Current situations prompted a revaluation and possible package that would revoke/renegotiate all current U.S privileges and encourage development of a premium LR fleet out of Ensenada. San Diego LR fleet has never brought much economic benefit to Mexico. Mexican fisherman have always felt the agreement unfair that US boats with US fisherman can depart US ports and fill holds with premium Mexican fish w/o spending a cent on Mexican soil.
If any of the cartels were looking for a legit business to launder their money, that would be a great opportunity. They could easily afford to make offers for the RP, RR, Excel, Indy and Intrepid that would be too good for the owners to refuse, and hire the best crews, and then build a fleet of state of the art sportfishers and set up same day fish processing and luxury ground transportation between San Diego and Ensenada.
This is probably a response to the current political situation. But, good for Mexico. They should have done it a long time ago. Businessmen are businessmen regardless of what you call them. Point-one percenters, robber barons or narco-traffickers, they're all the same.
I think this is a little bit of a stretch. Neither Mexico or the Long Range Fleet wants to see any of this going away, AND they all know sudden "changes" aren't good for anyone. - john
Bordering on politics, but if you're going to play hardball on trade and diplomatic relations, this is the kind of thing that will happen.
Any source for this report of a potential change?
-J
Interesting, the Cartel aspect. Gangsters get rich and go legit, then new younger operators probably take over the vacated criminal enterprise and it never ends.
Quote from: boon on April 28, 2025, 01:38:00 AMBordering on politics, but if you're going to play hardball on trade and diplomatic relations, this is the kind of thing that will happen.
It's not surprising at all. Similar actions may happen in other places.
Cheers
Todd