Ricardo has a nice shop facility on the main road that goes into town right after the roundabout with the sails sculpture. This facility has the shop and a covered storage and maintenance area for his pangas. The yard is fenced and has a huge sign.
It's worth noting that the Mexican government declared the Bahia de Los Angeles area a national park (marine biosphere designation) in 2007. Seven years prior to the designation, the majority of the Bahia de Los Angeles community began an effort to have the area declared a national park. This was a major decision for what was basically a fishing village. Community members realized that continued commercial fishing was unsustainable and the community needed to shift to an ecotourism type economy. The community also wanted to avoid heavy commercial development and have the economy based on locally managed small businesses. The economic shift hasn't been easy.
Bahia de Los Angeles is a long ways from anywhere. Unless one has access to a private airplane, getting there involves a one way road trip in the neighborhood of 400 miles. Commercial fishing vessels, often from foreign countries, show-up on occasion and engage in poaching. Of course, Mexican poachers, particularly those interested in totoabo, are active in the biosphere.
The only way for the area to maintain its conservation-based economy is for visitors to show-up to engage in activities like diving, snorkeling, sport fishing and kayaking. The area is an amazing place and worth the trip.
-AZTinman
Ricardo's Diving Tours
Night Sky over Bahia de Los Angeles
