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Contenido Content 14 Calm day in Key West. 100 Crossing to the Bahamas in Winter. 134 The Silent World in threat. 160 Springtime in Everglades National Park.

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CALM DAY IN

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N KEY WEST I By Pat Ford

t’s pretty well known that Key West has some of the best fishing in the continental US, but when you catch a calm day in the winter it is spectacular! I try to book Capt. RT Trosset a few days every month in the winter and every so often I get lucky and get a day when the usually brisk winds are calm. Last January RT had a cancelation and I hopped down on short notice. The winds had been tough for several weeks but our trip happened to fall between cold fronts and it was almost flat calm. I had expected it to be cold and sunny but for some reason I was met with temps in the high 60’s and rain…it never rains in Key West in the winter. Nevertheless, all that really mattered was the calm seas. This allowed us to cruise at 40 mph in RT’s 36’ Yellowfin and 350 hp Suzuki’s and cover lots of ground. It had been quite cold for our standards for about a week before our trip and the water temperature on the flats was down to 65 degrees. The only problem this causes is catching pilchards…they don’t like cold. We had to run all the way to the Marquesas before we found enough bait to chum up the blackfin tunas offshore.

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It took several hours but we finally made it out to a wreck in 240’ of water where the blackfins hung out. The plan was to either drift or anchor up and use the live pilchards as chum. RT uses heavy spinning tackle for tunas. This wreck has a major shark population and if you fight a tuna too long, there’s a good chance that it will be eaten. Once the tuna’s find the chum line, you’ll see them crashing the baits and everything starts moving pretty fast. RT uses 40 lb fluorocarbon leaders and small hooks because the smaller pilchards seem to work better than the big ones. This day the rain seemed to help because the tunas stayed up on the surface all day. We caught several on fly tackle and probably totaled around 15, most of which were released. A 25 lb tuna a a fly is a spectacular catch. When we finally tired, literally tired, of pulling on tuna, we ran over to Western Dry Rocks to look for some cero mackerel. I love catching ceros on light tackle. They ranged from 6 to over 10 lbs and almost every cast brought a strike. They are particularly fun on fly tackle with a pilchard size fly and a light wire leader. There is no better way to fish mackerel than with live chum. They are not as fussy as tunas an if they are around, the action will be non-stop till u run out of bait. Towards the end of the day things changed just a bit. We began to have some heavy strikes….big fish that ran off a hundred yards of line. At first we though that they were blackfin sharks, but when we got one close to the boat, we realized that it was a huge kingfish. It made a second major run and the hook pulled. We hooked another and a 400 lb bull shark ate it next to the boat. I was using a fly rod and hooked one that pulled the hook then had another hit that was a serious fish. I managed to land this one - a king mackerel in the 30 lb range. This was one of the largest kings I’ve ever caught on a fly and it was a complete surprise. Usually you have to run 50 + miles northwest of Key West to fly fish for kings. It was a routine but spectacular day in Key West with Captain Trosset. The key ingredient was the lack of wind. If only I knew how to schedule my trips for those few calm days in the winter.

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Crossing to the Bahamas in Winter By Dr. Martin Arรณstegui

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rossing the gulfstream in winter can be very dangerous. When a cold front approaches, the winds can blow very hard from the northwest and collide with the northbound gulfstream current creating very large waves, which can easily sink a boat. The safest way to go to the Bahamas in winter is to wait for a weather window, which happens when there are a few days of light winds, which will make for a safer crossing. This past holiday season, my son Martini, my wife Roberta and I took advantage of a weather window to cross to Bimini for a few days of fishing and diving. Just before the New Year, the weather forecast gave us the perfect opportunity to cross with favorable weather. Even though I have a 35 foot boat, I am always very careful about the weather. The first order of business is always to clear customs and check in at the Big Game Club Marina. Once we accomplished these requirements we were off to go to one of our favorite diving spots in order to get conch for our dinner. My favorite is sautĂŠed conch in butter garlic and cilantro. The next day we were off fishing for very deep water fish in about 1200 feet of water. Martini likes to deep drop with a manual rod and reel, not an electric set up. Martini has caught a number of world records doing this type of fishing. On this trip he was able to catch a beautiful queen snapper as well as the biggest misty grouper he had ever caught. While cleaning the fish in the marina, we attracted a number of very large bull sharks that like the easy food they can get at the marina. The marina is not a good place to go swimming. Roberta got into the action on the third day by catching her biggest bonefish on fly from the bow of our boat. We had a great time in Bimini and were able to return home safely with very good weather.

