Small fishing boats (pangas) in the inner harbor in Loreto, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Panga fisherman setting nets, Isla San Marcos, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Night time panga squid fishery, Santa Rosalia, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Panga fisherman setting nets, Isla San Marcos, Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Fijian men carrying bamboo poles in Bukaya in the Fijian highlands, Fiji, Pacific

A Mexican fisherman holds up a Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas - also called the Humbolt squid) hand caught at night off the Baja Peninsula, in Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico

Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas) eye and head detail. Mexican panga fishery in Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico

A blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfaces alongside a panga with tourists. The tiny dorsal fin is visible to the left of the white hat. Gulf of California. (RR)

Shark dorsal fins cut from various species in the Shark Finning panga fishery in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

California Gray Whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) spy-hopping in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mexican fishing boats called pangas in the port town of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, on the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.

A Mexican fisherman holds up a Jumbo Squid (Dosidicus gigas - also called the Humbolt squid) hand caught at night off the Baja Peninsula, in Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico

Mexican whalewatchers in pangas and California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Magdalena Bay, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mexican whalewatchers in pangas and California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Magdalena Bay, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mexican fishing boats called pangas in the port town of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, on the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.

California Gray Whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) with Mexican panga in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mexican fishing boats called pangas in the port town of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, on the Baja Peninsula, Mexico.

Mexican whalewatchers in pangas and California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Magdalena Bay, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Mexican whalewatchers in pangas and California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in Magdalena Bay, Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

On the playa at sunrise in Mahahual, Costa Maya, Mexico.

Pangas on the beach at Mahahual, Costa Maya, Mexico.

Equatorial forest canopy, Yasuni Park, Mandari Panga Lodge, Ecuador