Abstract The Gulf of California Large Marine Ecosystem (GoC-LME) is highly productive with
a high diversity of marine species, including endemics and endangered, threatened or
protected species thus, it is considered one of the ten marine biodiversity hotspots in the
world. The significance of such areas typically conflicts with the exploitation of fish
resources, making management highly complex. Such complexity is compounded by the
insufficient knowledge of what naturally occurs in this environment, where the tendency is to …