ISLA CEDROS THROUGH TIME

ISLA CEDROS THROUGH TIME:

1920s: “The earliest permanent residents ancestral to the modern community arrived in the early 1920s, working with a cannery served by Japanese divers and later, Mexicans trained by the Japanese. The Japanese departed on the eve of World War II, and in 1943, the cooperativa, named Pescadores Nacionales de Abulón, began operations on the island under the collectivist initiatives begun by Mexican president Cardenas.” (McVicar, K. G. Cedros Island, Baja California and Its Fishing Economy. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Department of Geography, UCLA, 1964)

“The cooperative has continued, with the normal internal political dramas and ups and downs in production, to the present day. It forms the robust core of the local economy and is a major social and economic force within the modern community.” (Des Lauriers, M. R. Island of Fog. Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Investigations of Isla Cedros, Baja California, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, (2010)