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Cruzando a las Bahamas en invierno Por Dr. Martin Arรณstegui

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ruzar la corriente del golfo en invierno puede ser muy peligroso. Cuando se acerca un frente frío, los vientos pueden soplar muy fuerte desde el noroeste y chocar con la corriente del golfo en dirección norte creando olas muy grandes, que pueden hundir fácilmente un barco. La forma más segura de ir a las Bahamas en invierno es esperar una mejoria del clima, que ocurre cuando hay algunos días de vientos ligeros, lo que hace que el cruce sea más seguro. La temporada navideña pasada, mi hijo Martini, mi esposa Roberta y yo aprovechamos la mejoria del clima para cruzar a Bimini, durante unos días de pesca y buceo. Justo antes del Año Nuevo, el pronóstico del tiempo nos dio la oportunidad perfecta para cruzar con un clima favorable. Aunque poseo un bote de 35 pies, siempre tengo mucho cuidado con el clima. La primera tarea es hacer los trámites aduanales y registrarse en la marina del Big Game Club. Una vez que cumplimos con estos requisitos, nos fuimos a uno de nuestros lugares de buceo favoritos para obtener cobos para nuestra cena. Mi cena favorita es el cobo salteado en mantequilla, ajo y cilantro. Al día siguiente, nos fuimos a pescar peces de aguas muy profundas en aproximadamente 1200 pies de profundidad. A Martini le gusta la pesca de profundidad con una vara y un carrete manual, no una instalación eléctrica. Martini ha capturado varios récords mundiales haciendo este tipo de pesca. En este viaje pudo atrapar a un hermoso pargo reina, así como un mero brumoso muy grande. Mientras limpiabamos los peces en la marina, atrajimos a una grancantidad de tiburones cabeza de batea muygrandes a los que les gusta la comida fácil que pueden obtener en los muelles de la marina. Los muelles en Bimini no son un buen lugar para ir a nadar. El tercer día Roberta entró en acción al atrapar un macabi grande con equipo de mosca desde la proa de nuestro barco. Tuvimos una gran estadia en Bimini y pudimos regresar a casa de manera segura con muy buen clima.

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When The Silent World, an underwater documentary

by the famous ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau was released, it inspired generations to explore the deep

waters as well as scientists to study the world’s oceans.

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THE SILENT WORLD IN THREAT Por Maria Bello

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arine creatures used to live in a “Silent World” of water and sound. This underwater world was full of natural sounds that form a rich sound scape of rumbles, bubbles, grunts and clicks produced by the motion of the atmosphere, water, seafloor, and animals; but now, we all know that the underwater world is anything but silent; contrary to popular perception, the ocean now constitutes a relatively high noise environment. Scientists agree and research confirms, that the intense sound produced by the roar of motors, the ping of military sonar and others human-generated noise sources have created an underwater sound scape contaminated that has increased dramatically in the past century and produced several adverse effects in marine animals. These man made introduced noises may not kill the animals directly, but can disrupt their ability to find food and mates, or avoid predators. They feed, communicate and find their way around their world using sound. From all marine creatures, cetaceans (whales and dolphins) in total 88 species of marine mammals are the most sensitives. The vital sense that they have developed is not sight, but hearing. Cetaceans use sound to understand their environment with three-dimensional clarity, and to communicate over thousands of kilometers. Whales are very social creatures that travel in groups called “pods.” They use a variety of noises to communicate and socialize with each other. They have been communicating across ocean basins for millions of years, meanwhile humans have only been able to do so as recently as a century and a half ago following the invention of the telegraph. Whales can made three kind of sounds clicks, whistles, and pulsed calls. Clicks are believed to be for navigation and identifying physical surroundings. When the sound waves bounce off of an object, they return to the whale, allowing the whale to identify the shape of the object. Clicks can even help to differentiate between friendly creatures and predators. Clicks have also been observed during social interactions, suggesting they may also have a communicative function. Whistles and pulsed calls are used during social activities. Pulsed calls are more frequent and sound like squeaks, screams, and squawks to the human ear. Differing vocal “dialects” have been found to exist between different pods within 136

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the same whale population. This is most likely so that whales can differentiate between whales within their pods and strangers. Man-made sounds can induce a range of adverse effects in marine mammals as: death and serious injury caused by brain hemorrhages or other tissue trauma; stranding and beaching; temporary and permanent hearing loss or impairment; displacement from preferred habitat and disruption of feeding, breeding, nursing, communication, sensing and other behaviors vital to the survival of these species. How is the world facing this acoustic overload?: Underwater noise pollution is now firmly on the policy agenda at both national and international concern (e.g. European Commission, 2008; IMO, 2014; OSPAR, 2017; UN, 2018), as well as other organizations (The International Ocean Noise Coalition (IONC) a partnership of over 150 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world, created to address the need for a global approach).

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El mundo del silencio en peligro By Maria Bello

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uando se estrenó ”El mundo del Silencio” a mediados del siglo pasado, un documental submarino del famoso explorador francés Jacques Cousteau; este sirvió de inspiración para la exploración de las aguas profundas, así como a científicos para estudiar los océanos.

