

Reflection of the SeaFishing Refuges - Part 3 of 4
Aboard Niparajá's scientific expedition marking 25 years of Fishing Refuges, documentarian Alonso I. Rodríguez de la Parra sails the Sea of Cortez, from Agua Verde to Punta Coyote. There he discovers the ocean's true guardians: the fishers who became monitoring divers to study and protect the waters they depend on. A chronicle about cooperation, science, and what remains when the sea runs empty. The third of four installments.
Sep 9


Tourism and Orcas
In Baja California Sur, seeing orcas in the wild has become the dream of thousands. But when 35 boats chase a single pod from dawn to dusk, the dream becomes a threat. Documentarian Alonso I. Rodríguez de la Parra reflects on marine tourism, the "ecotourism" that is turning into mass tourism, and how to move from idolizing orcas to truly caring for them.
Sep 8


Sea Turtles - Part 1 of 4
A species that has existed for millions of years was pushed to the brink of extinction by human hands… and recovered thanks to those same hands. At La Escobilla, Oaxaca, where millions of turtles come to nest, documentarian Alonso I. Rodríguez de la Parra witnesses the birth, the predation, and the resilience of an animal that carries an ancestral wisdom. The first of four installments.
Sep 8


The final day of orca season leaves an open question: how should tourism coexist with one of the ocean's most intelligent predators?
The close of the 2026 orca-watching season in Baja California Sur marks the end of the first stage under the new management plan and leaves open one of the most intense debates in Mexico's nature tourism. This journalistic analysis —which does not represent the institutional position of Mares de México— gathers the arguments of researchers, operators, and conservationists on how tourism should coexist with one of the most intelligent species in the ocean.
Aug 3


The Whale Shark
As a child, the word "shark" filled him with fear. Until documentarian Alonso I. Rodríguez de la Parra jumped into the water and watched the largest fish in the ocean glide past: the whale shark, giant, gentle, and without a single dangerous tooth. Between an unexpected giant manta and an enormous mouth full of fish, a chronicle about the day fear turned into curiosity and love for the sea.
Jun 26


From a Ship to the Universe
Aboard the research vessel Quino the Guardian, documentarian Alonso I. Rodríguez de la Parra becomes part of a monitoring expedition across Mexico's fishing refuges. A ship, he discovers, is a living organism: chef, captain, engineer, scientists, fishers, and divers all function as a single body. And if a ship is a system, so is Earth — and so is the universe. A chronicle about how a single speck of dust might save it all.
Jun 26

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