A new Destination Agreement (Acuerdo de Destino) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation (from Diario Oficial de la Federación) on September 14, 2016 and establishes the protection of 123,598.95 square meters of federal maritime zone known as Monte Ceniza, San Quintín.
The Destination Agreement is a conservation tool that has no expiration date issued by the Directorate General of Federal Maritime Zone and Coastal Environments (DGZFMTAC) of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT).
These agreements are requested for conservation and protection against agricultural concessions, tourism developments, sand mining or pebble extraction, among others.
To date there are nine Destination Agreements in San Quintín Bay: between 2012 and 2015 the protection of 237, 240.19 square meters of wetlands was established; in addition, a total of 818, 506.54 square meters were established in 2016. This gives a total of 1,055,746.73 square meters of protected wetlands in the bay.
The National Commission of Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and Terra Peninsular will continue to make a joint effort to protect this and all the Destination Agreements already established in San Quintín Bay through monitoring in order to increase the area of protected wetlands in the bay.