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When the Sea Holds Its Breath: Life on a Quota Pause
Dive cooperatives and fishers share the quiet that follows the federal moratorium, a rare pause in a year‑long contest over catch limits
Mateo Reyes1,013 wordsEdition № 179Friday, 30 October 2026 — Edition № 179
At dawn on 29 October, the wooden pier at Puerto Azul was almost silent; the usual chorus of diesel engines and radio chatter was replaced by the distant cry of gulls and the soft lapping of waves against moored hulls.
The quiet followed the federal Fisheries Board’s decision announced two weeks earlier to suspend the regional catch quota while reef monitors assess a sudden coral‑health decline.
Over the next few paragraphs we will hear from the dive operators, the small‑boat captains and the regional officials who are navigating this unexpected lull.
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