With an OC patrol boat and a seaplane working in the area of the Bay of La Paz and the lower gulf Islands, from Santa Cruz to the north to Isla Cerralvo to the south, the OC staff talks with fishermen (both commercial and sports) about the laws governing the area, checks their permits and fish catches and hands out brochures with printed regulations. The patrols also look for illicit acts and report them in real time via iridium phone to the authorities and to Plataforma so that official denuncias (lawsuits) can be filed against the illegal acts and later followed up on to be sure the illegal acts are properly punished. The goal of Plataforma is to get the vast majority of honest fishermen, both commercial and sports fishermen, as well as the cruising community involved in detecting and reporting illegal acts, thereby creating a net of concerned people with the common goal of protecting the Bay. The OC patrol boat is run by people also trained in sea rescue. They carry oxygen and other emergency equipment and can communicate immediately with the navy and other agencies via iridium satellite phone from anywhere in the sea 24 hours a day. 001 8816 31647345