Off the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula lies Cabo Pulmo, a small national park that holds a big distinction. In just 10 years, the park’s biomass of fish — the combined weight of all fish species — increased by 463 percent, the largest increase ever recorded for a marine reserve. Now thriving, only a few decades ago Cabo Pulmo seemed on the verge of losing its animals, reef and fishing community.

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