"Worrisome for everyone."
It is a rare day, and a rarer cause, that brings BeachGrit and The Inertia together but here we are. The tanned hand of “ultra hard surf candy” clutching the pale and soft paw of “the definitive voice of surfing and the outdoors” and marching south, to Mexico, where an evil fish farm, Satanic by the very definition, is threatening the historically important Ensenada break Tres Emes.
The project, already underway, will house striped bass, a non-native species, for growing and feeding until they are stuffed with enough microplastics to be served, as dinner, to American children. Their pen, on a bluff above Tres Emes, will pump brackish water right into the break though, also, block access to surfers.
Per the environmental group Nosotros y el Mar, “This project began to develop despite displacing surfers and Ensenadian citizens from the last remnant beach with free access to one of the most precious waves in Mexico. We mourn our loss and hope this report will help governments, businesses and citizens realize the social and environmental importance of beaches and fight to preserve them.”
Among the concerned local surfers is Gino Passalacqua, a Ph.D. in Oceanography who is the scientific advisor for Save the Waves. He’s worried that the pipe could be dangerous for surfers and permanently alter the wave.
“We still don’t know the exact location of the pipe and the construction methodologies that they’ll use,” said Passalacqua. “That’s really worrisome for everyone. That amount of water is definitely going to create changes in density. That could affect the dynamics of the sediment flow that creates the break. On a good day (Tres Emes) is better than Lower Trestles. Having those pipes is a risk.”
What can be done?
Tough to say but maybe hit up responsible parties Pacifico Aquaculture and Billund Aquaculture and let them feel the sharpness of your fingers.
Heaven knows fiery missives from Zach Weisberg and co. will cause little, if any, damage.
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I want my wave reparations!
Move over Puerto Escondido, the new mexpipe is in town
floor m twister clean out the cleaners~
we’re serious here~puff the magic dragon lived by-the-sea…peter fucked paul…Mary watched…Needs sponsor~
65 M’stang. Schwinn. Penn 50 reel with a 8-foot Striker pole…10 pound test~off a pier…bonita? cooks?
NEVER(!), concern yourselves with the politics of Baja. Gringos are oblivious to what is actually going on, and should stay clear. Sorry, but it’s not always surfing, and good times in Mex!
The fresh water stream should help create a Pipelinesque reef in the next couple million years, no?
Anyone want to buy a house in Ensenada? I know a seller.
I hate the smell of farmed beach grit in the morning, smells like, trans pussy. Probly one of dereks socks in there.
True, already a pretty polluted area, pretty much an industrial zone all through there, kinda sketchy area, and anyone that says that wave is anything like Trestles is delusional, kind of just a short mushy right, with a very small take off zone.
That being said, I still disagree with the development and more run-off into the Ocean.
Doesn’t that type of run-off attract sharks too.
Do these companies sell any products?
How about a boycott?
As long as the sublime razor clam tostadas of Dona Sabin aren’t affected pollute away!
Stopped reading at “soft paw”. Fabulous!
I’ve never been there but from this googly shot it doesn’t look like it’s been clean, green and pristine for quite some time…
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There used to be a canning factory nearby.
City of VTA is spending 300M to install a wastewater purification system which will nearly eliminate discharge into the river and estuary. What puzzles me is that they installed a new discharge pipe that empties remaining ‘debris’ off the beach near Sanjon Drive. There’s a fishing area nearby where shrimp I used to buy is sold at the local co-op. I’m mad as hell and ain’t gonna do ‘shit’ about it. Shrimp tacos, anyone? How has mankind survived this long? BTW, Tres is a fun wave. Pic in Surfer mag led me there in the 70s and 3M’s was named for the factory that discharged something really smelly, as I recall. OOOhhh that smell!
Believe it was a fish cannery back then—hence the smell, (and it was bad).
fish camp…
No, it was a fish cannery—very large building there at the time.
No, it was a cannery, there was a huge factory type building there, where the smell was coming from.
all thriving. input? Scotty?
from the archives vault. and smell-a-vision…
2.0 Wino’s Don’t Eat
Let’s have sushi at least by eight…
We’re waiting for all the brothers that fish at sea to make it home…
If they make it home at all…
Fishermen drink…in the morning, a ritual…in the evening, to relax…but never on board…
They’ve been at sea for 16 days…and nights…
Except that guy on the Exxon Valued…his crew let him down…and he was blamed…WINO…blood alcohol level of 1.2…
J. Paul Getty was a wino, too…and he could do that standing on his head…
But kicked ass in the morning, and again in the night…and raced a rig hand up a 150-foot drill rig mast…
With the incentive…winner buys the beer…
Let’s have a few friends over for dinner…or a family night “meeting”…
That will pass for the night…”We don’t like what you fix, Dad”…it smells too much like fish…
But that sushi sounds good…
“Walking the dark” is a contract fisherman for hire… in the pubs at night…looking for a job…leaving the family at home, with an acceptable meal…
So the boat can go out…to catch their next meal…
“We risk our lives every time we go out…” (to sea)
“We sat with our beer, the canneries had shut down. Todd Shipyard had shut down and failed and was phasing them out. San Pedro, California…Monterey Bay, back in the 30’s. The smelt were overfished then…the baitfish…
I finished my beer. Well guys, I gotta go. Where ya gonna go?…”Gonna buy some fish!”
I walked off toward the fish market, turned halfway there, gave them a thumbs-up left hand…
They took off their caps and waived them…I laughed, turned, walked away…
Sometimes it’s hard to know what to do…
way before it was a golf course…K30-1/2 Raul’s…to cuatro’s…casas in matzalan…loan me a dime?
Satanic Fish Tacos and Liquid Death sounds pretty Fire 🔥 though!!!
Satanism really took a hit when Alice cooper started golfing with preachers. Feel like it never recovered.
I don’t know about the fisheries on land but the fisheries they have in the water out by the Coronado Islands and south of there are run by some insane people. Don’t get caught near those nets or youre gonna have a bad time.
tilapia? nope. farm raised! salmon with added coloring. yep. farm raised! sushi anyone? oysters? just add tequila to kill the worms. like mescal?
On and on South of Heaven!
Hey now, just because something is evil doesn’t automatically mean that it gets to be Satanic. You really have to dedicate yourself to His Infernal Majesty, burn churches, listen to black metal, sacrifice cats, etc. to deserve that honorific. I really doubt those fish are doing any of those things.
And have spent time in Clearwater, FL, the birthplace of Death Metal and home to the Scientology international HQ.
DEICIDE!
Saying 3M’s is better than Trestles is not helping your cause around these parts.
Knowing Trestles goes off 5-7 everyday, according to Surfline, causes me to wonder why the consternation? BTW, I hear the Sea Shepherd is on the way to fight this criminal act!
NO AVAILABLE FUNDs…for SS. but i kept SL for another year. want a pipe report for opening day, manana?
Hyperbole and totally fabrication and misleading..