiak.org/aboutsiankaan.htm
Photographer: Ben Ronco
Punta Allen, Sian Kaʼan Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Going down to Punta Allen, through the Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve.
Likely a Tropical Kingbird due to relatively large, heavy bill, but at no time did it vocalize.
La Pescadora, Punta Allen, Quintana Roo, Mexico
2022, Punta Allen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico.
Lucia Briseño Rojas, a local fisherwoman, throws a line while fishing on a dock in Punta Allen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico. Locals rely on fishing and banned seasons to allow lobster to reproduce and equilibrate the ecosystem. From March to June, fishers focus on home duties or the tourism industry - mainly on the aquatic tours for the sighting of the flora and fauna in the Sian Ka'an biosphere.
Learn more about the SSF Guidelines: www.fao.org/voluntary-guidelines-small-scale-fisheries/en/
© FAO/Luis Antonio Rojas
[ENG] Punta Allen, Mexico, is one of the best destinations for permit in the world. Pesca Maya and Palometa Club are some specialized fishing lodges ideal for “addicted to permit.”
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[ESP] Punta Allen, en Méjico, es uno de los mejores destinos de palometa en el mundo. The Palometa Club o Pesca Maya son algunos de los lodges especializados en su pesca y por los que pasan muchos “adictos al permit”.
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2022, Punta Allen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico.
Lucia Briseño Rojas, a local fisherwoman, throws a line while fishing on a dock in Punta Allen, Quintana Roo State, Mexico. Locals rely on fishing and banned seasons to allow lobster to reproduce and equilibrate the ecosystem. From March to June, fishers focus on home duties or the tourism industry - mainly on the aquatic tours for the sighting of the flora and fauna in the Sian Ka'an biosphere.
Learn more about the SSF Guidelines: www.fao.org/voluntary-guidelines-small-scale-fisheries/en/
© FAO/Luis Antonio Rojas
[ENG] Punta Allen, Mexico, is one of the best destinations for permit in the world. Pesca Maya and Palometa Club are some specialized fishing lodges ideal for “addicted to permit.”
Flymage: Free online fly fishing and photography magazine
[ESP] Punta Allen, en Méjico, es uno de los mejores destinos de palometa en el mundo. The Palometa Club o Pesca Maya son algunos de los lodges especializados en su pesca y por los que pasan muchos “adictos al permit”.
Flymage: Revista online gratuita de pesca a mosca y fotografía
Punta Allen is a small village on an isthmus in the middle of the Sian Ka'an Nature Reserve. From there you can go by boat to see dolphins, turtles or to dive on the barrier reef.
[ENG] Flyy fishing is a constant challenge where everything matters, the cast, the fly and many other factors. Talking about saltwater fly fishing, few fish are more challenging than permit, even becoming an obsession. I know fishermen that in 7 consecutive years have never caught one, something always failed. But how hard is it to fish? Its reputation as capricious, crafty and scary, places on fisherman an obstacle not easily to be excluded.
Flymage: Free online fly fishing and photography magazine
[ESP] La pesca con mosca es un desafío constante en el que todo influye, el sigilo, el lance, la mosca y otros muchos factores. Si hablamos de pesca en el mar, pocos peces suponen un desafío como la palometa o permit, llegando a convertirse en una obsesión. He conocido pescadores que en 7 años consecutivos nunca han capturado una, siempre fallaba algo. Pero ¿tan difícil es de pescar? Su fama de caprichosa, astuta y asustadiza impone al pescador un obstáculo del que no es fácil quedar al margen.
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Behind the village of Punta Allen it's possible to sail into a small lagoon surrounded by black mangrove forest.
[ENG] Flyy fishing is a constant challenge where everything matters, the cast, the fly and many other factors. Talking about saltwater fly fishing, few fish are more challenging than permit, even becoming an obsession. I know fishermen that in 7 consecutive years have never caught one, something always failed. But how hard is it to fish? Its reputation as capricious, crafty and scary, places on fisherman an obstacle not easily to be excluded.
Flymage: Free online fly fishing and photography magazine
[ESP] La pesca con mosca es un desafío constante en el que todo influye, el sigilo, el lance, la mosca y otros muchos factores. Si hablamos de pesca en el mar, pocos peces suponen un desafío como la palometa o permit, llegando a convertirse en una obsesión. He conocido pescadores que en 7 años consecutivos nunca han capturado una, siempre fallaba algo. Pero ¿tan difícil es de pescar? Su fama de caprichosa, astuta y asustadiza impone al pescador un obstáculo del que no es fácil quedar al margen.
Flymage: Revista online gratuita de pesca a mosca y fotografía