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Cedros Island (Isla de Cedros, "island of cedars" in Spanish) is an island in the Pacific Ocean belonging to the state of Baja California, Mexico. The dry and rocky island had a population of 1,350 in 2005 and has an area of 348 square kilometres (134 sq mi) which includes the area of several small nearby islands.
Cedros is a coastal area that lies on a peninsula at the South-Western end of the island of Trinidad. Named by Spanish sailors due to the once heavy presence of cedar trees, it is located at the tip of the peninsula which lies mere miles off the coast of Venezuela and is the most southern point in the Caribbean .
Name Location (Region/municipality) Caigual: Sangre Grande region: Calcutta Settlement: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo: Calder Hall: Tobago: California: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
Fishing industry in the Vizcaíno region annually produces thousands of tons of various species, which are mostly exported to Asian and North American markets. To the northwest of Punta Eugenia lie Isla Natividad , Cedros Island and the Islas San Benito .
As such, Trinidad supports a more productive and diverse exploitable fish and invertebrate resource base than most of the Eastern Caribbean islands (Agard et al. 1996). The Gulf of Paria is the most important fishing ground for shrimp and finfish in Trinidad. [10] In recent years, Venezuelan pirates have threatened fishermen operating in the ...
Although Cedros was considered a "breadbasket" of the region, it had an important place in the economy of the island for the abundance of the Azorean cedar (cedros-do-mato) because its lumber was used in the construction of ships for fishing, for the early homes and the implements used in agriculture. The fibers of the cedars were usually dried ...
Sport fishing or game fishing is recreational fishing activities that focus mainly on the physical exertion and thrilling experience during the process of subduing a hard-fighting fish, which provides the fisherman the excitement of a challenge (a good "sport" or "game") and a satisfying sense of achievement after successfully catching the ...
The slender sole (Lyopsetta exilis) is a species of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae.It is a demersal fish that lives on bottoms near rocky areas at depths of between 25 and 800 metres (82 and 2,625 ft).