According to Ramírez (1996), fishing efforts initially focused on
target species with the highest acceptance and market value, which
included serranid and sea bass species such as Mycteroperca spp,
Epinephelus spp and H. acantisthius. They subsequently broadened
their scope by fishing other target species considered second- and
third-class in terms of quality, such as Caulolatilus spp, P. nebulifer,
small species of sharks “cazon” (Carcharinus spp), Scomberomorus
sierra (“sierra”), Gerres cinereus, Diapterus spp and Eugerres spp,
(“mojarras”) among others