Local sea cucumber diver fatality (Chicxulub Puerto, Yucatan)

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This "news" appears to be a week old, so apologies, if it has appeared elsewhere...


(per Google translate):


Decompression diver dies


Less than 48 hours after starting the season catch of sea cucumber, but have not been given the appropriate permissions / Authorities are investigating whether the boat where Victor worked Canché Amaro was allowed to catch the species

Progreso, Yucatan, February 2. - The diver Canché Victor Amaro, 43 years old, known in fishing circles as "Half-Chicken", became the first to die of the recent start of the fishing season for sea cucumber due to decompression, this afternoon around 18:30 hours at the police station in Chicxulub Puerto.
Authorities are investigating tonight whether the boat where he worked was allowed to catch the species, but is handled with great secrecy the case of the deceased in this fishery which just ban was lifted on Jan. 31.
Sources in the early police investigations refer to the "Half-Chicken" surfaced when sea cucumber diving and did not stop corresponding descompresionándose.
His colleagues took him to the port of Chicxulub on the vessel 25 feet in length, at landfall was taken to the CMA, but sadly died.
The body was identified by his widow today Margarita Figueroa Figueroa Los Angeles.
Unofficially, it was mentioned that the deceased was working for the pepineros nicknamed "The Dumbos" although there is another version that was diver of Joseph "Max" Figueroa, also known as "Moluccas".
The body was taken to the General Cemetery in the processing of rigor, which provides that in the course of the morning is devoted to his family to give Christian burial at the station of Chicxulub Puerto.
As published BY THIS!, The closure of the sea cucumber, a species highly prized for its cost in the fishing industry, ended on Jan. 31, but may not be fished while not grant the permits and the conditions covering are established by laws and regulations of the Conapesca has not released the name of the beneficiaries of the licenses in this 2012.
It should be mentioned that there have been arrests of several people who have been consigned to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) on charges of possession of this species in various parts of the coast, up to this date are not known criteria used for the issuance of permits related to the year 2012, which last year was severely denounced by fishermen in the absence of transparency.
Thus, in less than 48 hours after the ban is lifted the first diver descompresionado in this fishery.
 
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