Las criaturas marinas solían vivir en un “Mundo silencioso” de agua y sonido. Este mundo submarino estaba lleno de sonidos naturales que forman un rico paisaje sonoro de ruidos, burbujas, gruñidos y chasquidos producidos por el movimiento de la atmósfera, el agua, el fondo marino y animales; pero ahora, todos sabemos que el mundo submarino es todo menos silencioso. Al contrario de la percepción popular, el océano ahora constituye un entorno con niveles de ruido relativamente altos. Los científicos están de acuerdo y la investigación confirma, que el intenso sonido producido por el rugido de los motores, el sonido del sonar militar y otras fuentes de ruido generadas por el hombre ha creado un paisaje sonoro submarino contaminado que se ha incrementado dramáticamente en el último siglo produciendo efectos adversos en la vida de los animales marinos. Estos ruidos introducidos por el hombre pueden no matar a los animales directamente, pero pueden interrumpir su capacidad para encontrar comida o parejas e interferir para evitar a sus depredadores. Los animales marinos se alimentan, se comunican y encuentran su camino alrededor de su mundo utilizando los sonidos. De todas las criaturas marinas, los cetáceos (ballenas y delfines) en total 88 especies de mamíferos marinos son los más sensibles. El sentido vital que han desarrollado no es la vista, sino el oído. Los cetáceos utilizan el sonido para comprender su entorno con claridad tridimensional y para comunicarse a lo largo de miles de kilómetros. Las ballenas son criaturas muy sociales que viajan en grupos, usando una variedad de ruidos para comunicarse y socializarse entre sí. Estos mamíferos marinos le lleva una gran ventaja al hombre, ya que se han estado comunicando a través de las cuencas oceánicas durante millones de años, mientras que los

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humanos solo han podido hacerlo tan solo hace siglo y medio después de la invención del telégrafo. Las ballenas pueden hacer tres tipos de sonidos, silbidos y llamadas pulsadas. Se cree que los clics son para la navegación y para identificar el entorno físico. Cuando las ondas de sonido rebotan en un objeto, regresan a la ballena, lo que permite a la ballena identificar la forma del objeto. Los clics pueden incluso ayudar a diferenciar entre criaturas amigables y depredadores. Los clics también se han observado durante las interacciones sociales, lo que sugiere que también pueden tener una función comunicativa. Los silbidos y las llamadas pulsadas se utilizan durante las actividades sociales. Las llamadas pulsadas son más frecuentes y suenan como chirridos, gritos y graznidos al oído humano. Se ha encontrado que existen diferentes “dialectos” vocales entre diferentes grupos dentro de la misma población de ballenas. Esto es muy probable que ocurra para que las ballenas puedan comunicarse y diferenciar entre ballenas dentro de su grupo o con otros grupos. Los sonidos producidos por el hombre pueden inducir una variedad de efectos adversos en los mamíferos marinos como: muerte y lesiones graves causadas por hemorragias cerebrales u otros traumatismos en los tejidos; pérdida de rumbo provocando que queden varadas; pérdida o deterioro de la audición temporal y permanente; el desplazamiento del hábitat preferido y la interrupción de la alimentación, la reproducción, la comunicación, la detección y otras conductas vitales para la supervivencia de estas especies. ¿Cómo se enfrenta el mundo a esta sobrecarga acústica?: La contaminación acústica subacuática ha sido incluida firmemente en la agenda política tanto a nivel nacional como internacional (p. Ej., Comisión Europea, 2008; OMI, 2014; OSPAR, 2017; ONU, 2018), así como otros organizaciones (la International Ocean Noise Coalition (IONC), una asociación de más de 150 organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) de todo el mundo, creada para abordar la necesidad de un enfoque global). Numerosos esfuerzos conjuntos se discuten para minimizar este efecto en el maravilloso mundo del Silencio.

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Springtime in Everglades National Park By Dr. Martin Arรณstegui

pringtime is the best time of the year to view wildlife in Everglades National Park. The wading birds are abundant around water holes and the alligators can be easily spotted. My favorite place is the Anhinga Trail at the entrance of the park. I visit every year and always take a lot of photos. The best time to take photos is early in the morning. I hope you enjoy some of the photos I have taken in prior visits.

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Primavera en el Parque Nacional Everglades Por Dr. Martin Arรณstegui

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a primavera es la mejor época del año para ver la vida silvestre en el Parque Nacional de los Everglades. Las aves zancudas abundan alrededor de los pozos de agua y los caimanes se pueden ver fácilmente. Mi lugar favorito es el Camino Anhinga a la entrada del parque, que es un sitio ideal para tomar excelentes fotos. El mejor momento para tomar fotos es temprano en la mañana. Espero que disfruten algunas de las fotos que he tomado en visitas anteriores.

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Back Cover Photo/Contraportada: Dr. Martin Arรณstegui

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