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The catch in western Baja California has declined since 1996 with 637 mt, to almost one third through the last fifteen years. The fishery provides employment to 298 fishers, with annual profits of $ 370,000.00 USD, showing declining trend. The evaluation suggests that the fishery is currently overfished. A bio-economic simulation model was applied and the results indicate that the fishery has been overfished in recent years, with a depletion of biomass, from more than 8,000 mt in 1995 to less than 650 mt in each of the 2006-2009 seasons. Each season lasts only 55 fishing days. The activity tends to be economically unproductive, with a tendency to catch animals getting smaller. Despite current low levels of recruitment, it was found that with a 55% reduction in fishing effort, the fishery might increase yield by about 30% and could increase its profits to almost twice. Then, surplus profits could be used to create jobs in other activities for the fishermen who had to abandon this activity.

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